Under 75 Mortality from Respiratory Disease: Age and Sex Standardized Rates

Sep-16 data provides directly age and sex standardized mortality rates from respiratory disease for people aged under 75 per 100,000 registered patients. The dataset is produced by the Government Digital Service and is licensed under the UK Open Government Licence. A next version was due in Dec-17.

Use Cases

• Monitor public health trends based on standardized mortality rates.
• Assess healthcare system performance for respiratory disease based on age and sex adjusted metrics.
• Conduct comparative demographic analysis based on the age and sex standardization method.

Strengths

• Data is directly age and sex standardized, which facilitates demographic comparisons.
• Rates are provided per 100,000 registered patients, offering a clear population denominator.
• Available in both EXCEL XLS and CSV formats for accessibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national health registration and mortality records.

Time Range

Calendar year(s) unspecified in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Current version updated Sep-16, with a next version due Dec-17.

Geography

Coverage is unspecified but likely relates to the eu_open_data platform's scope.