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Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease

Created 01/06/2018

Updated 10/08/2023

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Standardised death rate per 100,000 persons for cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes and cancer.

Cardiovascular Disease: In 2019, cardiovascular disease accounted for 43,249 deaths which was 25.5% of all deaths. Of these, there were 21,849 deaths for males and 21,400 deaths for females1.

Cancer: The ABS advises that in 2019, the leading cause of death was Ischaemic heart disease (18,244 deaths), accounting for 10.8% of all deaths1. However, deaths from all cancers (neoplasms) combined accounted for 29.5% (49,967deaths) 1.

Diabetes: In 2019, diabetes was Australia's seventh leading cause of death, accounting for 2.9% of all deaths. There were 4,967 deaths from diabetes, comprising 2,731 deaths for males and 2,236 deaths for females1.

Respiratory Disease: In 2019, respiratory disease accounted for 16,275 deaths, representing 9.6% of all deaths. Of these, there were 8,145 deaths for males and 8,130 deaths for females1.

Total deaths between ages 30 and 69: In 2019, there were 25,181 deaths from non-communicable diseases for persons aged between 30 and 69. This comprised of 15,133 deaths for males and 10,048 deaths for females.

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Title Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/386fdc35-f0ff-47c0-b44e-48630a3a3771
Contact Point
Sustainable Development Goals
healthreporting@health.gov.au
Reference Period 01/06/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Data.gov.au