(HPF#1.07) Leading Age 426.7 332.1 376.6 237.1 195.4 213.0 During the period 2004-08, causes of the most common cause of mortality (by death among Indigenous Indigenous mortality Australians was circulatory status); rate from diseases (27% of all deaths), crude rate, circulatory followed by cancer (18%) longer term diseases and external causes (15%). mortality per After adjusting for age, trend data 100,000 mortality rates for (only endocrine, metabolic and available in nutritional disorders (which three includes diabetes) were jurisdictions) around six times as high for – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait respiratory, Islander peoples as for other diabetes, Australians. renal and circulatory diseases
(HPF#1.07) Leading causes of mortality (by Indigenous status); crude rate, longer term mortality trend data (only available in three jurisdictions) – including respiratory, diabetes, renal and circulatory diseases Age mortality rate from circulatory diseases per 100,000 426.7 332.1 376.6 237.1 195.4 213.0 During the period 2004-08, the most common cause of death among Indigenous Australians was circulatory diseases (27% of all deaths), followed by cancer (18%) and external causes (15%). After adjusting for age, mortality rates for endocrine, metabolic and nutritional disorders (which includes diabetes) were around six times as high for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as for other Australians.
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