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Information on persons who have died in Australia, including cause of death and demographics.

Defines registered-death scope, source registries, collection method and processing.

Dataset summary

Asset
PLIDA
Collection
administrative
Supplier
RBDM
Custodian
ABS
Reference period
2007 to 2024
Update frequency
Follows ABS publication
Products
24
Tables
50
Unique variables
77
Variable occurrences
1,711
Metadata source
PLIDA Data Item List, 19 March 2026
Official information
ABS deaths methodology

Products and tables

DEATHS has 24 products covering 50 tables.

Product Tables Variables
madip-ge-050101d-deaths-deathregistrations2007-2007 1 14
madip-ge-050102d-deaths-causeofdeath2007-2007 2 49
madip-ge-050103d-deaths-deathregistrations2008-2008 1 14
madip-ge-050104d-deaths-causeofdeath2008-2008 2 49
madip-ge-050105d-deaths-deathregistrations2009-2009 1 14
madip-ge-050106d-deaths-causeofdeath2009-2009 2 49
madip-ge-050107d-deaths-deathregistrations2010-2010 1 14
madip-ge-050108d-deaths-causeofdeath2010-2010 2 49
madip-ge-050109d-deaths-deathregistrations2011-2011 1 14
madip-ge-050110d-deaths-causeofdeath2011-2011 2 49
madip-ge-050111d-deaths-deathregistrations2012-2012 1 14
madip-ge-050112d-deaths-causeofdeath2012-2012 2 49
madip-ge-050114d-deaths-causeofdeath2013-2013 2 67
madip-ge-050116d-deaths-causeofdeath2014-2014 2 67
madip-ge-050118d-deaths-causeofdeath2015-2015 2 67
madip-ge-050120d-deaths-causeofdeath2016-2016 2 67
madip-ge-050122d-deaths-causeofdeath2017-2017 2 67
madip-ge-050124d-deaths-causeofdeath2018-2018 2 67
madipge-death-d-cause-of-death-2019 3 68
madipge-death-d-cause-of-death-2020 4 67
madipge-death-d-cause-of-death-2021 4 67
madipge-death-d-cause-of-death-2022 4 67
madipge-death-d-cause-of-death-2023 3 67
madipge-death-d-cause-of-death-2024 2 63

Variables

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