deaths per 1,000 people - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's age-standardised death rate was 5 deaths per 1,000 people as of January 2025. Deaths from all causes per 1,000 people, standardised to a fixed age profile so changes reflect health outcomes rather than an ageing population. Standardising for age is the honest way to read mortality over time: it shows whether Australians are living longer and healthier, not just getting older. Data is sourced from ABS Deaths, Australia (Cat. 3302.0) - standardised death rate, persons and updated annually.
Deaths from all causes per 1,000 people, standardised to a fixed age profile so changes reflect health outcomes rather than an ageing population.
Standardising for age is the honest way to read mortality over time: it shows whether Australians are living longer and healthier, not just getting older.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Deaths, Australia (Cat. 3302.0) - standardised death rate, persons
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Deaths, Australia (Cat. 3302.0) - standardised death rate, persons), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
