Latest findings
Service users’ rate of potentially avoidable deaths was 3.6 times as high as the rate for the general population
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
In 2018-19, about 230,000 people used disability support services under the National Disability Agreement (NDA)
About two-thirds (67%) of service users had an informal carer, most often their mother (65%)
Most (95%) NDA service users were aged under 65, with an average age of 39