mortality tables

Critical Illness

Rise in deaths from less common cancers

There was an increase of 2,700 in the number of deaths from less common cancers between 2010 and 2013, a report from Public Health England (PHE) and Cancer 52 has found.

clock 09 June 2015 •

PMI

Over 65s seven times more likely to develop melanoma

People over the age of 65 are about seven times more likely to develop malignant melanoma than 40 years ago, according to figures from Cancer Research UK.

clock 07 April 2015 •

PMI

NHS publishes surgeon data

NHS England has made available data on surgeons' performance with an increase in the number of surgeons in the data and surgeries covered.

clock 19 November 2014 •

Term Assurance

Call for overhaul of mortality projection models

Mortality projection models are in need of a radical overhaul to ease insurers' funding problems and give them confidence when pricing future retirement income solutions, an influential new report argues.

clock 02 September 2011 • 1 min read

PMI

New NHS mortality indicator announced but league tables will be ditched

A new nationwide method for calculating NHS mortality rates has been unveiled following a national review.

clock 05 November 2010 • 2 min read