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

Collection and usage attributes

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).

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.

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.

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.

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

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Indicator conceptual framework

Data source attributes

Accountability attributes

Australian Health Performance Framework

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes