Table 3 Numbers and percentages of deaths in Australia 2006–2018 for all people aged 60 years or more by cause: first column is the list of causes of death; the second column is the numbers of deaths with this as the underlying cause; the third column is the percentages of deaths based on data driven method; the remaining columns are percentages of deaths using arbitrary weights varying from 1 (i.e., underlying cause only) to zero (i.e., contributing causes only)

Infectious, parasitic disease

37,765

2.17

2.27

2.24

2.18

2.12

2.06

1.99

1.96

Colorectal cancer

58,531

3.43

3.52

3.24

2.67

2.11

1.55

0.98

0.70

Liver cancer

15,821

0.90

0.95

0.86

0.69

0.51

0.34

0.16

0.07

Pancreatic cancer

28,538

1.68

1.72

1.55

1.23

0.90

0.57

0.25

0.09

Lung, tracheal cancer

90,891

5.22

5.46

4.96

3.96

2.96

1.96

0.96

0.46

Melanoma, malignant skin cancer

20,819

1.22

1.25

1.16

0.98

0.80

0.61

0.43

0.34

Breast cancer

26,505

1.56

1.59

1.49

1.29

1.09

0.89

0.69

0.59

Prostate cancer

39,841

2.33

2.40

2.26

1.98

1.70

1.42

1.14

1.00

Lymph, blood cancer

54,034

3.17

3.25

3.06

2.67

2.29

1.91

1.52

1.33

Other malignant neoplasm

142,881

8.63

8.59

8.23

7.52

6.80

6.09

5.38

5.02

Benign neoplasm, blood, metabolic disease

27,882

1.72

1.68

1.81

2.09

2.36

2.63

2.90

3.04

Diabetes

42,902

2.74

2.58

2.86

3.44

4.01

4.58

5.15

5.43

Other endocrine disease

2,247

0.13

0.14

0.19

0.29

0.39

0.49

0.59

0.64

Dementia, Alzheimer's disease

135,475

8.44

8.15

8.07

7.90

7.74

7.58

7.42

7.34

Other mental disorder

6,527

0.56

0.39

0.64

1.14

1.64

2.14

2.63

2.88

Parkinson's disease

18,817

1.09

1.13

1.11

1.08

1.05

1.01

0.98

0.96

Other neurological condition

22,607

1.35

1.36

1.36

1.35

1.34

1.34

1.33

1.33

Eye, ear disease

119

0.01

0.01

0.03

0.09

0.14

0.20

0.25

0.28

Hypertensive disease

18,717

2.05

1.13

1.82

3.21

4.61

6.00

7.39

8.09

Ischaemic heart disease

249,077

14.37

14.98

14.46

13.44

12.41

11.39

10.36

9.85

Cardiac arrhythmia

23,447

1.57

1.41

1.68

2.22

2.77

3.31

3.85

4.12

Heart failure

41,859

2.69

2.52

2.72

3.13

3.53

3.94

4.34

4.54

Cerebrovascular disease

135,272

7.50

8.13

7.75

6.99

6.23

5.46

4.70

4.32

Other circulatory disease

71,395

4.45

4.29

4.52

4.96

5.41

5.85

6.30

6.52

Influenza, pneumonia

33,424

1.95

2.01

1.91

1.72

1.53

1.34

1.15

1.06

Chronic lower respiratory disease

85,154

5.09

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.12

5.13

5.13

5.13

Other respiratory disease

37,332

2.18

2.24

2.28

2.37

2.45

2.53

2.61

2.65

Liver disease

13,177

0.78

0.79

0.81

0.86

0.90

0.94

0.98

1.01

Other digestive disease

44,368

2.54

2.67

2.65

2.60

2.56

2.51

2.47

2.45

Skin disease

5,543

0.31

0.33

0.35

0.39

0.43

0.47

0.51

0.53

Musculoskeletal disease

14,585

0.92

0.88

1.06

1.44

1.81

2.19

2.56

2.75

Kidney disease

47,559

3.00

2.86

3.14

3.72

4.29

4.86

5.43

5.71

Other genitourinary disease

1,014

0.06

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.10

0.11

Reproductive, maternal condition

318

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.03

Perinatal condition, congenital malformation

1,661

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

Symptoms, signs, ill-defined condition

11,109

0.87

0.67

1.00

1.67

2.33

3.00

3.67

4.00

External cause mechanisms, traumatic injuries

24,212

1.50

1.46

1.65

2.03

2.41

2.78

3.16

3.35

Accidental falls

24,761

1.39

1.49

1.36

1.10

0.84

0.58

0.32

0.19

Intentional self-harm

7,048

0.36

0.42

0.38

0.30

0.22

0.14

0.06

0.02

Total

1,663,234

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00