Avoidability of the 2131 new significant health problems identified by the first GP data collector
| Avoidability classification | n (%) |
| Totally avoidable: virtually certain evidence of avoidability | 0 (0.0) |
| Probably avoidable: strong evidence of avoidability | 14 (0.7) |
| Probably avoidable: probably avoidable, >50:50, but close call | 18 (0.8) |
| Possibly avoidable: possibly avoidable, <50:50, but close call | 19 (0.9) |
| Unavoidable: slight to modest evidence of avoidability | 16 (0.7) |
| Totally unavoidable: virtually no evidence of avoidability (based on study team avoidability assessment) | 10 (0.5) |
| Totally unavoidable: virtually no evidence of avoidability (based on GP assessment that there had been an ‘adequate standard of care’) | 2054 (96.4) |
| Total | 2131 (100) |
GP, general practitioner.