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Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the main cause of avoidable deaths.
Overall, one in four deaths could have been prevented either by healthier living, better public health or more effective treatment, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Nevertheless, there has been a sharp fall in the rate of avoidable deaths. Men remain much more likely to die from avoidable causes than women, because of unhealthy habits such as smoking and drinking.
The northeast has a rate of avoidable deaths a third higher than the southwest. Wales, meanwhile, has an avoidable death rate about 15 per cent higher than England, mainly driven by more deaths from heart disease and cancer, the calculations show.
In 2012, 112,493 out of 499,331 deaths were “considered avoidable in the presence of timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions”, the ONS said.
About 28 per cent of male deaths were considered avoidable, compared with 17 per cent of female deaths. The total number of avoidable deaths has fallen from 135,724 in 2003, with the rate falling by a quarter — from 230.8 avoidable deaths for every 100,000 people a decade ago to 170.4 today.
Deaths attributed to poor healthcare have been falling fastest, with a 36 per cent fall since 2003.
Cancer became the most common cause of avoidable death in 2007, and the rate of avoidable deaths from cancer has remained static for four years. Avoidable deaths from heart disease, however, have fallen 45 per cent in a decade, compared with 12 per cent for avoidable cancer deaths. Rosie Loftus, joint chief medical officer at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “We urgently need to look at what has worked well for cardiovascular diseases and apply these lessons to cancer. If we can do this for heart disease why can’t we do it for cancer?”
The British Heart Foundation attributed the improvement in heart disease to better treatments, preventative drugs such as statins and the decline in smoking.
The Department of Health said: “Whilst it is great news that fewer people are dying from avoidable causes, there is still more to do.”
Overall, one in four deaths could have been prevented either by healthier living, better public health or more effective treatment, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Nevertheless, there has been a sharp fall in the rate of avoidable deaths. Men remain much more likely to die from avoidable causes than women, because of unhealthy habits such as smoking and drinking.
The northeast has a rate of avoidable deaths a third higher than the southwest. Wales, meanwhile, has an avoidable death rate about 15 per cent higher than England, mainly driven by more deaths from heart disease and cancer, the calculations show.
In 2012, 112,493 out of 499,331 deaths were “considered avoidable in the presence of timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions”, the ONS said.
About 28 per cent of male deaths were considered avoidable, compared with 17 per cent of female deaths. The total number of avoidable deaths has fallen from 135,724 in 2003, with the rate falling by a quarter — from 230.8 avoidable deaths for every 100,000 people a decade ago to 170.4 today.
Deaths attributed to poor healthcare have been falling fastest, with a 36 per cent fall since 2003.
Cancer became the most common cause of avoidable death in 2007, and the rate of avoidable deaths from cancer has remained static for four years. Avoidable deaths from heart disease, however, have fallen 45 per cent in a decade, compared with 12 per cent for avoidable cancer deaths. Rosie Loftus, joint chief medical officer at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “We urgently need to look at what has worked well for cardiovascular diseases and apply these lessons to cancer. If we can do this for heart disease why can’t we do it for cancer?”
The British Heart Foundation attributed the improvement in heart disease to better treatments, preventative drugs such as statins and the decline in smoking.
The Department of Health said: “Whilst it is great news that fewer people are dying from avoidable causes, there is still more to do.”