THEY may earn less than men and miss out on the top jobs but when it comes to life's lottery, women are hitting the jackpot.
The latest snapshot on mortality rate has found women live longer than men, with the male death rate 1.5 times higher than women's between 2009-11.
If men had died at the same rate as their female counterparts, there would have been 71,400 fewer deaths over the period, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says in a new report.
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The final inequity ... Death. Picture: News Corp Australia. Source: News Limited
The report on life's final inequity found people in Remote and Very remote areas had death rates that were 1.4 times as high as people in major cities.
If people living in regional and remote areas had the same mortality rates as people living in major cities, there would have been nearly 20,000 fewer deaths in regional and remote areas between 2009 and 2011.
Those living in low income postcodes had death rates that were 1.3 times as high as people in high income areas.
If people living in all areas had the same mortality rates as those in the highest income areas, there would have been about 54,200 fewer deaths between 2009 and 2011.
Indigenous death rates were nearly twice those of non-indigenous Australians.
Being female and being born overseas were an advantage in life's lottery.
Men die younger than women ... Griffith University PhD candidate Connie Allen (left) and fellow student Gaith Al Shaary in a happy mood. Picture: Regi Varghese Source: News Corp Australia
Death rates were 36 per cent lower for Asian-born Australian and 15 per cent lower for resident males born in north west, southern and Eastern Europe and 24 per cent lower for females born in these countries.
However, the paper found the difference in male and female death rates is slowly diminishing from a peak of around 1.7 in 1968 to 1.5 in 2011.
This drop since 1980 has largely been driven by the reduction in male deaths from heart disease.
Sadly, there has been no improvement in the difference in death rates between those living in rural Australia and cities over the last decade, the report found.
The greatest inequity was for people aged 15—24, with males in this age group dying at more than twice the rate of females.
'We also found that the Australians who had the worst death rates tended to experience deaths from causes that, in many cases, can be considered to be preventable or treatable," said AIHW spokeswoman Louise York.
If males had the same death rates as females in 2009—2011, among males there would have been:
• 16,178 fewer deaths due to coronary heart disease (46% fewer)
• 6,629 fewer deaths due to lung cancer (45% fewer)
• 3,761 fewer deaths due to suicide (70% fewer)
• 3,743 fewer deaths due to COPD (40% fewer)
• 2,377 fewer deaths due to colorectal cancer (35% fewer)
• 2,102 fewer deaths due to land transport accidents (65% fewer).
Many factors contribute to one's death ... A couple check their plans for retirement. Picture: Thinkstock Source: News Limited
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