Avoidable deaths

One type of potentially avoidable deaths are deaths below the age of 75 from conditions that are potentially preventable through primary or hospital care. The rates are a useful indicator of how well health systems are performing.

1. Human death

1. Preventable child deaths
2. Non-combat death of soldiers
3. Maternal mortality
4. Death by execution
5. Death and disability from inhumane confinement
6. Anaesthetic death

1. Unequal regional distribution of deaths

1. Preventable disease