"Figure 2: Male age-standardised mortality rates for top five leading causes of death, 2001 to 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. The cause of death groups used here are based on a [list](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/userguidetomortalitystatistics/leadingcausesofdeathinenglandandwalesrevised2016) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), modified for use in England and Wales. 3. These rates are for all ages and are standardised to the 2013 [European Standard Population](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/userguidetomortalitystatisticsjuly2017#death-rates-ratios-and-standardisation)." "Unit","Deaths per million population" "","" "Year","Dementia and Alzheimers (F01, F03, G30)","Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25)","Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)","Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)","Lung cancer (C33, C34)" "2001","369","3439","1446","844","963" "2002","369","3308","1455","838","936" "2003","367","3153","1392","861","911" "2004","349","2918","1254","781","882" "2005","343","2743","1174","774","868" "2006","347","2532","1122","727","863" "2007","390","2409","1044","718","848" "2008","423","2294","1028","740","849" "2009","409","2133","944","695","822" "2010","432","2054","922","673","792" "2011","688","1856","756","680","783" "2012","771","1799","721","702","756" "2013","818","1771","696","717","746" "2014","890","1647","682","673","733" "2015","1032","1635","675","720","704" "2016","1038","1529","630","691","694"