1. Heart disease. Ischaemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia.
Though the Australian Bureau of Statistic's health statistics have been shaken up in recent years with the onset of COVID, the top 5 leading causes of death (Ischaemic heart disease, Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, Cerebrovascular diseases, Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung, and Chronic lower ...
The mosquito is the single deadliest, most dangerous animal in the world and also one of the smallest. Mosquitoes are estimated to cause between 750,000 and one million human deaths per year.
Australia is home to a number of dangerous animal species. Crocodiles, jellyfish and sharks, venomous insects, spiders and snakes are found in many parts of the country.
One of the most prevalent crimes in Australia is sexual assault, with the largest proportion of victims being female.
Australia's general terrorism threat level is POSSIBLE. While Australia remains a potential terrorist target, there are fewer violent extremists with the intention to conduct an attack onshore.
The top three leading causes of preventable injury-related death – poisoning, motor vehicle, and falls – account for over 86% of all preventable deaths. No other preventable cause of death—including suffocation, drowning, fire and burns, and natural or environmental disasters—accounts for more than 5% of the total.
Tobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in Australia.
3144 Australians died by suicide in 2021, which represents an age-standardised suicide death rate of 12.0 per 100,000 people. The number of suicides has increased slightly, with 5 more deaths in 2021 (compared with 3139 deaths in 2020).
In Remote and very remote areas combined, circulatory diseases contributed the biggest gap in mortality rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (gap of 187 per 100,000). In non-remote areas cancer and other neoplasms were the biggest contributors to the gap (gap of 45 per 100,000) (Table D1. 23.30).
Northern Territory is the top region by homicide rate in Australia. As of 2021, homicide rate in Northern Territory was 8.1 per 100,000 population.
Sydney prides itself on safety, deep culture, and friendly communities. It is considered the fifth safest city in the world and Australia's safest city. Like any other city, there is crime, just not as much. It is no secret that Sydney is a major city with a population of 5.2 million.
Crime rates
The homicide rate in Australia in 2021 was 0.86 per 100,000, which was lower than New Zealand's 1.0 per 100,000 and 1.3 per 100,000 in the United Kingdom. In comparison to North America in 2021, the United States and Canada had homicide rates of 3.8 and 2.2 per 100,000, respectively.
The crime rate in Australia is much lower than in the United States of America. As Australia ranks 47th while the USA ranks on 30th according to their crime rates. It is so rare for police officers to carry guns due to the low crime rate. All they have are batons.
“How ya goin'?” is the ultimate Aussie greeting. If you're not from Australia, this mash-up of “How are you?” and “Where are you going?” might leave you a little perplexed. If it helps, think of how the Brits say “y'alright?” - it requires no detailed response. In fact, a simple “hey!” will suffice.
Beginning with general crime rates you can already see that the UK and Australia have little difference in their assault and murder rates. While the murder rate does spike slightly for Australians per 100,000 inhabitants, there is a drop of 0.4% of people victimised by assaults in Australia compared to the UK.
2. Mosquito. Clocking in at just three millimeters at their smallest, the common mosquito, even tinier than the tsetse fly, ranks as the second most dangerous animal in the world.