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Underlying cause of death (a), selected causes, Queensland (b), 2001 to 2011

Cause of death Year
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
  — number —
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 250 269 234 296 239 309 320 308 291 318 398
Neoplasms (cancer) 6,599 6,915 6,923 7,148 7,148 7,188 7,185 8,221 8,076 8,457 8,196
      – Trachea, bronchus and lung 1,260 1,397 1,285 1,393 1,406 1,448 1,393 1,602 1,554 1,637 1,560
      – Melanoma of skin 218 195 269 287 272 256 290 340 300 365 344
      – Breast 480 449 470 463 494 439 501 526 478 504 525
      –  Female genital organs 237 261 241 271 292 282 257 297 295 299 296
      –  Male genital organs 516 515 566 565 561 579 583 632 624 692 695
Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism 69 69 69 78 69 87 94 77 65 75 83
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 725 807 786 886 917 916 903 1,148 1,092 1,074 1,119
      Diabetes mellitus 509 542 557 616 631 661 625 816 783 751 759
Mental and behavioural disorders 388 468 492 570 481 826 812 983 1,066 1,158 1,321
Diseases of the nervous system 666 772 697 818 750 825 918 1,076 1,075 1,049 1,095
Diseases of the eye and adnexa – – (c) (c) (c) (c) – 3 – – (c)
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process 3 – 3 (c) (c) (c) – 3 (c) 3 (c)
Diseases of the circulatory system 8,919 9,162 8,806 9,004 8,479 8,748 8,878 9,399 8,546 8,709 8,622
      – Ischaemic heart disease 5,040 5,067 4,850 4,904 4,540 4,698 4,260 4,798 4,343 4,324 4,325
      – Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) 2,184 2,290 2,254 2,290 2,169 2,248 2,265 2,353 2,179 2,186 2,112
Diseases of the respiratory system 1,803 1,988 2,028 2,046 1,963 1,943 2,482 2,081 2,081 2,201 2,349
      – Influenza and pneumonia 464 517 600 610 567 490 743 355 351 397 449
      – Chronic lower respiratory diseases 1,028 1,177 1,079 1,086 1,019 1,009 993 1,188 1,205 1,224 1,340
Diseases of the digestive system 715 779 808 841 803 817 941 910 870 980 957
Diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue 43 52 33 55 59 54 62 55 69 60 65
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 148 194 183 184 167 175 158 203 220 235 227
Diseases of the genitourinary system 492 467 460 507 508 550 615 598 509 576 573
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (c) (c) (c) 4 (c) – (c) 3 (c) 4 (c)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 146 144 112 129 145 139 142 140 172 162 150
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities                          136 121 121 111 111 117 143 163 162 135 126
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 106 144 157 175 181 115 365 150 146 204 172
External causes of morbidity and mortality 1,646 1,613 1,588 1,658 1,556 1,661 1,782 1,818 1,872 1,892 1,956
      – Transport accidents 429 380 362 367 327 414 427 406 413 342 347
      – Falls 151 147 146 163 148 207 208 205 216 265 298
      – Accidental drowning and submersion 63 46 47 53 41 48 40 47 59 60 39
      – Intentional self-harm (suicide) 499 537 466 453 459 494 520 553 525 583 559
      – Assault (includes homicide) 61 47 68 29 29 56 53 43 45 43 35
Total (d) 22,856 23,968 23,500 24,514 23,584 24,473 25,801 27,335 26,316 27,289 27,414
 
–   Zero or rounded to zero.
 
(a) Classified according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
(b) Where Queensland is the state of usual residence.
(c) Cells with small values have been confidentialised to protect the confidentiality of individuals. Cells with a zero value have not been affected by confidentialisation.
(d) Some figures that are not available for publication are included in totals where possible.
Note: Data prior to 2007 includes perinatal deaths. From 2007 onwards, figures exclude perinatal deaths.
 
Source:  Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death, Australia, cat. no. 3303.0
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