Table 2.
Median age at death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by method of reporting, sex, cause of death, and geographic remoteness, New South Wales Australia 2007
| Cause of death – geographic remoteness |
Reporting method |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
As reported |
Enhanced reporting |
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|
Algorithma |
At least 1 report |
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| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Cause of death |
Cancerb |
64.4 |
63.6 |
64.3 |
64.6 |
62.5 |
63.8 |
65.2 |
64.4 |
65.0 |
| |
Cardiovascular diseasesc |
61.1 |
72.0 |
65.9 |
64.8 |
73.5 |
69.1 |
66.0 |
76.5 |
71.2 |
| |
External causesd |
36.8 |
40.4 |
39.5 |
39.9 |
39.7 |
39.7 |
38.0 |
40.4 |
39.7 |
| Geographic remoteness (ARIA+) e |
Major Cities |
59.5 |
66.1 |
61.7 |
61.0 |
66.3 |
62.8 |
62.4 |
67.1 |
64.9 |
| |
Inner Regional |
62.5 |
61.9 |
62.1 |
61.9 |
65.2 |
63.0 |
62.9 |
68.8 |
65.1 |
| |
Outer Regional |
56.0 |
65.7 |
59.9 |
57.8 |
63.4 |
60.5 |
59.6 |
65.0 |
61.1 |
| |
Remote |
60.0 |
58.8 |
59.9 |
61.2 |
60.6 |
61.2 |
63.2 |
63.0 |
63.2 |
| |
Very Remote |
63.2 |
65.0 |
64.4 |
62.9 |
65.0 |
63.9 |
63.2 |
69.1 |
64.7 |
| Total f | 59.5 | 63.5 | 61.1 | 60.8 | 65.1 | 62.6 | 62.1 | 67.0 | 63.9 | |
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics death data linked with records of the NSW Admitted Patient Data, NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, NSW Perinatal Data Collection and Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages birth registration data.
aFor 3 or more linked units of information 2 are required to report an individual as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, otherwise 1 is sufficient.
bCancer cause of death codes ICD-10: C00-C97.
cCardiovascular diseases cause of death codes ICD-10: I00-I99.
dExternal causes of death codes ICD-10: V01-Y98
eAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia—ARIA Plus 12.
fTotal includes records with missing information ARIA+ or cause of death.