Release

Avoidable mortality in England and Wales: 2024

Release date: 24 February 2026 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.

Publications

Data

  • 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.

  • Avoidable mortality in England and Wales

    Annual age-standardised mortality rates for causes considered avoidable, in England and Wales, by local authorities, by Integrated Care Boards and Welsh Health Boards, with and without deaths from ischaemic heart disease (IHD), and standardised years of life lost (SYLL), 2001 to 2024.

Contact details

Name

Population Life Events team

Email

health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444110

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