50
2017/18*
2016/17
DEATHS
14 DEATHS
14
1.1 Deaths per 100,000
1.7 Deaths per 100,000
1.9 Deaths per 100,000
9
10-YEAR AVERAGE 37%
DEATHS
SEX 22%
36%
Female
78%
24%
Female
Female
64%
Male
76%
Male
Male
STATE AND TERRITORY BREAKDOWN
40
Drowning deaths Crude rate per 100,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population per State or Territory
1.9
40 20 2.1
WA
5.7
40
NT
1.9
7
QLD
1.7
30
SA
1.2
3 0.5
0
NSW
0
ACT
VIC
3 1.1
TAS Drowning deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from 2008/09 to 2017/18 *Year data most currently available for.