Topic: Causes of Death

This bulletin presents mortality figures for causes of death that are considered avoidable in the presence of timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions (avoidable mortality). Figures are presented for England and Wales and the regions of England for the period 2001–2011. Trends in mortality by causes considered preventable (preventable mortality) or amenable to healthcare (amenable mortality), which are subsets of total avoidable mortality are also presented.

Presents data on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales. Also contains data on cause of death, sex and age-group plus analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting stillbirths and infant deaths including age of mother and birthweight.

Pre-release access list for Child Mortality Statistics

Pre-release list for the Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables February 2013

Presents annual data and analysis on the main causes of death from injury and poisoning in England and Wales in 2011.

This annual bulletin presents alcohol-related death figures and age-standardised rates for the UK, England, Wales and regions of England for 2011. Country-level figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are not presented separately here. Figures for 2002 to 2010 are presented for comparison purposes.