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Table 3.1.3 Causes of death by Indigenous status, Qld, WA, SA and the NT, 2001–2005 aIndigenous Non-Indigenous Indigenous Non-Indigenous Ratio% % Age standardisedrate per 100 000Age standardisedrate per 100 000Underlying cause of deathCirculatory diseases 26.6 36.8 783.9 228.9 3.4Accidents, poisonings and violence 16.2 6.3 123.5 39.3 3.1Cancer 15.1 29.7 306.9 179.8 1.7Lung cancer 3.6 5.7 79.3 34.9 2.3Cervical cancer 0.4 0.2 5.8 1.1 5.3Endocrine, metabolic & nutritionaldisorders9.0 3.5204.3 21.6 9.5Diabetes 8.0 2.4 202.8 14.8 13.7Respiratory diseases 8.7 8.7 243.2 54.1 4.5Digestive diseases 5.7 3.3 131.0 20.6 6.4Conditions originating in the perinatalperiod2.8 0.4 7.9 2.9 2.7Nervous system diseases 2.5 3.3 50.4 20.7 2.4Infectious and parasitic diseases 2.3 1.2 39.1 7.3 5.4Kidney diseases 2.0 1.5 64.0 9.6 6.7Other causes 9.1 5.3 143.7 37.1 3.9All causes 100.0 100.0 2043.7 621.7 3.3Number of deaths 7 544 227 393a Calculations of rates for the Indigenous population are based on ABS Experimental Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (low series, 2001base). There are no comparable population data for the Non-Indigenous population. Calculations of rates for the Non-Indigenous population are based on data derivedby subtracting Indigenous population projections from total population estimates and should be used with care.Source: ABS 2006, Causes of Death 2005, Cat. no. 3303.0 (unpublished); table 3A.1.3.3.8

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