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Patterns of mortality
While there have been changes in death rates and life expectancy since 1900, there have also been changes in the patterns of mortality (the types of diseases that kill us). Diseases that were common in Australia during the first half of the twentieth century are in many ways different from those that Australians face now. They can, however, be grouped into five broad categories.
Life expactancy
Since the beginning of the 1900s, the patterns of disease and illness that affect the Australian population have changed considerably.
Life expectancy data over time shows that significant improvements in health status have been made, with males expected to live 80.9 years in 2019 compared to 3.8 years in 1900. Similarly, females in 2019 had a life expectancy of 85.0 years compared to 57.5 years in 1900.
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