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Background information: Premature mortality and Avoidable mortality
The following tables show the proportion of all deaths that are premature or avoidable, as published in the maps, data and graphs on the PHIDU website.
Total population
| Detail | Males | Females | Persons |
| Total deaths | 40.5 | 27.0 | 34.0 |
| All cancer deaths | 47.4 | 47.0 | 47.2 |
| Colorectal cancer | 50.3 | 41.6 | 46.4 |
| Lung cancer | 53.1 | 54.0 | 53.5 |
| Breast cancer | .. | 57.9 | .. |
| Diabetes | 38.5 | 24.9 | 32.3 |
| All circulatory system diseases | 32.0 | 13.9 | 23.0 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 36.6 | 14.4 | 27.3 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 25.0 | 13.5 | 18.2 |
| All respiratory system diseases | 27.2 | 22.1 | 24.7 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 32.0 | 30.7 | 31.4 |
| All external causes | 72.3 | 46.3 | 63.1 |
| Road traffic injuries | 88.7 | 80.3 | 86.5 |
| Suicide and self-inflicted injuries | 92.5 | 91.8 | 92.3 |
Indigenous population
| Detail | 0-54 | 0-64 | 0-74 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | |||
| All deaths | 43.0 | 33.0 | 38.5 | 63.6 | 51.9 | 58.3 | 82.6 | 71.9 | 77.7 | ||
| All cancer deaths | 22.2 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 51.0 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 79.4 | 76.3 | 77.9 | ||
| Lung cancer deaths | 18.1 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 50.7 | 44.3 | 47.8 | 81.2 | 81.6 | 81.4 | ||
| Diabetes | 27.2 | 22.4 | 24.8 | 49.3 | 48.4 | 48.8 | 78.5 | 74.7 | 76.5 | ||
| Circulatory system diseases | 36.0 | 26.2 | 31.7 | 60.3 | 43.3 | 52.8 | 81.1 | 63.3 | 73.3 | ||
| Ischaemic heart disease | 37.0 | 26.7 | 33.1 | 63.8 | 47.3 | 57.7 | 84.4 | 70.5 | 79.2 | ||
| Respiratory system diseases | 22.7 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 44.5 | 38.9 | 41.7 | 70.8 | 66.1 | 68.4 | ||
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 14.2 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 38.7 | 36.8 | 37.8 | 68.9 | 68.1 | 68.5 | ||
| All external causes | 86.8 | 81.0 | 84.9 | 94.1 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 97.2 | 93.9 | 96.1 | ||
| Road traffic injuries | 90.8 | 89.9 | 90.6 | 97.7 | 96.9 | 97.5 | 98.7 | 97.7 | 98.4 | ||
| Suicide and self-inflicted injuries | 94.1 | 93.7 | 94.0 | 98.3 | 98.8 | 98.4 | 99.4 | 100.0 | 99.6 | ||