National Healthcare Agreement: PI 16-Potentially avoidable deaths, 2014

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termProgress measure
Short name:Help on this termPI 16-Potentially avoidable deaths, 2014
METEOR identifier:Help on this term517652
Registration status:Help on this term
Description:Help on this termDeaths 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 set:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement (2014)
Health, Superseded 14/01/2015
Outcome area:Help on this termPrimary and Community Health
Health, Standard 07/07/2010
Quality statement:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement: PI 16-Potentially avoidable deaths, 2014 QS Health, Superseded 14/01/2015

Collection and usage attributes

Population group age to:Help on this term74 years
Computation description:Help on this term

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:

Potentially avoidable deaths International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) Codes
Death groupICD-10 CodesLimits (age, sex)TreatablePreventable
Infections
TuberculosisA15-A19, B90

X

Selected invasive bacterial and protozoal infectionsA38-A41, A46, A48.1, B50-B54, G00, G03, J02.0, J13-J15, J18, L03

X

HepatitisB15-B19

X

HIV/AIDSB20-B24

X

Viral pneumonia and influenzaJ10, J12, J21

X

Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseaseA00-A09

X

Childhood vaccine-preventable diseasesA35-A37, A49.1, A49.2, A80, B01, B05-B06, J11

0-14

X

Sexually transmitted diseases, except HIV/AIDSA50-A64, M02.3, N34.1, N70-N73, N75.0, N75.1, N76.4, N76.6, O00

X

Ear infections - otitis media and mastoiditisH65-H70

X

Upper respiratory tract infectionJ00-J06, except for J02.0

X

Cancer
Lip, oral cavity and pharynxC00-C14

X

OesophagusC15

X

StomachC16

X

ColorectalC18-C21

X

LiverC22

X

LungC33, C34

X

Melanoma of skinC43

X

Non-melanocytic skinC44

X

BreastC50Female

X

CervixC53

X

UterusC54, C55

X

BladderC67

X

ThyroidC73

X

Hodgkin's diseaseC81

X

Lymphoid leukaemia - acute/chronicC91.0, C91.1

X

Benign cancersD10-D36

X

Malignant neoplasm of testisC62

X

Malignant neoplam of eye and adnexaC69

X

DiabetesE10-E14

X (0.5)

X (0.5)

Drug use disorders
Alcohol related diseaseF10, I42.6, K29.2, K70

X

Illicit drug use disordersF11-F16, F18, F19

X

EpilepsyG40, G41

X

Diseases of the circulatory system
Rheumatic and other valvular heart diseaseI01-I09

X

Hypertensive heart diseaseI11

X

Ischaemic heart diseaseI20-I25

X (0.5)

X (0.5)

Cerebrovascular diseasesI60-I69

X (0.5)

X (0.5)

Aortic aneurysmI71

X

Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other deep vessels of lower extremitiesI80.2

X

Pulmonary embolismI26

X

Disease of the genitourinary system
Nephritis and nephrosisI12, I13, N00-N07, N17-N19

X

Obstructive uropathy & prostatic hyperplasiaN13, N20, N21, N35, N40

X

Diseases of the respiratory system
COPDJ40-J4445-74 years

X

AsthmaJ45, J460-44 years

X

Diseases of the digestive system
Peptic ulcer diseaseK25-K28

X

Diseases of appendix; hernia; disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract, and pancreasK35-K38, K40-K46, K80-K83, K85, K86

X

Chronic liver disease (excluding alcohol-related disease)K73, K74

X

Maternal & infant causes
Birth defectsH31.1, P00, P04, Q00-Q99

X

Complications of perinatal periodP03, P05-P95

X

Unintentional injruies
Road traffic injuriesV01-V04, V06, V09-V80, V87, V89, V99

X

FallsW00-W19

X

Fires, burnsX00-X09

X

Accidental poisoningsX40-X49

X

DrowningsW65-W74

X

WarY36

X

Intentional injuries
Suicide and self-inflicted injuriesX60-X84, Y87.0, Y10-Y34

X

ViolenceX85-Y09, Y87.1

X

Other conditions
Nutritional deficieny anaemiaD50-D53

X

Thyroid disordersE00-E07

X

Adrenal disordersE24, E27

X

Congenital metabolic disordersE25, E70.0, E74.2

X

Osteomyelitis and other osteopathies of boneM86, M89

X

Complications of pregnancy, labour or the puerperiumO01-O99

X

Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical careY60-Y69

X

Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic & therapeutic useY70-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 procedureY83-Y84

X

Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.

