Causes of Death, Australia, 2009

Description

This publication presents statistics on the number of deaths, for reference year by state or territory of Australia, sex, selected age groups, and cause of death classified to the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Version 10 of the ICD was introduced from the 1999 reference year. Causes of death is presented in the publication in a number of different ways including: by underlying cause, leading causes and multiple causes. Data is also presented for deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, and for suicide deaths.

The 2009 data presented in this publication are preliminary data and will be subject to a revision process. Revised 2008 and final 2007 Causes of Death data are also presented in this publication by underlying cause of death. For further information on the revision process see linked Explanatory Notes and Technical Note.

Prior to 2006, statistics on perinatal deaths have been included in this publication, however from the 2007 reference year onward these data are published in Perinatal Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3304.0).

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Date Published
3 May 2011
Date Updated
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Update Frequency
Annual

Dataset Information

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Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0)
Permalink
http://data.gov.au/3314

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Agency
Australian Bureau of Statistics (View all datasets from Australian Bureau of Statistics)
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Agency Program
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Dataset Coverage

Temporal Coverage
2009
Geospatial Coverage
Australia, Australian States and Territories
Granularity
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