Enhanced reporting of deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples using linked administrative health datasets

Table 2 Median age at death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by method of reporting, sex, cause of death, and geographic remoteness, New South Wales Australia 2007

Cause of death – geographic remoteness		Reporting method
		As reported			Enhanced reporting
		As reported			Algorithm^a			At least 1 report
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Cause of death	Cancer^b	64.4	63.6	64.3	64.6	62.5	63.8	65.2	64.4	65.0
	Cardiovascular diseases^c	61.1	72.0	65.9	64.8	73.5	69.1	66.0	76.5	71.2
	External causes^d	36.8	40.4	39.5	39.9	39.7	39.7	38.0	40.4	39.7
Geographic remoteness (ARIA+) ^e	Major Cities	59.5	66.1	61.7	61.0	66.3	62.8	62.4	67.1	64.9
	Inner Regional	62.5	61.9	62.1	61.9	65.2	63.0	62.9	68.8	65.1
	Outer Regional	56.0	65.7	59.9	57.8	63.4	60.5	59.6	65.0	61.1
	Remote	60.0	58.8	59.9	61.2	60.6	61.2	63.2	63.0	63.2
	Very Remote	63.2	65.0	64.4	62.9	65.0	63.9	63.2	69.1	64.7
Total ^f		59.5	63.5	61.1	60.8	65.1	62.6	62.1	67.0	63.9

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics death data linked with records of the NSW Admitted Patient Data, NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, NSW Perinatal Data Collection and Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages birth registration data.
^aFor 3 or more linked units of information 2 are required to report an individual as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, otherwise 1 is sufficient.
^bCancer cause of death codes ICD-10: C00-C97.
^cCardiovascular diseases cause of death codes ICD-10: I00-I99.
^dExternal causes of death codes ICD-10: V01-Y98
^eAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia—ARIA Plus ¹².
^fTotal includes records with missing information ARIA+ or cause of death.

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