Australians are living longer than ever. But how does our cause of death vary depending on our age?

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Australians are living longer than ever, but how does cause of death vary with age?

Heart attacks remain by far the single biggest cause of death Australia wide, regardless of a person's socioeconomic status or where they live. In 2017, a heart attack killed almost 18,600 Australians.

Suicide was the leading cause of death among Australians aged between 15 and 44. It accounted for 35 per cent of all deaths in Australians aged between 15 and 24, and about one in five deaths for those aged 25 to 44. Breast cancer was the fifth highest killer in people aged between 25 and 64 and took the lives of almost 3000 women in total in 2017.But lung cancer was the leading killer for those who died between the ages of 65 and 74.

 

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