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Data quality statement
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) quality declaration summary for Deaths, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3302.0)
ABS quality declaration summary for Causes of death, Australia (ABS cat. no. 3303.0)
Musculoskeletal conditions as underlying and associated causes of death 2013
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Musculoskeletal conditions as underlying and associated causes of death 2013, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Musculoskeletal conditions as underlying and associated causes of death 2013. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Musculoskeletal conditions as underlying and associated causes of death 2013. AIHW, 2016.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Musculoskeletal conditions as underlying and associated causes of death 2013. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Musculoskeletal conditions as underlying and associated causes of death 2013, AIHW, Canberra.
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Musculoskeletal conditions are responsible for a substantial proportion of the non-fatal burden of disease in Australia. This bulletin describes the contribution of musculoskeletal conditions to mortality. Although musculoskeletal conditions were not among the leading underlying causes of death, this bulletin shows that these conditions were likely to have contributed to about 1 in 20 deaths in Australia in 2013.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-953-6
- Cat. no: AUS 203
- Pages: 20
Findings from this report:
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1 in in 20 deaths in 2013 were directly caused by, or contributed to by, musculoskeletal conditions (6,963 deaths)
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In 2013, osteoporosis made the greatest contribution to mortality of any musculoskeletal condition (1,856 deaths)
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81 was the average age at death for which musculoskeletal conditions were recorded as the underlying cause in 2013
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2 in 3 deaths with a musculoskeletal condition recorded as an underlying cause in 2013 were among females