For information on updates to indicators, please refer to the table of updates.
November 2025
10 mortality indicators contained within the Public Health Outcomes Framework have been updated with revised data for the periods 2022, 2023, 2020 to 2022, and 2021 to 2023, as well as new data for the periods 2024, and 2022 to 2024.The next major update of the Mortality Profile is scheduled for 2 December 2025.
October 2025
The following indicator has been updated:
Two indicators, which have previously been available in other profiles, have been added to the profile:
- Mortality rate from asthma, all ages
- Under 75 mortality rate from alcoholic liver disease
August 2025
A new domain 'Life expectancy' has been added, containing the indicators:
- Life expectancy at birth
- Life expectancy at 65
These indicators have previously been available in the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
June 2025
LSOA deprivation deciles, ICB and NHS region data have been added for the 'Suicide rate' indicator. LSOA deprivation deciles data are available using the 'Inequalities' data view, and ICB and NHS region data are available using 'Area type'. Data cover the time periods 2011 to 2013 through to 2020 to 2022.
May 2025
LSOA deprivation deciles, ICB and NHS region data have been added for 55 indicators. LSOA deprivation deciles data are available using the 'Inequalities' data view, and ICB and NHS region data are available using 'Area type'. Data cover the years 2011 through to 2022, with LSOA deprivation deciles, ICB and NHS region data also available for the following indicators for the period 2021 to 2023:
- Stillbirth rate
- Infant mortality rate
- Neonatal mortality rate
- Post-neonatal mortality rate
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.
