Avoidable Mortality in England and Wales, 2012
7 May 2014 04:28 PM
Key
Findings
- Deaths from potentially avoidable causes accounted for
approximately 23% of all deaths registered in England and Wales in
2012.
- The
leading cause of avoidable death was ischaemic heart disease in males and lung
cancer in females. In 2012, these conditions represented 22% and 15% of all
avoidable male and female deaths respectively in England and
Wales.
- Avoidable mortality rates were significantly higher in
Wales than in England throughout the period 2001–12.
- Avoidable mortality rates varied across the regions of
England and tended to be highest in the North of England and lowest in the
South and East of England over the period 2001–12.
- Between 2001 and 2006 cardiovascular diseases were the
leading contributors to avoidable deaths. However, since 2007, the group of
neoplasms (cancers and non-cancerous abnormal tissue growths) included in the
avoidable mortality definition have taken over as the leading cause of
avoidable deaths and have remained so since.
- There has been no significant decrease in the mortality
rate from neoplasms that are considered to be avoidable since
2009.