Abstract

Learning from the lives and deaths - People with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) report for 2024. The ninth and final annual report of 'Learning from lives and deaths - People with a learning disability and autistic people' (LeDeR) focuses on reviews of deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people that occurred in 2024. Comparison data from reviews of deaths in 2021 to 2024 is used to identify trends over time. Introduced by a foreword from the 'Staying Alive and Well' group, the report explores the demographics of people who died, circumstances and causes of death, factors associated with age at death, deaths associated with ethnic group, deaths associated with level of learning disability and deaths associated with autism.