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This dashboard is an analysis of the cause of deaths in Australia and its causes for the period 2017 to 2021.

According to these graphs there’s a low number of deaths in 2021 compared to year 2020.

Year 2021 was the second year of pandemic and the doctors certified only the key causes which is cancers, heart diseases and dementia and the adequate time was not available to complete the coronial investigations.

Females always hold a lower death rate through out the last 5 years and highest number of deaths has occurred in the age group 85 to 89.

Males maintain a higher death rate compared to females and the higher deaths has transpired in the ages group of 90 to 94.

All states and Australia as a whole has a mean age of death within 80 -83 and Northern Territory is in its 60s.

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This page is an analysis of the cause of deaths in Australia.

Top 5 death rates remained the same across all the 5 years and Heart Disease and Dementia has always been the Top 2 across the years.

Due to the maintain the clarity of the charts I have shortened the names of the causes but the original names along with the codes are as per below.

• Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)
• Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (F01, F03, G30)
• Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
• Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33, C34)
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)

Years of potential life lost is measure to estimate the years a person would have lived if they didnt die prematurely.

Its a very vital factor to dicuss further that Suicide becoming the leading cause of premature death which should be definitely preventable.

Potentially avoidable deaths are from conditions preventable through better care via individually or hospitals.

Death rates have been decreasing since 2020 to 2021 in both genders and as in a whole.