deaths per 100,000 people - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's avoidable deaths (under 75) was 99.1 deaths per 100,000 people as of January 2024. Potentially avoidable deaths of people under 75, age-standardised per 100,000 people, from the ABS Causes of Death collection. Avoidable mortality is the sharpest single test of how well the health system and public health measures are working. Data is sourced from ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - potentially avoidable deaths (under 75 years), standardised death rate, persons and updated annually.
Potentially avoidable deaths of people under 75, age-standardised per 100,000 people, from the ABS Causes of Death collection.
Avoidable mortality is the sharpest single test of how well the health system and public health measures are working.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - potentially avoidable deaths (under 75 years), standardised death rate, persons
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - potentially avoidable deaths (under 75 years), standardised death rate, persons), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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