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Underlying cause of death (a), selected causes, Queensland (b), 1997 to 2007

Cause of death Year
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  — number —
 
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 226 225 248 204 250 269 234 296 239 298 317
Neoplasms (cancer) 6,040 6,317 6,387 6,458 6,599 6,915 6,923 7,148 7,148 7,242 7,152
      Trachea, bronchus and lung 1,185 1,201 1,266 1,244 1,261 1,397 1,286 1,393 1,406 1,449 1,388
      Melanoma of skin 188 224 227 212 218 195 269 287 272 262 289
      Breast 419 441 429 401 480 449 470 463 494 449 499
      Female genital organs 221 217 240 242 237 261 241 271 292 284 256
      Male genital organs 429 475 454 520 516 515 566 565 561 589 583
Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism 52 62 73 66 69 69 69 78 69 87 88
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 701 699 700 759 725 807 786 886 917 915 888
      Diabetes mellitus 521 506 507 555 509 542 557 616 631 665 620
Mental and behavioural disorders 319 373 406 352 388 468 492 570 481 822 819
Diseases of the nervous system 578 609 682 661 666 772 697 818 750 814 907
Diseases of the eye and adnexa – – (c) – – – (c) 3 3 (c) 4
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (c) (c) 4 3 3 – (c) (c) 3 (c) (c)
Diseases of the circulatory system 9,131 9,107 9,301 8,783 8,919 9,162 8,806 9,004 8,479 8,617 8,616
      Ischaemic heart disease 5,362 5,319 5,315 5,011 5,040 5,067 4,850 4,904 4,540 4,607 4,069
      Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) 2,071 2,080 2,173 2,163 2,184 2,290 2,254 2,290 2,169 2,245 2,253
Diseases of the respiratory system 1,613 1,643 1,678 1,786 1,803 1,988 2,028 2,046 1,963 1,936 2,450
      Influenza and pneumonia 321 322 308 474 464 517 600 610 567 481 733
      Chronic lower respiratory diseases 1,067 1,097 1,126 1,058 1,028 1,177 1,079 1,086 1,019 1,005 977
Diseases of the digestive system 674 682 750 721 715 779 808 841 803 809 909
Diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue 41 40 55 35 43 52 33 55 59 59 61
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 138 126 162 146 148 194 183 184 167 176 159
Diseases of the genitourinary system 414 416 453 381 492 467 460 507 508 558 605
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (c) (c) 3 4 (c) 4 (c) 4 (c) – –
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 124 147 107 135 146 144 112 129 145 144 136
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities                          143 139 148 128 136 121 121 111 111 109 132
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 105 131 80 103 106 144 157 175 181 547 1,007
External causes of morbidity and mortality 1,643 1,603 1,610 1,700 1,646 1,613 1,588 1,658 1,556 1,508 1,553
      Transport accidents 414 341 364 363 429 380 362 367 327 378 242
      Falls 101 110 102 127 151 147 146 163 148 196 156
      Accidental drowning and submersion 53 44 59 54 63 46 47 53 41 49 28
      Intentional self-harm (suicide) 535 579 480 541 499 537 466 453 459 336 285
      Assault (includes homicide) 76 64 52 65 61 47 68 29 29 21 21
 
Total (d) 21,945 22,321 22,849 22,425 22,856 23,968 23,500 24,514 23,584 24,644 25,801
 
–   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 have been confidentialised due to the small numbers involved.
(d) Some figures that are not available for publication are included in totals where possible.
 
Source:  Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death, Australia, Cat. No. 3303.0
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