Legacy unique identifier: P00371

Legacy unique identifier: P00370

In 2021, the average mortality rate across OECD countries from preventable causes stood at 158 deaths per 100,000 population. This varied widely from just 83 deaths in Israel to 435 preventable deaths in Mexico per 100,000 population. The OECD defines preventable mortality as causes of death amongst people aged under 75 years that can be mainly avoided through effective public health and primary prevention interventions (i.e. before the onset of disease/injury, to reduce incidence). Treatable (or amenable mortality is defined as causes of death that can be mainly avoided through timely and effective health care interventions including secondary prevention and treatment (i.e. after the onset of disease, to reduce case fatality). This statistic presents the mortality rates from preventable causes worldwide in 2021, by country.

In 2021, the average mortality rate across OECD countries from treatable causes stood at 79 deaths per 100,000 population. This varied widely from just 39 deaths in Switzerland to 257 treatable deaths in South Africa per 100,000 population. The OECD defines treatable (or amenable) mortality as causes of death that can be mainly avoided through timely and effective health care interventions including secondary prevention and treatment (i.e. after the onset of disease, to reduce case fatality). Preventable mortality is defined as causes of death amongst people aged under 75 years that can be mainly avoided through effective public health and primary prevention interventions (i.e. before the onset of disease/injury, to reduce incidence).
This statistic presents the mortality rates from treatable causes in OECD countries in 2021, by country.

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Annual age-standardised mortality rates for causes considered avoidable, treatable and preventable by local authorities in England and unitary authorities in Wales from 2001 to 2003 to 2020 to 2022.

Avoidable mortality (AM) is a simple and practical population-based method of counting untimely and unnecessary deaths from diseases for which effective public health and medical interventions are available. An excess of deaths due to preventable causes should suggest shortcomings in the healthcare system that warrant further attention. Five years of data has been aggregated for all analyses to reduce year-to-year variability in deaths, and the width of confidence intervals for areas with …Show full descriptionAvoidable mortality (AM) is a simple and practical population-based method of counting untimely and unnecessary deaths from diseases for which effective public health and medical interventions are available. An excess of deaths due to preventable causes should suggest shortcomings in the healthcare system that warrant further attention. Five years of data has been aggregated for all analyses to reduce year-to-year variability in deaths, and the width of confidence intervals for areas with small populations. Data are presented by calendar year (1 Jan to 31 Dec), consistent with the release of mortality data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

In 2021, circulatory system diseases (mainly heart attack and stroke) accounted for 37 percent of all premature deaths amenable to treatment in OECD countries. The OECD defines treatable (or amenable) mortality as causes of death that can be mainly avoided through timely and effective health care interventions including secondary prevention and treatment (i.e. after the onset of disease, to reduce case fatality). Preventable mortality is defined as causes of death amongst people aged under 75 years that can be mainly avoided through effective public health and primary prevention interventions (i.e. before the onset of disease/injury, to reduce incidence). Different cancers fall under different categories, for example, lung cancer is classified as preventable, whereas breast and colorectal cancers are classified as treatable. The statistic shows the main causes of treatable mortality across OECD countries 2021.

The number of amenable (treatable) deaths of those aged 0 to 74 years and the corresponding mortality rates with respective confidence intervals, by SSD from 2003 to 2007.

The number of amenable (treatable) deaths of those aged 0 to 74 years and the corresponding mortality rates with respective confidence intervals, by SLA from 2003 to 2007.

The number of amenable (treatable) deaths of those aged 0 to 74 years and the corresponding mortality rates with respective confidence intervals, by SD from 2003 to 2007.

Number of premature and potentially avoidable deaths and premature and potentially avoidable age-standardized mortality rate, by sex, on an annual basis.

Correction 20 January 2023 - An error was found in the population data used to calculate 2021 rates in this publication. This has been corrected, with the overall Scotland avoidable mortality rate for 2021 changing from 350 deaths per 100,000 population to 347 deaths per 100,000. There were minor changes also to council and health board rates, but not for rates by SIMD which used a different population file.

The number of amenable (treatable) deaths of those aged 0 to 74 years and the corresponding mortality rates with respective confidence intervals, by SLA from 2003 to 2007.

In 2021, among the 2.1 million premature deaths in OECD countries, 22 percent were due to infectious diseases (including COVID-19), while cancer accounted for another 21 percent of all preventable deaths. The OECD defines preventable mortality as causes of death among people aged under 75 years that can be mainly avoided through effective public health and primary prevention interventions (i.e. before the onset of disease/injury, to reduce incidence). Treatable (or amenable) mortality is defined as causes of death that can be mainly avoided through timely and effective health care interventions including secondary prevention and treatment (i.e. after the onset of disease, to reduce case fatality). Different cancers fall under different categories, for example, lung cancer is classified as preventable, whereas breast and colorectal cancers are classified as treatable. The statistic shows the main causes of preventable mortality across OECD countries in 2021.

This table contains 33048 series, with data for years 2006/2008 - 2012/2014 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (153 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority, Newfoundland and Labrador; Central Regional Integrated Health Authority, Newfoundland and Labrador; ...); Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Males; Females); Indicators (2 items: Mortality; Potential years of life lost); Selected causes of death (4 items: Premature mortality; Potentially avoidable mortality; Mortality from preventable causes; Mortality from treatable causes); Characteristics (9 items: Number; Low 95% confidence interval, number; High 95% confidence interval, number; Rate; ...).

This statistic displays the mortality rate from deaths considered avoidable in Great Britain in 2020, by gender. Males have a higher avoidable mortality rate than females in every country in Great Britain. In this year, males in Scotland had an avoidable death rate of 424.9 deaths per 100,000 and 232.5 for females, the highest rate for both genders in Great Britain.

Number of premature and potentially avoidable deaths and potentially avoidable mortality rate, by sex, on a three-year average basis.

Avoidable mortality (AM) is a simple and practical population-based method of counting untimely and unnecessary deaths from diseases for which effective public health and medical interventions are available. An excess of deaths due to preventable causes should suggest shortcomings in the healthcare system that warrant further attention. Five years of data has been aggregated for all analyses to reduce year-to-year variability in deaths, and the width of confidence intervals for areas with small populations. Data are presented by calendar year (1 Jan to 31 Dec), consistent with the release of mortality data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The number of potentially avoidable deaths and their cause at age 0 to 74 years with corresponding mortality rates/ratios with respective confidence intervals, 2010 - 2014. The specified causes of death are: cancers, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, circulatory system diseases, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory system diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, deaths from select external causes of mortality, suicide and self-inflicted injuries, other external causes of mortality, transport accidents. (all entries that were classified as not shown, not published or not applicable were assigned a null value; no data was provided for Maralinga Tjarutja LGA, in South Australia). The data is by LGA 2015 profile (based on the LGA 2011 geographic boundaries). For more information on statistics used please refer to the PHIDU website, available from: http://phidu.torrens.edu.au/. For information on the avoidable mortality concept please refer to the Australian and New Zealand Atlas of Avoidable Mortality, available from: http://phidu.torrens.edu.au/. Source: Data compiled by PHIDU from deaths data based on the 2010 to 2014 Cause of Death Unit Record Files supplied by the Australian Coordinating Registry and the Victorian Department of Justice, and ABS Estimated Resident Population (ERP), 30 June 2010 to 30 June 2014.