Observed and predicted premature mortality in Australia due to non-communicable diseases: a population-based study examining progress towards the WHO 25X25 goal

Table 2 Study population aged 30-69 years, deaths and proportional mortality in 2016, for cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), respiratory diseases and diabetes (NCD4)

	Population	% of total Australian population (all ages)	Number of deaths	Proportional mortality (%) by underlying cause of death
	Population	% of total Australian population (all ages)	Number of deaths	Cancer	CVD	Chronic respiratory diseases	Diabetes	NCD4 combined	Other causes
Persons	12,155,608	50.25	36,327	42.94	18.42	4.89	2.79	69.05	30.96
Males	6,000,459	24.81	22,501	38.64	21.25	4.39	2.92	67.20	32.80
Females	6,155,149	25.44	13,826	49.94	13.80	5.71	2.60	72.05	27.96

Notes: The proportional mortality was calculated at the national level as the percentage of total deaths within the study population

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