Causes of mortality in Australia
Australia: Causes of mortality was 187,268 Deaths in 2024. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in Australia, 1960–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Australia recorded 187,268 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Australia peaked at 190,939 Deaths in 2022 and was at its lowest, 88,464 Deaths, in 1960.
That places Australia 16th out of 36 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Australia, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 88,464 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 88,961 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 1962 | 93,163 Deaths | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 94,894 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 100,594 Deaths | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 99,715 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 103,929 Deaths | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 102,703 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 109,547 Deaths | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 106,496 Deaths | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 113,048 Deaths | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 110,650 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 109,760 Deaths | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 110,822 Deaths | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 115,833 Deaths | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 109,021 Deaths | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 112,662 Deaths | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 108,790 Deaths | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 108,425 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 106,568 Deaths | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 108,695 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 109,003 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 114,071 Deaths | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 110,148 Deaths | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 113,312 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 117,806 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 114,337 Deaths | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 118,143 Deaths | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 118,965 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 125,238 Deaths | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 118,915 Deaths | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 118,520 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 122,908 Deaths | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 120,788 Deaths | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 126,982 Deaths | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 125,106 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 128,254 Deaths | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 128,695 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 127,358 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 128,079 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 128,784 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 128,657 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 133,047 Deaths | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 131,784 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 132,314 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 133,739 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 137,854 Deaths | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 143,946 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 140,760 Deaths | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 143,473 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 146,932 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 147,098 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 147,678 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 153,580 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 159,052 Deaths | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 158,504 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 161,083 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 158,660 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 168,962 Deaths | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 161,300 Deaths | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 171,469 Deaths | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 190,939 Deaths | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 183,131 Deaths | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 187,268 Deaths | +2.3% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 187,268 Deaths is above the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98,847 Deaths | 88,464 Deaths | 109,547 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 110,558 Deaths | 106,568 Deaths | 115,833 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,972 Deaths | 108,695 Deaths | 125,238 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 124,560 Deaths | 118,520 Deaths | 128,695 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 134,543 Deaths | 128,657 Deaths | 143,946 Deaths | 9 |
| 2010s | 154,502 Deaths | 143,473 Deaths | 168,962 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,821 Deaths | 161,300 Deaths | 190,939 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Australia?
- Causes of mortality in Australia was 187,268 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 190,939 Deaths in 2022.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 88,464 Deaths in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for causes of mortality?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.