Latest findings
5.9% of service user deaths were caused by spinal muscular atrophy
Service users were 4.7 times as likely to die before aged 65 compared with the general population
Service users’ rate of potentially avoidable deaths was 3.6 times as high as the rate for the general population
Around three-quarters (77%) of service users aged 15 and over who were in the labour force were unemployed.
Most (95%) NDA service users were aged under 65, with an average age of 39
In 2018-19, about 230,000 people used disability support services under the National Disability Agreement (NDA)