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Marrickville Local Government Area Health ProfileTable 13: Life expectancy and deaths from all causes for residents of the Marrickville LGA and NSWIndicator Marrickville NSWDeaths from all causes 2011, Indirectly Standardised 5.9 5.7Death Rate ^Deaths from suicide and self-inflicted injuries 2003- 9.8 9.32007, average annual ASR 26 per 100,000 population #Males Females Males FemalesMedian Age of Death 2003 - 2007 27 74 82 77 83Source: ^SSWLHD & SLHD Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance; # Public Health Information Development Unit(2012)Rates of avoidable mortality in Marrickville are approximately 20% higher than both Inner WestSydney and NSW, as illustrated in Figure 13. This rate is the third-highest of any LGA in thecatchment, behind Sydney South and Sydney West.Figure 13: Avoidable mortality * per 1,000 persons vs Inner West Sydney and state comparatorsSource: Public Health Information and Development Unit and Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012)Note: * Data relates to persons aged from 0 to 74 years where mortality is caused by a number of conditions specified by the Public HealthInformation Development Unit. Mortality rates reported are crude rates (not age-standardised).Figure 14 illustrates the causes of premature mortality, by condition, and shows that deaths fromcancer (1.09 persons per 1,000) and to a lesser extent circulatory system disease (0.77 persons per1,000) are likely to be significant drivers underpinning the high rate of premature mortality inMarrickville.26ASR denotes indirectly age-standardised rate per 100,000 population27Public Health Information Development Unit Social Health Atlas of Australia: Statistical Local Area and Local Government Area 2012 http://http://www.publichealth.gov.au/data/social-health-atlas-of-australia%3a-statistical-local-area-and-local-government-area_-published-2012.htmlaccessed 10/11/12Inner West Sydney Medicare Local and Sydney Local Health District Page 21Marrickville Local Government AreaPopulation Health LGA/SLA Profile v1.1 March 2013