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Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.4.3–Major causes of death, 2019

Indicator Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termAHPF PI 3.4.3–Major causes of death, 2019
METEOR identifier:Help on this term715311
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Description:Help on this term

Age-standardised mortality rate by major cause of death, and for Indigenous people and Primary Health Network areas.

Indicator set:Help on this term
Australian Health Performance Framework, 2019

        Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework, 2019

        Health, Superseded 13/10/2021

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

Data is disaggregated by each International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) chapter for underlying cause of death:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Neoplasms (cancer) (C00–D48)
  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E90)
  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99)
  • Nervous system diseases (G00–G99)
  • Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)
  • Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95)
  • Circulatory diseases (I00–I99)
  • Respiratory diseases (J00–J99)
  • Digestive diseases (K00–K93)
  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
  • Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)
  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99)
  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98)
  • All causes
Computation:Help on this term

(Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100,000

Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population. Presented per 100,000 population.

Numerator:Help on this term

Number of deaths

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10), ANN{.N}

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Denominator:Help on this term

Total Australian population

Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Person—projected Indigenous population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data SourceHelp on this term

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Census-based data plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data SourceHelp on this term

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Census-based data plus administrative by-product data

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2008 to 2017—Nationally, by underlying cause of death and sex.

2017—State and territory, by underlying cause of death and sex.

2017—Primary Health Network (PHN) by underlying cause of death and sex

2013–2017—Nationally, by Indigenous status, underlying cause of death and sex.

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable—New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory.

Due to the small number of Indigenous deaths reported each year, 5-year combined data will be reported for Indigenous status disaggregations.

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data ElementHelp on this term

Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10), ANN{.N}

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—sex, code X

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)

Data SourceHelp on this term

AIHW National Mortality Database

Guide for useHelp on this term

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

Used for disaggregation by state/territory and Primary Health Network

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2019 Australian Health Performance Framework reporting:

  • 2017
  • Aggregated data 2013–2017 (Indigenous status)

Deaths registered in 2015 and earlier are based on the final version of cause of death data; deaths registered in 2016 are based on the revised version; and deaths registered in 2017 are based on the preliminary version. Revised and preliminary versions are subject to further revision by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

A number of updates to the ICD-10 were applied to the 2013 causes of death data. Details of the impact of these changes on the mortality data are described in ABS Implementation of the Iris Software: Understanding Coding and Process Improvements.

2012 data are coded using ICD-10 (2006 version). 2013 data are coded using ICD-10 (2013 version). 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 data are coded using ICD-10 (2015 version).

Single year data will be reported for time series analysis.

Denominators used in the calculation of rates for the Indigenous population are ABS estimates (Series B, 2016 Census-based). Non-Indigenous estimates are only available for Census years; in the intervening years the population is calculated by subtracting the estimated Indigenous population from the total population Estimated Resident Population (ERP).

Indigenous and non-Indigenous analysis excludes records where Indigenous status was 'not stated'.

Due to the small number of Indigenous deaths reported each year, 5-year combined data will be reported for the current reporting period. For rate calculations, the average of the numerator is divided by the mid-point Indigenous population for the time period.

Data by remoteness and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) may be available, pending assessment of data quality.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termRate
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this term

N[NN].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this term4. Deaths

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS Indigenous estimates and projections (2016 Census-based)

Frequency

Periodic

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

AIHW National Mortality Database

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (2016 Census-based)

Frequency

Quarterly

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this term

Australian Health Performance Framework

Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Accountability:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes Help on this term

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.4.3–Major causes of death, 2020

        Health, Standard 13/10/2021

See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.6–Potentially avoidable deaths, 2019

        Health, Superseded 01/12/2020

See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 08–Major causes of death, 2020

        Health, Standard 13/03/2020

See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 08–Major causes of death, 2021

        Health, Standard 03/07/2020

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