Advisory Board April 1, 2025
Avoidable deaths increased in the United States from 2009 to 2019 while declining in many other high-income countries, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Reducing avoidable emergency department use
Study details
For the study, researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health analyzed mortality data from CDC and the World Health Organization for individuals ages 74 and younger between 2009 and 2021 across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and 40 high-income countries.
Avoidable mortality includes deaths that could have been prevented through effective public health measures and health promotion activities or timely, high-quality care, such as deaths from appendicitis.
The study found that avoidable mortality increased in all 50 states and...
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