Tuesday 12 November 2013

Death rate on NSW North Coast higher than state and national averages


On 7 November 2013 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that; the highest life expectancy estimates ever recorded in Australia, reflecting record low death rates....
Australia's life expectancy at birth continues to be amongst the highest in the world. The combined male and female figure of 82.0 years, while a little lower than Japan and Hong Kong, is higher than Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA...
While there were 147,098 deaths registered in Australia, the standardised death rate fell to 5.5 deaths per 1,000 people, the lowest rate ever recorded in Australia.
In 2002, the death rate was 6.8 deaths. This decrease over the last ten years was greater for males (around 2 deaths per 1,000 males) than for females (around 1 death per 1,000 females)...

The standardised death rate (SDR) for Australia decreased to 5.5 deaths per 1,000 standard population in 2012, down from 5.7 in 2011 and 6.8 in 2002

Source(s):Deaths, Australia (3302.0).

The list below shows how the NSW North Coast measures against the 2012 national death rate of 5.5 and the state death rate of 5.4.


Ballina standardised death rate in 2012 5.7
Kyogle standardised death rate in 2012 5.7
Byron standardised death rate in 2012 5.9
Clarence Valley standardised death rate in 2012 6.0
Tweed standardised death rate in 2012 6.0
Coffs Harbour standardised death rate in 2012 6.1
Bellingen standardised death rate in 2012 6.3
Richmond Valley standardised death rate in 2012 6.4
Lismore standardised death rate in 2012 6.7

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