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Table 8 Deaths of indigenous persons in QLD, SA, WA and NT(a) - 1999 - 2003

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Immunisation status

Table 8

Deaths of indigenous persons in QLD, SA, WA and NT(a) - 1999 - 2003

	Number of Indigenous deaths (no.)		Indigenous deaths as a proportion of total deaths (%)		Indigenous persons as a proportion of total population (%) (b)
Age at death (years)	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
0	263	206	19.0	19.3	7.6	7.7
1-4	48	45	13.7	19.6	7.3	7.5
5-14	56	43	13.8	14.2	6.8	6.7
15-24	306	133	12.1	14.9	4.9	5.2
25-34	462	226	13.2	16.6	4.0	4.4
35-44	636	380	13.7	14.3	2.9	3.1
45-54	723	490	9.1	9.9	2.0	2.2
55-64	651	509	4.7	6.5	1.4	1.7
65 or over	1 058	1 118	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.9
Total (c)	4 222	3 165	4.3	3.6	3.7	3.8

Source: ABS/AIHW, The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2005 (Cat. No. 4704.0)

Notes: (a) Data for Queensland, South Australia, WA and the NT combined. Deaths are based on year of occurrence of death for 1999-2002 and year of registration of death for 2003;

(b) Estimates of the Indigenous population for 1999-2003 are based on the 2001 Census;

45. Over the 10 years to 2004, there were quite different patterns of decline in the two leading causes of death, malignant neoplasms and ischaemic heart diseases, which together account for nearly half the total deaths. Between 1994 and 2004, the standardised death rate for malignant neoplasms decreased by 14 per cent, while the rate for ischaemic heart diseases decreased by 42 per cent. As a proportion of all deaths, ischaemic heart disease has decreased from 24.1 per cent in 1994 to 18.5 per cent in 2004 whilst malignant neoplasms have increased from 26.6 per cent to 28.7 per cent.

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Ischaemic heart disease and malignant neoplasms
as a proportion of all deaths, 1994-2004

Source: ABS Causes of Death Australia 2004 (Cat. No. 3303.0).

Immunisation status

46. Due to higher incidence rates of influenza and pneumonia, and pneumococcal disease, vaccination for influenza and pneumococcal disease is recommended to commence at a younger age for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (50 years of age and those who are in the age group 15-49 years who have health risk factors such as heart disease, kidney or lung disease, asthma or diabetes, immunocompromising conditions such as HIV infection or cancer and/or heavy drinkers or tobacco smokers) than non-Indigenous Australians (65 years). The National Indigenous Pneumococcal and Influenza Immunisation Program provides free annual influenza vaccine and a free pneumococcal vaccine every five years to all Aboriginal peoples aged 50 years and over and those who are in the age group 15-49 years who have health risk factors.

47. Table 9A shows the immunisation status in 2004-05 of Indigenous children in non-remote areas in relation to selected diseases.