New data is predicting that COVID-19 will become the third leading cause of death in Australia in 2022. 9News FULL STORY:
In fact, new data predicts the virus will be the third-biggest killer in Australia for the financial year that ended in July 2022.
The Actuaries Institute said deaths from COVID-19 - as distinct from people dying "with" the virus - reached 7100 for the first seven months of the year.Only heart disease and dementia are expected to have taken a bigger toll on the Australian population.The Institute tallied up the daily reports from state and territory health departments to find 9550 deaths of people with COVID-19 from January to July.This included a grim record of 1934 deaths in July alone.
The Institute estimated that of these, COVID-19 could be considered a cause of death in about 7100 cases. COVID-19 is also affecting "excess deaths" from other conditions, according to the Institute's modelling, based on mortality data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Excess deaths" are deaths above what would be expected in a non-pandemic year, though COVID-19 is not expected to have directly contributed.
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