ABS Covid mortality data

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Some interesting things there.

COVID-19 Mortality

COVID-19 deaths that occurred by 31 July 2021 that have been registered and received by the ABS

The median age for those who died from COVID-19 was 86.9 years (85.2 years for males, 88.4 years for females)

On average, deaths due to COVID-19 had 2.5 other diseases and conditions certified alongside the virus.

Case fatality rate
The graph below shows that while the CFR for those aged under 60 years is 0.1%, the CFR for males aged over 90 years is over 50%.

Associated causes: Pre-existing chronic conditions
Pre-existing chronic conditions were reported on death certificates for 675 (73.4%) of the 920 COVID-19 deaths covered in this report. Of these 675 deaths:

Dementia was the most commonly certified co-morbidity, present in 41.0% of the 675 deaths.

Chronic cardiac conditions including coronary atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathies and atrial fibrillation were certified in over 30% of deaths due to COVID-19.

Diabetes, a condition that weakens the immune system was certified as a pre-existing condition in over 17.8% of deaths with a chronic condition mentioned.

Cancer was a pre-existing condition in 12.3% of the 675 deaths. Blood and lymph cancers (e.g. leukaemia) were the most commonly certified cancer type among those deaths.

The type of comorbidities most commonly present in Australian deaths due to COVID-19 are consistent with those reported internationally.

https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/covid-19-mortality-1