Release

Avoidable mortality in the UK: 2019

Release date: 26 February 2021 9:30am

Summary

Deaths from causes considered avoidable given timely and effective health care or public health interventions. Data are based on a revised definition of avoidable mortality for all persons.

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Contact details

Name

Melissa Price

Email

health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 455501

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