PHE 27 February 2018
- These resources (report, briefing, dataset and slideset) are about people who have died with a neurological condition recorded on their death certificate in England during the period of 2001 to 2014.
- They investigate:
- the numbers and rates of deaths associated with neurological conditions and their recent trends
- the demographic characteristics of people dying with neurological conditions
- the underlying cause of death and association with the broad disease groups
- the place of death
- Detailed analysis has been provided for 7 condition groups:
- Epilepsy
- Motor neurone disease and spinal muscular atrophy:
- Multiple sclerosis and inflammatory disorders:
- Neuromuscular diseases:
- Parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal disorders/tic disorders:
- Traumatic brain and spine injury
- Tumours of the nervous system.
