Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics
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Topic: Aged care
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 03 December 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics. AIHW, 2018.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Cause of death patterns and people’s use of aged care: a Pathways in Aged Care analysis of 2012–14 death statistics, AIHW, Canberra.
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Almost 245,000 older people died in Australia in the 2 years to 30 June 2014. The majority of people (80%) had used an aged care program before their death, and the leading causes of death were coronary heart disease, dementia and cerebrovascular disease.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-295-5
- Cat. no: AGE 83
- Pages: 57
Findings from this report:
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4 in 5 older people had used aged care before their death
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The most common last-used program was permanent care (44%)
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The leading cause of death for those who last used PRAC was dementia
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HACC was last used by almost 1 in 3 (29%) people