Centre for Population report shows 129,000 people died between January and August 2022, 17% higher than average for the period
The pandemic cut Australia’saverage life expectancy and raised death rates to historic high levels, new population data shows.report, released in full on Friday, nearly 79% of all Australian Covid deaths occurred in the first eight months of 2022, as governments lifted restrictions and eased mask rules.
The first week of August was the deadliest, with a total of 4,200 people dying – of all causes, not just Covid. That’s a death rate more than 20% above the historical average. In the next decade, the life expectancy of Australian men is predicted to hit 83.5 years, while for women it will reach 87 years.
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