Latest findings
People with acquired brain injury and neurological disabilities had the highest rates of death
6.3% of service user deaths were caused by perinatal and congenital conditions
Service users were 4.7 times as likely to die before aged 65 compared with the general population
Around three-quarters (77%) of service users aged 15 and over who were in the labour force were unemployed.
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%)