All age, all cause mortality rates - The Herefordshire Partnership

All age, all cause mortality rates

See also mortality rates from:

• chronic conditions
• circulatory diseases
• cancers
• accidents
  

The indicator relating to all age all cause mortality (AAACM) supports the following national Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets:

• By 2010, increase the average life expectancy at birth in England to 78.6 years for men and to 82.5 years for women.
• Reduce health inequalities by 10% by 2010 as measured by infant mortality and life expectancy at birth i.e.
  - reduce by at least 10% the gap in life expectancy between the fifth of areas with the "worst health and deprivation indicators" ("the Spearhead Group") and the population as a whole
  - reduce by at least 10% the gap in infant mortality rates between the "routine and manual"¹ socio-economic group and the population as a whole

Ultimate success against the national targets will be measured by the life expectancy at birth and infant mortality measures but AAACM is being used in NHS operational plans as a proxy to measure progress. AAACM is a more locally relevant measure, closely related to life expectancy and based on the same deaths data, and having the same risk factors and "drivers" for progress.

In 2004-06, the all age, all cause mortality rate for Herefordshire was 603.4 per 100,000 population.


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¹ Routine and manual workers are typically thought of as 'blue collar' workers who work in factories.  They are often felt to be at a disadvantage to 'white collar' workers because of the physical nature of the job;  they are usually paid on a weekly basis; and often enjoy less advantageous conditions of service (e.g. holidays)