Publication, Part of Excess under 75 mortality rates in adults with serious mental illness

Excess under 75 mortality rates in adults with serious mental illness - 2016 to 2018

Experimental statistics, Official statistics in development

Publication Date:: 3 Aug 2021
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Country, Ambulance Trusts, Regions
Date Range:: 01 Jan 2016 to 31 Dec 2018

Additional Age and Deprivation Breakdown Added

NHS Digital have expanded the 2016-18 Excess Mortality Indicator output to include additional breakdowns at England level for 10 year age groups and deprivation quintiles.

These were published on May 4, 2022.

4 May 2022 09:30 AM

Updates to publication files

The data files for this publication have been revised and updated inline with the processing used for 2020-2022 and to reflect the revised population estimates for 2012 through to 2020 following the 2021 Census. Please note that the breakdown for Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) has not been included in this update as revised population estimates are not currently available. This breakdown will be included in the future once population estimates are available.

4 June 2024 09:30 AM

Summary

This indicator is a measure of the extent to which adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) die younger than adults without a serious mental illness (nSMI).

To measure premature mortality in adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI).

Data published from August 2021 uses a new methodology which takes advantage of an improved person identifier which will allow the timeseries to be extended in the future. Comparisons should not be made with data published previously for this indicator using other methodologies.