While the vast majority of deaths in all populations occur either in hospitals/health facilities or at home, a small percentage of deaths occur elsewhere, primarily in public locations, mostly due to road traffic accidents and homicides.
But dying in Australia is more institutionalised than in the rest of the world. Community and medical attitudes plus a lack of funds for formal community care mean that about half of Australians die in hospital, and about a third in residential care.
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. The second biggest cause are cancers. In this section you can see the causes of death for all countries in the world.
Provisional Mortality Statistics
This is 2.4% less than in April 2022. The death rate for April 2023 was 40.3 per 100,000 people. This compares to a rate of 42.6 in 2022.
Cause 1: Ischaemic heart disease
Ischaemic heart disease was the leading single cause of deaths in Australia, responsible for 17,331 deaths in 2021, about one in 10 of total deaths that year. Males were more prone to the disease, accounting for 10,371 (59.8%) of the deaths compared to 6,960 (40.2%) for females.
Number of deaths in Australia 2011-2022
The number of deaths in Australia decreased significantly in 2022 compared to previous years. The number of deaths recorded in 2022 was approximately 46 thousand, compared to about 171 thousand in 2021.
The global number of deaths per day is around 150,000 deaths. The number of deaths per day varies depending on various factors such as natural disasters, accidents, illnesses, and violence.
But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people—easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.
Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
The average life expectancy in the US is 76.4, according to the CDC's latest mortality data as of December 2022. That's the most common age to die in the US in terms of averages. Life expectancy differs by gender, however.
Between ages 15 and 40, death rates for men are usually two or three times higher than death rates for women. This disparity has fueled widespread interest in the ratio of male to female death rates over the life course and in why it is exceptionally high for younger adults (1–6).
Many people may look at the impact of stress on health and quality of life and wonder, is stress the number one killer? As it's directly associated with the six leading causes of death, stress can be called a silent killer. A 2021 study shows that physical and mental stressors can lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD).
Sixty-seven per cent of deaths registered in Australia in 2021 were among people aged 75 or over (61% for males and 73% for females). The median age at death was 79 years for males and 85 years for females (Table S2. 1).
Most of Australia's people live in the large core region in the east along the coast. This region extends from Brisbane to Adelaide and holds most of the country's population.
If someone you know dies overseas, local authorities should notify the Australian embassy or consulate. The consulate or embassy will then notify police in Australia. The consulate can give guidance on what to do next. Learn about what happens when someone has died overseas on the Smartraveller website.
The world's biggest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 16% of the world's total deaths.
World Death Clock - World Death Clock is a dynamic clock that calculates the number of people who are dying in the world every second. On an average there are 56 million deaths that take place in a year.
With this context and timeframe in mind, the demographers estimate that 109 billion people have lived and died over the course of 192,000 years. If we add the number of people alive today, we get 117 billion humans that have ever lived.
Humans (Homo sapiens)
It's a cliche, but (aside from mosquitos) the most deadly animal is ourselves! Homicides account for an estimated 431,000 human deaths a year, making us by far the deadliest mammals.
Tobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. Smoking leads to a wide range of diseases including many types of cancer, heart disease and stroke, chest and lung illnesses and stomach ulcers. It claims the lives of around 24,000 Australians every year.
Crude death rate
In 2022, death rate for Australia was 6.8 per 1,000 people. Before death rate of Australia started to increase to reach a level of 6.8 per 1,000 people in 2022, it went through a trough reaching a low of 6.4 per 1,000 people in 2020.
2022: At a glance
In 2022, there were 1,194 road crash deaths. This is an increase of 5.8 per cent from 2021. Over the decade national fatalities have remained largely flat. Fatality rates per population declined over the decade by a total of 10.4 per cent (from 5.1 to 4.6).