Release

Deaths involving Clostridium difficile or MRSA, Wales: 2016

Release date: 30 October 2017 9:30am

Summary

Deaths where Clostridium difficile or MRSA infections were mentioned on the death certificate by sex, age group and whether the death occurred in hospital or elsewhere.

Data

  • Deaths involving Clostridium difficile

    Number of deaths where Clostridium difficile is involved. Age-specific and age-standardised rates broken down by sex and age group and place of death, Wales 1999, 2001 to 2016.

  • Deaths involving MRSA: Wales

    Numbers, age-standardised rates, age-specific rates and place of occurrence for deaths involving MRSA and Staphylococcus aureus, Wales, 1993 to 2016.

Contact details

Name

Dr Ben Windsor-Shellard

Email

mortality@ons.gov.uk

Phone

01633 456068

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