12 March 2018
This is the second report to present figures for Jersey on death due to causes that are considered avoidable in the presence of timely and effective healthcare (amenable deaths) or public health interventions (preventable deaths).
- Amenable mortality: a death is considered amenable (treatable) if, in the light of medical knowledge and technology at the time of death, all or most deaths from that cause (subject to age limits if appropriate) could be avoided through good quality healthcare
- Preventable mortality: a death is considered preventable if, in the light of understanding of the determinants of health at the time of death, all or most deaths from that cause (subject to age limits if appropriate) could be prevented by public health interventions
- Avoidable mortality: avoidable deaths are all those defined as preventable, amenable (treatable) or both, where each death is counted only once; where a cause of death is defined to be both preventable and amenable, all deaths from that cause are counted in both categories when they are presented separately
The latest report shows that in 2016
- almost a quarter of all deaths (23 per cent, 190 out of 830) in Jersey were from causes considered avoidable through timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions
- males were more likely to die from avoidable causes than females. More than a quarter
(28 per cent) of male deaths were from avoidable causes (110 out of 400 deaths) compared with fewer than a fifth (18 per cent) of female deaths (80 of 430 deaths) - there was no significant difference in the amenable mortality rate between males (109 deaths per 100,000) and females (102 deaths per 100,000); however the preventable mortality rate was significantly higher for males in Jersey (212 per 100,000) than females (121 per 100,000
- fewer than five deaths of children and young people in Jersey were considered avoidable (according to ONS definitions)
Comparison with England and Wales (based on 2015 data):
- the amenable mortality rate for Jersey was lower than that for England and Wales
- the preventable mortality rate was similar to the rate for England and Wales
- the avoidable mortality rate for Jersey was similar to the rate for England and Wales
Avoidable Mortality 2016 report
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