A rising number of people in Merseyside are dying from avoidable causes.
An increase in deaths from alcohol and drug-related disorders, cancer, and the advent of the coronavirus pandemic have been blamed for driving the highest avoidable mortality rate in Great Britain since 2010.
Liverpool's Public Health Director Professor Matt Ashton made clear that mortality rates are intrinsically linked to deprivation and wider determinants of health. In Merseyside, 11,999 deaths were considered avoidable in the three-year period from 2018 to 2020, the highest number since 2006-08.
