National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Potentially avoidable deaths, 2009–2011

Type: Indicator
Identifiers: UUID - 6b5872bc-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/527720/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Not endorsed
Last updated
Created: 09 March 2015
Supersedes: None
Superseded by: None
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Definition

Deaths that are potentially avoidable within the present health system:

-potentially preventable deaths are those amenable to screening and primary prevention, such as immunisation

-deaths from potentially treatable conditions are those amenable to therapeutic interventions

Indicator Summary

Numerator

Deaths among people by sex aged less than 75 years categorised as potentially avoidable (preventable, treatable)

Denominator

Population aged less than 75 years by sex

Computation

Deaths are defined as avoidable in the context of the present health system.

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes in scope are as specified below:

Cause of death group	ICD-10 Codes	Limits (age, sex)	Treatable	Preventable
Infections
Tuberculosis	A15–A19, B90		X
Selected invasive bacterial and protozoal infections	A38–A41, A46, A48.1 B50–B54, G00,G03, J02.0, J13–J15, J18, L03		X
Hepatitis	B15–B19			X …

Disaggregation

Sex, Medicare Local catchments and Medicare Local peer groups

Calculation rules

Computation Rule

Description

Deaths are defined as avoidable in the context of the present health system.

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes in scope are as specified below:

Cause of death group	ICD-10 Codes	Limits (age, sex)	Treatable	Preventable
Infections
Tuberculosis	A15–A19, B90		X
Selected invasive bacterial and protozoal infections	A38–A41, A46, A48.1 B50–B54, G00,G03, J02.0, J13–J15, J18, L03		X
Hepatitis	B15–B19			X
HIV/AIDS	B20–B24			X
Viral pneumonia and influenza	J10, J12, J21			X
Enteritis and other diarrhoeal disease	A00–A09			X
Childhood vaccine-preventable diseases	A35–A37, A49.1, A49.2, A80, B01, B05–B06, J11	0–14		X
Sexually transmitted diseases, except HIV/AIDS	A50–A64, M02.3, N34.1, N70–N73, N75.0, N75.1, N76.4, N76.6, O00			X
Ear infections—otitis media and mastoiditis	H65–H70		X
Upper respiratory tract infection	J00–J06 (except for J02.0)		X
Cancer
Lip, oral cavity and pharynx	C00–C14			X
Oesophagus	C15			X
Stomach	C16			X
Colorectal	C18–C21		X
Liver	C22			X
Lung	C33, C34			X
Melanoma of skin	C43		X
Non-melanocytic skin	C44		X
Breast	C50	Female	X
Cervix	C53		X
Uterus	C54, C55		X
Bladder	C67		X
Thyroid	C73		X
Hodgkin’s disease	C81		X
Lymphoid leukaemia—acute/chronic	C91.0, C91.1		X
Benign cancers	D10–D36		X
Malignant neoplasm of testis	C62			X
Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa	C69			X
Diabetes	E10–E14		X (0.5)	X (0.5)
Drug use disorders
Alcohol related disease	F10, I42.6, K29.2, K70			X
Illicit drug use disorders	F11–F16, F18, F19			X
Epilepsy	G40, G41		X
Diseases of the circulatory system
Rheumatic and other valvular heart disease	I01–I09		X
Hypertensive heart disease	I11		X
Ischaemic heart disease	I20–I25		X (0.5)	X (0.5)
Cerebrovascular diseases	I60–I69		X (0.5)	X (0.5)
Aortic aneurysm	I71			X
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other deep vessels of lower extremities	I80.2			X
Pulmonary embolism	I26			X
Diseases of the genitourinary system
Nephritis and nephrosis	I12, I13, N00–N07, N17–N19		X
Obstructive uropathy & prostatic hyperplasia	N13, N20, N21, N35, N40		X
Diseases of the respiratory system
COPD	J40–J44	45–74 years		X
Asthma	J45, J46	0–44 years	X
Diseases of the digestive system
Peptic ulcer disease	K25–K28		X
Diseases of appendix; hernia; disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract, and pancreas	K35–K38, K40–K46, K80–K83, K85, K86		X
Chronic liver disease (excluding alcohol-related disease)	K73, K74			X
Maternal & infant causes
Birth defects	H31.1, P00, P04, Q00–Q99		X
Complications of perinatal period	P03, P05–P95		X
Unintentional injuries
Road traffic injuries	V01–V04, V06, V09–V80, V87, V89, V99			X
Falls	W00–W19			X
Fires, burns	X00–X09			X
Accidental poisonings	X40–X49			X
Drownings	W65–W74			X
War	Y36			X
Intentional injuries
Suicide and self-inflicted injuries	X60–X84, Y87.0, Y10–Y34			X
Violence	X85–Y09, Y87.1			X
Other conditions
Nutritional deficiency anaemia	D50–D53			X
Thyroid disorders	E00–E07		X
Adrenal disorders	E24, E27		X
Congenital metabolic disorders	E25, E70.0, E74.2		X
Osteomyelitis and other osteopathies of bone	M86, M89			X
Complications of pregnancy, labour or the puerperium	O01–O99			X
Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care	Y60–Y69			X
Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic & therapeutic use	Y70–Y82			X
Surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure	Y83–Y84			X