Deaths from causes considered treatable or preventable given timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions, in those aged under 75 years.

• The leading cause of avoidable mortality in both England and Wales remained neoplasms (cancers), despite the rate steadily decreasing over time, followed by diseases of the circulatory system. 
• Avoidable mortality due to alcohol- and drug-related causes has been increasing since 2001 with the largest rises seen from 2019 onwards.
• There is a higher rate of avoidable mortality in the most deprived group compared with the least deprived group in all of the most prevalent causes of avoidable mortality in both England and Wales in 2023.

Previous report: Avoidable mortality in England and Wales: 2021 and 2022.

Deaths from causes considered treatable or preventable given timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions in those aged under 75 years. The mortality rate for alcohol-related and drug-related deaths has continued to increase in England and Wales. In England, the ASMR for alcohol-related and drug-related deaths was 25.9 per 100,000 people in 2022, compared with 21.3 in 2019. In Wales, the ASMR for alcohol-related and drug-related deaths was 30.2 per 100,000 people in 2022, compared with 24.2 in 2019.