Call for Investigation Into Mortality Rates as Australia Sees Death Rate Spike

Ambulances arrive at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia on December 28, 2021. Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Australia has seen a spike in its mortality rates in 2022, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) stating that by the end of August 2022, 128,797 deaths had been registered, which is 18,671 deaths, or 17 percent, more than the historical average.

In the data release on Nov. 25, the ABS noted that of registered deaths; there had been a rise in the number of Australians dying from dementia (18.9 percent above the baseline average), diabetes (20.8 percent higher than the baseline average), cancer, and COVID-19.