Covid deaths in Australia: which groups have suffered most? – video
For most of the pandemic, Australia had one of the lowest death rates in the OECD. But Australia is now one of many countries caught in a series of rolling Covid waves. The data shows some parts of Australia’s population have had disproportionately high fatality rates – the socio-economically disadvantaged, elderly people, those living in aged care and those born in other countries. These factors relate to social determinants of health – non-medical conditions such as where people are born, grow up, work, live and age
