Mortality Profile
Introduction
Monitoring trends in mortality is central to understanding the health of our population.
This profile provides trends in mortality rates for a wide range of causes of death, allowing outcomes to be easily compared. Rates for sub-national geographies allow comparisons between areas.
Rates are provided using 3-year moving averages and single year (where appropriate) time periods, and are presented in topic-related domains such as 'Cancer' and 'Cardiovascular disease'.
Latest statistical commentaries
These are links to the most recent statistical commentaries for updates to the Mortality Profile:
Mortality profile commentary: November 2024
Information on previous releases can be found here: Mortality profile - GOV.UK
Revisions to mid-2022 population estimates
In the November 2024 release of the Mortality Profile, 2022 data for all geographies (excluding ICBs and NHS regions) have been revised to use updated mid-2022 population estimates produced by the Office for National Statistics, to account for updated estimates of international migration for England and Wales.
The resultant revisions to rates are very small and do not introduce any meaningful changes to results previously presented.
Mid-2022 populations for small geographical areas (which are used to calculate data at ICB and NHS region level) will be revised at a later date, and population revisions will be accounted for in a future update of the Mortality Profile.
Next update
Contact us
For enquiries or feedback relating to the Mortality Profile, email profilefeedback@dhsc.gov.uk.
Recent updates
For information on updates to indicators, please refer to the table of updates.
March 2025
The following indicators have been updated:
- Stillbirth rate
- Neonatal mortality rate
- Post-neonatal mortality rate
- Child mortality rate (1 to 17 years)
Sex breakdowns at England level have been added to the 'infant mortality rate' indicator, accessed via the 'Inequalities' data view.
February 2025
The following indicators have been updated:
- Infant mortality rate
- Deaths from drug misuse
- Alcohol-related mortality
- Premature mortality in adults with severe mental illness (SMI)
- Excess under 75 mortality rate in adults with severe mental illness (SMI)
- Fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution (new method)
December 2024
The indicator 'Alcohol-specific mortality' has been updated.
November 2024
For 42 indicators, data have been updated for both 3-year moving averages (to 2021 to 2023) and single years (to 2023). For these indicators, data for 2020 to 2022, and 2022, have been revised.
8 indicators, where data are only available for 3-year moving averages, have been updated to 2021 to 2023, and data have been revised for 2020 to 2022.
1 indicator has been updated for 2023 only.
Full details can be found in the table of updates, available at the top of this section, and a statistical commentary is available on GOV.UK.
September 2024
The indicator 'Suicide rate' has been updated.
June 2024
ICB and NHS region data has been added for 42 indicators, for the years 2021 and 2022.
The indicators 'Premature mortality in adults with severe mental illness (SMI)' and 'Excess under 75 mortality in adults with severe mental illness (SMI)' have been updated and back series has been revised.
May 2024
Revisions have been made to the 'Under 75 mortality rate from causes considered preventable' indicator. More information on this revision can be found in the indicator metadata.
The indicator 'Deaths from drug misuse' has been updated.
March 2024
Revisions have been made to the 'Infant mortality rate' indicator, due to issues found with the number of live births used for the 2020 to 2022 data. More information on this revision can be found in the indicator metadata.
Alcohol Profile indicators 'Alcohol-related mortality' and 'Alcohol-specific mortality' have been added to the tool, accessed through the 'Other mortality' topic.
February 2024
18 new indicators have been added to the tool in this release:
36 indicators have been updated within this release:
- 33 indicators have previously been produced for the Mortality Profile, including mortality rates for all causes, cancer and circulatory disease
- 3 indicators have been drawn from other profiles, including suicide rates
Full details can be found in the table of updates, available at the top of this section, and a statistical commentary is available on GOV.UK.
