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Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.4.2–Life expectancy, 2020

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termAHPF PI 3.4.2–Life expectancy, 2020
METEOR identifier:Help on this term728474
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 13/10/2021
Description:Help on this term

The average number of years a person could expect to live if they experienced the age/sex specific death rates that applied at their birth throughout their lifetime.

Indicator set:Help on this termAustralian Health Performance Framework, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:Help on this term

Life expectancy for total population is calculated for a rolling 3-year period and reported annually.

Life expectancy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations is calculated for a rolling 3-year period and reported every 5 years.

Presented as:

  • number of years
  • difference between Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancies at birth
  • difference between male and female life expectancies at birth (total population).
Computation:Help on this term

Calculated by direct estimation of life expectancy for all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians using the average number of deaths in the 3-year period and the estimated resident population at the mid-point of that period.

Numerator:Help on this term

The indicator does not have a numerator or denominator. The average number of years a person could expect to live from the day they are born if they experienced mortality rates at each age that are currently experienced by the relevant population.

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

Data Element

Number of years of life expectancy at birth

Data Source

ABS Life Tables

Guide for use

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

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Number of years of life expectancy at birth.

Data Source

ABS Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Guide for use

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

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2000–2002 to 2016–2018—Nationally, by sex.

2009–20011 to 2016–2018—State and territory, by sex.

2011–2013 to 2016–2018—Primary Health Network (PHN), by sex.

Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), by sex (not reported).

Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) by sex (not reported).

2005–2007, 2010–2012, 2015–2017—Nationally, by Indigenous status and sex.

2005–2007, 2010–2012, 2015–2017—State and territory, by Indigenous status and sex.

2015–2017—Nationally, by sex and remoteness area (Major Cities, Inner Regional and Outer Regional combined, Remote and Very Remote combined).

Estimates of life expectancy at birth by Indigenous status and state/territory are based on data from 4 jurisdictions for which the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths is considered acceptable for reliable estimates – New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data Source

ABS Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Guide for use

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

Data Element / Data Set

Person—sex, code X

Data Source

ABS Life Tables

Guide for use

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

Data Element / Data Set

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

Data Source

ABS Life Tables

Guide for use

Data source type: Census based and administrative by-product data
Used for disaggregation by state/territory, PHN, GCCA, SA4 and remoteness

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2020 Australian Health Performance Framework reporting: 2016–18.

Indigenous estimates of life expectancy are not produced for Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania or the Australian Capital Territory due to the small number of Indigenous deaths reported in these jurisdictions.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termMean (average)
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termTime (e.g. days, hours)
Format:Help on this term

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 Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Frequency

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

ABS Life Tables

Frequency

Annual

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

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.6–Potentially avoidable deaths, 2020
  • Health, Standard 01/12/2020
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 06–Life expectancy, 2020
  • Health, Standard 13/03/2020
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 06–Life expectancy, 2022
  • Health, Standard 24/09/2021
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