What is the age pattern of Indigenous deaths?
The age pattern of deaths for Indigenous people is different to that of other Australians. Measures used for assessment include the median age at death and age-specific death rates. (The median age at death, which is the age below which 50% of people die, partly reflects the age structures of the respective populations and is a less precise measure than age-specific death rates.) In 2005, the median age at death (for jurisdictions with reasonable information about Indigenous deaths) [1]: • ranged from 42.4 years for Indigenous males living in SA to 54.3 years for those living in NSW. Levels were around 20 years less than those for non-Indigenous males, 76-78 years. • ranged from 47.5 years for Indigenous females living in SA to 65.8 years for those living in NSW. Levels were more than 20 years less than those for non-Indigenous females, 82 – 84 years. In 2001-2005, death rates were higher for Indigenous people living in Qld, WA, SA and the NT than for non-Indigenous people living in th
The age pattern of deaths for Indigenous people is different to that of other Australians. Measures used for assessment include the median age at death and age-specific death rates. (The median age at death, which is the age below which 50% of people die, partly reflects the age structures of the respective populations and is a less precise measure than age-specific death rates.) In 2007, the median age at death [1]: • ranged from 45.9 years for Indigenous males living in the NT to 58.1 years for those living in NSW. Levels were around 20 years less than those for non-Indigenous males, 76-78 years. • ranged from 55.7 years for Indigenous females living in the NT to 63.0 years for those living in NSW Levels were more than 20 years less than those for non-Indigenous females, 82-84 years. In 2005-2007 the age-specific death rates were higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people across all age groups, but the rate ratios were particularly high in the young and middle adult
