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Mortality for respiratory disease lower than 2001 rate but higher for liver disease, NHS Information Centre figures show

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- New age-standardised indicators for England published for the first time as part of the NHS Outcomes Framework

National 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 being published for the very first time by the NHS IC as part of the NHS Outcomes Framework, to help provide measurement and transparency for what the NHS delivers.

The two indicators show that for England in 2009, on an age-standardised basis among people aged below 75:

  • About 20 women and 29 men per 100,000 of the population died from respiratory disease; compared to about 22 and 33 per 100,000 respectively in 2001.
  • About 10 women and 19 men per 100,000 of the population died from liver disease; compared to about 9 women and 16 men in 2001.

In total 30 indicators are published today to form part of the framework, which sets out the national outcomes goals the government has said it will use to monitor the progress of the NHS Commissioning Board.

The indicators present new national level data on subjects including; unplanned hospitalisation; employment of people with long term conditions or mental illness; and patient experience of maternity, A&E and hospital care, and cover five domain areas:

  • Preventing people from dying prematurely
  • Enhancing quality of life for people with long term conditions
  • Helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury
  • Ensuring that people have a positive experience of care
  • Treating and caring for people in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm

Fourteen of the indicators have been published before as part of other datasets. All 30 indictors are now available for the first time on the NHS IC indicator portal: www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/nhsofi11

NHS Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan said: “Good information is vital to helping the NHS and the wider community understand what is happening in health and social care in England.

“Today’s new data will be a key resource for organisations like the NHS Commissioning Board for their work moving forward, and is also publicly available for patients and other interested parties to access and consider. It is one of a broad range of datasets that the NHS Information Centre is publishing in this way.”

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Notes to editors

  1. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care (The NHS IC) is England’s authoritative, central, independent source of health and social care information. It works with a wide range of health and social care providers nationwide to provide the facts and figures that help the NHS and social services run effectively. Its role is to collect data, analyse it and convert it into useful information which helps providers improve their services and supports academics, researchers, regulators and policymakers in their work. The NHS IC also produces a wide range of statistical publications each year across a number of areas including: primary care, health and lifestyles, screening, hospital care, population and geography, social care and workforce and pay statistics.
  2. 2001 is the earliest year for which directly comparable figures are available for the indicators highlighted. This is due to the January 2001 implementation of a change from ICD9 to ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases versions 9 and 10) for coding causes of death.
  3. Causes of death in children under 28 days old are coded differently to the rest of the population and so are not included in the count of deaths for the highlighted indicators.
  4. The indicators highlighted are directly age standardised to the European Standard Population. This is to facilitate international comparisons. The figures show the number of people per 100,000 aged below 75 who would have died of the disease in England if the country had the same age demographic as the European Standard Population.
  5. More information on the NHS Outcomes Framework is at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_131700
  6. For media enquires please call 0845 257 6990 or contact mediaenquiries@ic.nhs.uk