Rural and remote areas have significantly higher injury death rates than capital city and major urban areas. The gradient is steeper for men than women. Females also have a much lower level of risk than males. It is evident that males in non urban areas have a highly elevated risk of injury related death. All-ages suicide rates are generally lower than unintentional injury mortality rates.
Males have much higher rates than females.
Females in urban areas tend to have higher suicide rates than their country counterparts, while males show a remarkably consistent rate with only the 'remote other' area showing higher rates. A more detailed analysis of suicide is presented later and shows males aged 15 to 24 years and 45 to 54 years, resident in rural and remote areas, have elevated mortality rates. Interpersonal violence rates are lower than for either of the other intent categories. Remote areas have considerably higher rates for both males and females, with a lower differential between males and females than in other areas. Overall, those who live in rural and remote areas, especially those not living in major towns, experience a higher injury mortality rate than city dwellers.