Presents statistics on deaths and mortality for Australia, states and territories. Information on characteristics of the deceased include place of usual residence, age at death, sex, Indigenous status and country of birth. Information is also provided on infant deaths and death rates. Death statistics are used as an input into the calculation of quarterly population estimates. Death statistics are also used in the analysis of mortality in Australia. Trends in mortality are used in the development of assumptions on future levels of mortality for population projections.

Australian mortality information is released annually.For further information, refer to the Past & Future Releases tab of this release.

Annual - flow.

This dataset refers to calendar years commencing from 2001.

For a list of available characteristics, refer to the Explanatory Notes tab - Characteristics available (Appendix).

This dataset contains data presented at state, territory and Australia level. Further disaggregation for selected data at lower levels of geography are available from the downloads tab.

Deaths registered in Australia.Deaths occurred on Norfolk Island from 1 July 2016 are included in this publication. This is due to the introduction of the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015. Norfolk Island deaths are included in statistics for ""Other Territories"" as well as totals for all of Australia. Deaths occurring on Norfolk Island prior to 1 July 2016 were not in scope for death statistics.For further information, refer to Explanatory Notes - Scope and Coverage.

Australia - Includes Other Territories.

Death records with Sex not stated are imputed to be either Male or Female.

For definitions and information regarding rates and measures, refer to the Explanatory Notes tab - Glossary.

Refer to the Explanatory Notes Tab - Quality Declaration - Summary and Explanatory Notes - Data Quality.

Confidentiality - Where necessary, tables in this dataset have had small values randomised to protect confidentiality. As a result, sums of components may not add exactly to totals. Cells with 0 values have not been affected by randomisation. These very minor adjustments allow for a greater amount of data to be released, and do not affect the utility of the data. Accordingly, the ABS does not recommend summing small cells together to aggregate data.Occurrence data is subject to change, as deaths that occurred prior to the reference year may not yet be registered, and are registered in subsequent years. Use care when interpreting occurrence data for recent years. Occurrence data includes deaths registered up to 31 December of the reference year of this release.Occurrence data for the reference year of this release is incomplete due to delays between the occurrence and registration of deaths.