Summary

The NHS Outcomes Framework indicators form part of the NHS Outcomes Framework, which will:

1. provide national level accountability for the outcomes the NHS delivers
2. drive transparency, quality improvement and outcome measurement throughout the NHS.

Key Facts:

• New age-standardised mortality indicators for respiratory disease and liver disease are published for the first time.
• The two indicators show that for England in 2009, on an age-standardised basis among people aged below 75:

1. About 20 women and 29 men per 100,000 of the population died from respiratory disease; compared to about 22 and 33 per 100,000 respectively in 2001.
2. About 10 women and 19 men per 100,000 of the population died from liver disease; compared to about 9 women and 16 men in 2001.