"Figure 1: There was a slowdown in mortality improvement since 2011 for both males and females living in the most and least deprived areas","" "Age-standardised mortality rates for males and females living in the most and least deprived areas of England, all ages, 2001 to 2018 ","" "","" "Notes","1. The plotline on the figure represents the 2011 breakpoint. 2. Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. 3. Figures exclude non-residents, based on boundaries as of August 2019. 4. Deprivation deciles are based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which is the official measure of relative deprivation with decile 1 representing the most deprived areas and decile 10 representing the least deprived areas." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 " "","" "Decile","Male 1","Male 10","Female 1","Female 10" "2001","1994.6","1197.8","1309.0","855.9" "2002","1987.4","1164.6","1316.4","860.0" "2003","1992.8","1145.6","1349.4","848.8" "2004","1900.5","1084.3","1288.6","801.2" "2005","1858.1","1055.7","1272.5","777.1" "2006","1835.5","1026.0","1231.8","768.8" "2007","1810.6","994.1","1237.3","753.0" "2008","1794.9","986.4","1248.8","758.1" "2009","1697.2","941.2","1157.8","707.4" "2010","1651.9","929.9","1147.7","694.3" "2011","1610.2","887.0","1125.7","666.3" "2012","1618.8","888.6","1148.8","673.0" "2013","1633.9","875.7","1154.3","650.9" "2014","1607.7","842.6","1118.7","628.0" "2015","1641.6","859.3","1186.0","648.7" "2016","1622.8","831.0","1155.2","625.2" "2017","1609.9","834.6","1171.1","631.5" "2018","1608.6","833.5","1183.1","634.4"