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The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018
The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018
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Topic: Life expectancy & deaths
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 08 May 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018. AIHW, 2023.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2023.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2023, The Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection: an evaluation of input data and estimated trends in Indigenous life expectancy 2011–2018, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents results using the Enhanced Indigenous Mortality Data Collection to estimate the levels, age‑sex patterns and trends in Indigenous and non-Indigenous mortality and life expectancy, as well as the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous mortality and life expectancy, over the period 2011–2013 to 2016–2018. The report also presents estimates of the relative contribution of different age groups and causes of death to the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. There were marginal gains in life expectancy for Indigenous males and females during the reference period.
- ISBN: ISBN 978-1-922802-98-9
- Cat. no: IHW 276
- Pages: 104
Findings from this report:
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During 2016-18, Indigenous life expectancy at birth was estimated at about 72 years for males and 77 years for females
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About 50% of Indigenous males now survive to age 74–77, while 50% of Indigenous females now survive to age 77–82
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From 2011 to 2018, estimated life expectancy at birth increased by 0.6 of a year for both Indigenous males and females
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Higher death rates from circulatory diseases, injuries and neoplasms contributed the most to the life expectancy gap