2010 | 2019 | 2020(a) | |||
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All deaths | no. | 143,473 | 169,301 | 161,300 | |
Infant deaths | no. | 1,229 | 1,009 | 943 | |
Standardised death rate | rate | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | |
Infant mortality rate | rate | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
a. The number of deaths registered in 2020 (161,300) decreased by 8,001 compared to the 2019 registrations, but is similar to the average number of deaths recorded for 2015-2019 (161,252). All jurisdictions except the Australian Capital Territory recorded a decrease in death registrations in 2020. More information can be found in Methodology.
The standardised death rate (SDR) uses the age distribution of total persons in the Australian population at 30 June 2001 as the standard population. The SDR is expressed as deaths per 1,000 standard population.
The crude death rate is the number of deaths registered during the calendar year per 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June.
The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of children under one year of age in a specified period per 1,000 live births in the same period.
Births registered by Indigenous status of the birth(a)
State or territory of usual residence | Sex | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Non-Indigenous | Not stated | Total |
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NSW | |||||
Males | 3,950 | 44,954 | 29 | 48,933 | |
Females | 3,738 | 42,748 | 40 | 46,526 | |
Persons | 7,688 | 87,702 | 69 | 95,459 | |
Vic. | |||||
Males | 899 | 36,274 | 525 | 37,698 | |
Females | 821 | 34,470 | 554 | 35,845 | |
Persons | 1,720 | 70,744 | 1,079 | 73,543 | |
Qld | |||||
Males | 3,351 | 27,155 | 14 | 30,520 | |
Females | 3,084 | 25,868 | 18 | 28,970 | |
Persons | 6,435 | 53,023 | 32 | 59,490 | |
SA | |||||
Males | 548 | 8,839 | 108 | 9,495 | |
Females | 486 | 8,437 | 108 | 9,031 | |
Persons | 1,034 | 17,276 | 216 | 18,526 | |
WA | |||||
Males | 1,458 | 15,001 | 178 | 16,637 | |
Females | 1,365 | 14,279 | 145 | 15,789 | |
Persons | 2,823 | 29,280 | 323 | 32,426 | |
Tas. | |||||
Males | 360 | 2,569 | 5 | 2,934 | |
Females | 322 | 2,518 | 6 | 2,846 | |
Persons | 682 | 5,087 | 11 | 5,780 | |
NT | |||||
Males | 719 | 1,239 | 1 | 1,959 | |
Females | 702 | 1,091 | 0 | 1,793 | |
Persons | 1,421 | 2,330 | 4 | 3,752 | |
ACT | |||||
Males | 105 | 2,641 | 6 | 2,752 | |
Females | 104 | 2,509 | 3 | 2,616 | |
Persons | 209 | 5,150 | 9 | 5,368 | |
Aust.(b) | |||||
Males | 11,390 | 138,684 | 869 | 150,943 | |
Females | 10,626 | 131,926 | 874 | 143,426 | |
Persons | 22,016 | 270,610 | 1,743 | 294,369 |
- Limited births data have been included to allow for the calculation of infant mortality rates. Detailed births and fertility data will be released in Births.
- Includes Other Territories.