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Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) for leading causes (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f) Causes of Death, Australia Statistics on the number of deaths, by sex, selected age groups, and cause of death classified to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 2020: Deaths during the first year of the pandemic Reference period 2020 Released 29/09/2021 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/causes-death-australia/latest-release#key-statistics Key statistics COVID-19 was the 38th leading cause of death (898 deaths). In 2020 there was a decrease in mortality in Australia. The five leading causes decreased, with a significant reduction in respiratory diseases. Rates from suicide, drug overdoses and car crashes decreased. Alcohol-induced death rates increased by 8.3%. >>>>>>>>> Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) for leading causes (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f) YPLL (years) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Intentional self-harm [suicide] (X60-X84, Y87.0) 109,525 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 69,449 Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33, C34) 51,581 Accidental poisoning (X40-X49) 49,131 Land transport accidents (V01-V89, Y85) 43,798 Malignant neoplasm of colon, sigmoid, rectum and anus (C18-C21, C26.0) 36,740 Malignant neoplasms of breast (C50) 31,300 Cirrhosis and other diseases of liver (K70-K76) 31,136 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 26,998 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 25,607 Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 24,538 Diabetes (E10-E14) 23,635 Malignant neoplasm of brain (C71) 21,160 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 19,971 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 16,444 Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin (C43-C44) 12,190 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 10,913 Cardiomyopathy (I42) 10,822 Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 9,607 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus (C15) 9,205 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For information on WHO leading causes and YPLL see Mortality tabulations and methodologies for further information. See the Data quality section of the methodology for further information on specific issues related to interpreting time-series and 2020 data. Causes of death data for 2020 are preliminary and subject to a revisions process. See Data quality, Revisions process in the Methodology of this publication for more information Changes in coding processes have been applied to 2020 data. See the Classifications and Mortality coding sections of the methodology for further information. The data presented for intentional self-harm includes ICD-10 codes X60-X84 and Y87.0. Care needs to be taken in interpreting figures relating to intentional self-harm. See the Deaths due to intentional self-harm (suicide) section of the methodology in this publication. The data presented for Malignant neoplasm of the colon, sigmoid, rectum and anus (C18-C21) includes deaths due to Malignant neoplasm of the intestinal tract, part unspecified (C26.0). Comparisons with data for this leading cause, and associated leading cause rankings, should therefore be made with caution. See Mortality tabulations and methodologies, Leading causes of death in the methodology section of this publication for further details.