LeDeR report 2023: changes
The 2023 LeDeR report was shared in September 2025.
The report had to be taken off the website in December because some of the data was not correct.
This was caused by a problem with how bits of data are joined together.
It meant that data was not collected properly between June and July 2023.
The problem has now been fixed.
This document tells you what the differences are between the old report that had the problems and the new report.
The changes
The number of avoidable deaths is now a little bit higher than in the original report.
It has changed from 38 people to 40 people on average out of every 100 people.
There are small changes in the number of deaths of people from an ethnic community compared to people who are white.
Top three causes of death
The things that most people in the report died from has changed slightly. Circulatory diseases are now the main reason.
Circulatory diseases are problems with your heart.
The old report showed around 16 in every 100 people died from this. In the new report it shows around 17 in every 100 people.
Respiratory conditions are now the second highest reason.
Respiratory conditions are conditions that effects your breathing or your lungs.
The change in the number of deaths from respiratory conditions was very small.
Cerebrovascular disease is now one of the main three causes of deaths in the report.
Cerebrovascular disease is a problem with your blood vessels in your brain.
So respiratory, circulatory and cerebrovascular diseases are the main causes of death In the new report.
In the old report it showed cancer as the third highest reason.
Deaths of autistic people
The new report shows some changes to the causes of deaths for autistic adults who didn’t have a learning disability.
The biggest difference is that 2 more people died by suicide.
The change in the number of deaths overall was very small.
