"Figure 2: Age-standardised mortality rates for causes of death considered avoidable (including and excluding Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)) by sex, 2003-12","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year and includes deaths of non-residents 2. Reference table 1 provides further details of underlying causes of death included 3. Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the 1976 European Standard Population" "Unit","Age standardised rates per 100.000 population" "","" "Year","Avoidable - males","Avoidable (excl IHD) - males","Avoidable - females","Avoidable (excl IHD) - females" "2003","296.0","210.6","169.9","141.7" "2004","280.3","202.2","161.6","136.4" "2005","271.9","199.2","157.3","134.1" "2006","261.2","193.8","152.8","131.3" "2007","253.7","190.4","148.6","128.9" "2008","249.0","189.0","148.3","129.3" "2009","239.4","183.7","139.9","123.5" "2010","231.3","178.0","137.3","121.4" "2011","221.2","172.2","132.6","118.2" "2012","213.1","166.8","129.9","115.6"