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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Professor Maria Inacio, Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath and Professor Briony Dow in design and review of this report.

Cause of Death Unit Record File data are provided to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) by the Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the National Coronial Information System (managed by the Victorian Department of Justice) and include cause of death coded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data are maintained by the AIHW in the National Mortality Database.

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