Release
Avoidable mortality in England and Wales: 2023
Release date:
28 April 2025 9:30am
Summary
Deaths from causes considered treatable or preventable given timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions, in those aged under 75 years.
Data
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Avoidable mortality by Integrated Care Boards in England and Health Boards in Wales
Annual age-standardised mortality rates for causes considered avoidable, treatable and preventable by Integrated Health Boards (ICBs) in England and Health Boards in Wales, 2011 to 2023.
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Avoidable mortality in England and Wales – supplementary data tables
Supplementary annual data for England and Wales for 2001 to 2023: standardised years of life lost (SYLL) because of causes considered avoidable; age-standardised avoidable, treatable and preventable mortality rates with and without deaths from ischaemic heart disease (IHD); and number of avoidable, treatable and preventable deaths by sex and age.
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Avoidable mortality by local authorities in England and unitary authorities in Wales
Annual age-standardised mortality rates for causes considered avoidable, treatable and preventable by local authorities in England and unitary authorities in Wales, from 2001 to 2003, to 2021 to 2023.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in England and Wales
Annual age-standardised mortality rates by deprivation decile and quintile, sex and cause as well as absolute (Slope Index of Inequality) measures of inequality in England and Wales.
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Avoidable mortality in England and Wales
Annual age-standardised mortality rates for causes considered avoidable, treatable and preventable in England and Wales, 2001 to 2023.
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Avoidable mortality in England and Wales – children and young people
Annual age-standardised mortality rates for causes considered avoidable, treatable and preventable in England and Wales for children and young people (aged 0 to 19 years), 2001 to 2023.
About the data
Accredited Official Statistics
These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:
- meet user needs
- are presented clearly and accessibly
- are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
