Background information: Potential Years of Life Lost
The following table shows the rate of Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) from premature death for selected causes.
Table 1: Rate of PYLL from premature death for selected causes, by state and territory, Australia, 2015 to 2019*
All causes | Cancer | Diabetes | Circulatory system diseases | Respiratory system diseases | External causes | ||||||||||||
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State/territory, rate* of PYLL | All cancers | Colorectal | Lung | Breast: female | All external | Road traffic injuries | Suicide | ||||||||||
NSW | 37.9 | 12.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 3.6 | ||||||
Vic | 35.8 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 3.5 | ||||||
Qld | 42.0 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 1.7 | 5.2 | ||||||
SA | 41.2 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 4.3 | ||||||
WA | 40.2 | 11.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 5.2 | ||||||
Tas | 47.1 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 12.0 | 2.2 | 5.2 | ||||||
NT | 78.9 | 15.9 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 19.9 | 5.5 | 7.3 | ||||||
ACT | 32.5 | 10.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | ||||||
Aust | 39.1 | 12.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 4.2 |