Deaths in First Nations peoples compared to other Australians between 2011 and 2015 (AIHW)

Indigenous Australians have higher asthma mortality rates compared to non-Indigenous Australians, after adjusting for differences in age structure. Between 2011 to 2015, the mortality rate for asthma among Indigenous Australians was 2.8 per 100,000 population, twice that of non-Indigenous Australians (1.4 per 100,000), based on the five jurisdictions with adequate Indigenous identification (NSW, Qld, NT, WA and SA).