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We aimed to examine the elevated mortality risk in Aboriginal mothers with a focus on external causes.

Whilst a disproportionate number of Aboriginal women die from potentially preventable causes, no research has investigated mortality in Aboriginal mothers.

Conclusion: During the study period, Aboriginal mothers were much more likely to die than other mothers and they usually left more and younger children.

Population: 18 154 singleton babies born to 13 477 Aboriginal mothers between 2010 and 2014 were identified from routinely collected New South Wales datasets.