Variability bands are to be calculated for single-year rates using the method below.

Presented per 100,000 population.

Computation:Help on this term

Number

100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Calculated separately for ‘preventable’ and ‘treatable’ categories.

Variability bands are to be calculated for single-year rates using the following method for estimating 95% confidence intervals:

Age-standardised rate

Formula for Age-standardised rates

Where wi= the proportion of the standard population in age group i 

d=the number of deaths in age group i

n=the number of people in the population in age group i

Numerator:Help on this termNumber of deaths of persons aged less than 75 categorised as potentially avoidable
Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10 2nd edn) ANN-ANN

Data Source

ABS Causes of Death Collection

Guide for use

Data source type: Registry

Denominator:Help on this termPopulation aged less than 75 years
Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—age, total years N[NN]

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (total population)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—age, total years N[NN]

Data Source

ABS Indigenous experimental estimates and projections (2001 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (total population)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Data Element / Data Set

Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

Data Source

ABS Indigenous experimental estimates and projections (2001 Census-based)

Guide for use

Data source type: Census-based plus administrative by-product data

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2007, 2008 (resupplied for updated Estimated Resident Population (ERP)), 2009, 2010 (updated for revision to ABS cause of death data and updated ERP), 2011—State and territory, by preventable and treatable categories.

2009, 2010 (updated for revision to ABS cause of death data), 2011—Nationally, by preventable and treatable categories:

  • Indigenous status

2007-2011—State and territory, by preventable and treatable categories, by:

  • Indigenous status

Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. Disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable—NSW, Qld, SA, WA, NT.

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data Source

ABS Causes of Death Collection

Guide for use

Data source type: Registry

Data Element / Data Set

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)

Data Source

ABS Causes of Death Collection

Guide for use

Data source type: Registry
Used for disaggregation by state/territory

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for 2014 Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council (CRC) report:

  • 2011 (Total population and Indigenous status at national level)
  • Aggregated data 2007–2011 (Indigenous status)

Due to small number of Indigenous deaths reported each year, 5 year combined data will be reported for state and territory disaggregations.

ERP for total population is sourced from ERP rebased after the 2011 Census.  ERP for Indigenous data is sourced from 2006 based ERP.

A system error affected the reporting of WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander death registrations for 2007, 2008 and 2009 which affected the WA and national death rates reported for the 2011 and 2012 CRC reports. These data were revised for 2013 reporting.

Data by remoteness may be available, pending assessment of data quality.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termRate
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this termNN[N].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termDeaths

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS Estimated resident population (total population)

Frequency

Quarterly

Quality statement

ABS Estimated resident population (total population), QS

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

ABS Causes of Death Collection

Frequency

Annual

Quality statement

ABS causes of death collection, QS

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data Source

ABS Indigenous experimental estimates and projections (2001 Census-based)

Frequency

Periodic

Quality statement

ABS Indigenous experimental estimates and projections, QS

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement
Organisation responsible for providing data:Help on this termAustralian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Further data development / collection required:Help on this termSpecification: Minor work required, the measure needs minor work to meet the intention of the indicator.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: PI 16-Potentially avoidable deaths, 2013
Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 16-Potentially avoidable deaths, 2015
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 03-Prevalence of overweight and obesity, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 04-Rates of current daily smokers, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 05-Levels of risky alcohol consumption, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 06-Life expectancy, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 07-Infant and young child mortality rate, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 08-Major causes of death, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 18-Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2014
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2014