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Avoidable mortality
Part of the Population Health domain. Age-standardised rate of under-75 deaths from causes considered avoidable through timely healthcare or public-health intervention.
Latest data
Latest reading
2024
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
70Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Avoidable mortality in England and Wales
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- Office for National Statistics
- Series ID
- ons_avoidable_mortality
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 14 June 2026
Known weakness
England; the definition was revised in 2014 (earlier years are not comparable) and COVID-19 was counted as an avoidable cause from 2020, inflating 2020-21.
Notes
Verified official value from Office for National Statistics (ons_avoidable_mortality), accessed 2026-06-14.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 227 | |
| 2019 | 221 | |
| 2020 | 257 | |
| 2021 | 263 | |
| 2022 | 238 | |
| 2023 | 238 | |
| 2024 | 228 |