Table 4 Leading causes of death in Australia 2006–2018 among men aged 60–74, 75–84 and 85 years or more, ranked by using the current method (underlying cause of death alone, UCoD), the new data driven method (DD) and the method using arbitrary weight with p = 0.5

Ischaemic heart disease

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Other malignant neoplasm

2

1

2

2

2

2

4

4

8

Lung, tracheal cancer

3

3

3

3

3

9

Cerebrovascular disease

7

9

8

4

4

6

3

3

3

Dementia, Alzheimer's disease

7

6

4

2

2

2

Chronic lower respiratory disease

5

5

4

5

5

3

5

5

6

Prostate cancer

9

8

6

7

10

6

6

10

Other circulatory disease

8

7

5

8

8

5

7

7

4

Colorectal cancer

4

4

10

10

Lymph, blood cancer

6

6

9

9

Kidney disease

8

8

8

5

Diabetes

10

6

7

Other respiratory disease

10

10

Heart failure

9

9

7

Hypertensive disease

7

9

Pancreatic cancer

10

External cause, traumatic injuries

9

Other mental disorder

10