The mortality rate in Australia continues to decline, according to new figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
From 1907 to 2013, the mortality rate (deaths per 100,000 people per year) has declined by 74%, falling by 71% for males and 76% for females:
The most common cause of death is still coronary heart disease. Here, you can see the most common cause of death by age group for females, with the shift from external causes such as suicide earlier in life to cancer and heart disease in later life:
And for males there’s a similar shift, though with differences in the types of cancers involved:
