Comment: Australian female mortality at age 70-79 years generally fell between the mid-1940s and 2004, but the decline stalled between
1961 and 1970. The downward trend resumed in 1971.
Method: Mortality rates calculated using data from the World Health Organization and the
United Nations Population Division,
then standardised for age (by taking unweighted averages of component rates) and smoothed (as weighted 3-year moving averages). For details, see
the Info page.
Caution: Trends can reflect not only changes in disease occurrence or treatment, but also changes in how a cause of death is
defined or coded.
Comment: Australian female mortality at age 70-79 years generally fell between the mid-1940s and 2004, but the decline stalled between 1961 and 1970. The downward trend resumed in 1971.
Method: Mortality rates calculated using data from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Population Division, then standardised for age (by taking unweighted averages of component rates) and smoothed (as weighted 3-year moving averages). For details, see the Info page.
Caution: Trends can reflect not only changes in disease occurrence or treatment, but also changes in how a cause of death is defined or coded.