Flu and pneumonia ranked at 9 with 4,124 deaths.
Leading causes of death, Australia - selected years - 2010, 2014, 2019 (a)(b)(c)(d) 2010 2014 2019 Median Age (2019) Cause of death and ICD code no. Rank no. Rank no. Rank years Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 21,721 1 20,199 1 18,244 1 84 Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (F01, F03, G30) 9,003 3 11,967 2 15,016 2 89.1 Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 11,200 2 10,729 3 9,891 3 86.3 Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33, C34) 8,102 4 8,252 4 8,821 4 74.3 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 6,129 5 7,818 5 8,372 5 80.7 Malignant neoplasm of colon, sigmoid, rectum and anus (C18-C21, C26.0)(e) 5,247 6 5,289 6 5,410 6 77.6 Diabetes (E10-E14) 3,948 7 4,357 7 4,967 7 82 Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) 3,936 8 4,275 8 4,793 8 78.5 Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 2,373 15 2,879 13 4,124 9 88.8 Diseases of the urinary system (N00-N39) 3,315 10 3,136 10 3,903 10 87.2 Heart failure and complications and ill-defined heart disease (I50-I51) 3,470 9 3,447 9 3,648 11 88.6 Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 3,236 11 3,102 11 3,611 12 82.4 Intentional self-harm (X60-X84, Y87.0)(f)(g) 2,480 13 2,922 12 3,318 13 43.9 Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1,691 18 2,399 16 3,298 14 87.4 Malignant neoplasms of breast (C50) 2,866 12 2,844 14 3,261 15 72.3 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 2,434 14 2,547 15 3,207 16 74.6 Cardiac arrhythmias (I47-I49) 1,532 21 2,136 18 2,408 17 89.1 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 1,337 23 1,732 21 2,204 18 71.9 Hypertensive diseases (I10-I15) 1,732 17 2,229 17 2,177 19 88.2 Cirrhosis and other diseases of liver (K70-K76) 1,590 19 1,757 20 2,111 20
