Notes
Amendments
10 Sep 2014 - References updated - average annual change in rates (per 100,000 population) determined using linear regression analysis over the specified period.
6 Mar 2015 - Table updated.
Mortality and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians 2008 to 2012
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Topic: First Nations people
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Mortality and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians 2008 to 2012, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 October 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Mortality and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians 2008 to 2012. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mortality and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians 2008 to 2012. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mortality and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians 2008 to 2012. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Mortality and life expectancy of Indigenous Australians 2008 to 2012, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report provides an overview of current patterns and trends in mortality and life expectancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Circulatory diseases were the leading cause of death of Indigenous Australians for the period 2008–2012 (representing 26% of Indigenous deaths), followed by cancer (20%) and injury (15%). There have been significant declines in overall Indigenous mortality rates as well as mortality rates from circulatory diseases and respiratory diseases between 2001 and 2012. However, there has been little improvement in Indigenous mortality from other causes such as cancer and injury over this period.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-625-2
- Cat. no: IHW 140
- Pages: 60