Under 75 mortality rate from causes considered preventable

What this data shows:

The basic concept of preventable mortality is that deaths are considered preventable if, in the light of the understanding of the determinants of health at the time of death, all or most deaths from the underlying cause (subject to age limits if appropriate) could potentially be avoided by public health interventions in the broadest sense.

How the data is gathered:

This indicator describes age-standardised mortality rates from causes considered preventable per 100,000 population

More information about the data source:

ONS definition of preventable mortality:http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/consultations/archived-consultations/2011/definitions-of-avoidable-mortality/definition-of-avoidable-mortality.pdf 

Data Source:

Public Health England (based on ONS source data).

Data Period:

Annually Jan-Dec 2013-15

Further Information:

Where the observed total number of deaths is less than 25, the rates have been suppressed as there are too few deaths to calculate directly standardised rates reliably.This indicator was updated in November 2015 to include data from 2014. From 2014, ONS changed the software used to code cause of death to a package called IRIS. From January 2014, ONS also introduced a new version of ICD-10 (version 2013). To ensure consistency across different time points, a revision of the back series was required using newly calculated comparability ratios. A guidance document and details of the comparability ratios can be found here: http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=184799"