Mortality for respiratory disease lower than 2001 rate but higher for liver disease, NHS Information Centre figures show
- New age-standardised indicators for England published for the first time as part of the NHS Outcomes FrameworkNational level data only available from this publication Fewer people per 100,000 population aged below 75 are dying from respiratory disease compared to nearly a decade ago, new data published for the first time by the NHS Information Centre (NHS IC) shows today. However the opposite is true for liver disease; with a greater number of deaths per 100,000 of the population from this condition in 2009 compared to in 2001. The findings are from two of 16 new data indicators