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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Premature mortality in Australia 1997–2012. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/life-expectancy-death/premature-mortality-in-australia-1997-2012
Premature mortality in Australia 1997–2012. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 07 October 2015, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/life-expectancy-death/premature-mortality-in-australia-1997-2012
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Premature mortality in Australia 1997–2012 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015 [cited 2023 Jun. 8]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/life-expectancy-death/premature-mortality-in-australia-1997-2012
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2015, Premature mortality in Australia 1997–2012, viewed 8 June 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/life-expectancy-death/premature-mortality-in-australia-1997-2012
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Premature mortality refers to deaths that occur at a younger age than a selected cut-off. For this report it is deaths that occur in people aged younger than 75.
1 in 2 premature deaths were considered potentially avoidable
1 in 5 deaths among adults aged 25–44 were due to suicide
35% decrease in the rate of premature deaths between 1997 and 2012
4 in 5 Indigenous deaths (2008–2012) occurred among people under 75
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