The data shows we can change causes of death through policy, scientific progress and health system funding. It also reveals the areas where we’re still falling short.
Causes of death have perhaps never been so close to the forefront of public debate as in 2020. The lengths to which we will go to avoid deaths — the policies we are prepared to enact — are clearer than ever before. This should lead to much clearer thinking about how to reduce the burden of death society endured before the pandemic.
So it is that the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ release of data…
