The Chief Coroner’s Office classifies Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs) into categories. These categories have changed over time and overlap.
Here we graph the number of PFDs tagged in each category over 10 years, from inception (July 2013) until the latest Sunday scrape.
Hospital-related deaths are the most common category
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There is no guidance or details available on how PFDs are classified, or evidence for their development. For example, what preventable deaths are categorised as “Other related deaths”?
Categories over time
Preventable mental health-related deaths are increasing
The combination of PFDs classed as mental health and suicide over time. The suicide category was only introduced in 2015.
Emergency Services
Three categories were created for “emergency services-related” deaths, which we combine and present over time.
A downloadable table on the number of PFDs by death category from inception (July 2013) until the latest Sunday scrape. Up-to-date statistics using this data are available here.