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3. Premature deaths in Australia, 2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Overview of premature mortality

4. Potentially avoidable deaths in Australia, 2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Overview of premature mortality

5. Age-standardised death rates among people aged less than 75, by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Trends in premature mortality

6. Leading causes of premature death among people aged less than 75, 2010–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Trends in premature mortality

7. Causes of premature mortality by age, 2010–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Causes of premature mortality

8. Death rates among infants (aged less than 1), by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Deaths among infants (aged less than 1)

9. Death rates among children aged 1–14, by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Deaths among children aged 1–14

10. Death rates among young people aged 15–24, by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Deaths among young people aged 15–24

11. Death rates among adults aged 25–44, by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Deaths among adults aged 25–44

12. Death rates among adults aged 45–64, by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Deaths among adults aged 45–64

13. Death rates among adults aged 65–74, by sex, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database Deaths among adults aged 65–74

14. Indigenous premature mortality Rate ratio of Indigenous (orange) and non-Indigenous (blue) age-specific death rates for leading causes of premature mortality, 2009–2013 Source: ABS 2015

15. Percentage of deaths due to non-communicable diseases occurring under age 70, males, 2012 Source: WHO 2014 International comparisons of premature mortality

16. Percentage of deaths due to non-communicable diseases occurring under age 70, females, 2012 Source: WHO 2014 International comparisons of premature mortality

17. Australia’s rank out of 34 OECD countries for premature mortality (lowest potential years of life lost, PYLL) due to selected causes of death, 2011 Source: OECD 2015 International comparisons of premature mortality

18. Premature deaths (crude rate) by country and year, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database; Statistics Canada 2015; Statistics New Zealand 2015 International comparisons of premature mortality

19. Potential years of life lost (PYLL) by country and year, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, 1997–2012 Source: AIHW National Mortality Database; Statistics Canada 2015; Statistics New Zealand 2015 International comparisons of premature mortality