"The latest estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Statistics New Zealand project the annual growth in the number of deaths to increase progressively and peak at around 2.8 per cent in Australia and 2.3 per cent in New Zealand by 2034," Morningstar said.Statistics NZ said deaths were expected to increase steadily. From 31,000 deaths in 2016, it was highly likely they would exceed 40,000 by the mid-2030s and 50,000 by the late 2040s.
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