Excess deaths in Australia in 2022 the worst in 70 years

NSW Ambulances park in the receiving bay for the Emergency Department at the Liverpool Hospital in Sydney.

There was a 12 per cent increase in excess deaths in Australia in 2022. Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE

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A research study has found Australia recorded nearly 20,000 more deaths than expected last year, largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis by the Actuaries Institute found the number is the highest recorded in Australia since World War II.

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