"Figure 5: Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) for the five main broad disease groups, 2001 to 2017","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. These categories correspond to the five chapters of ICD-10 with the largest number of deaths in England and Wales. 3. ASMRs are for all ages and are standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. " "Unit","Deaths per 100,000 population" "","" "Years","Cancer","Diseases of the circulatory system ","Diseases of the respiratory system ","Mental and behavioural disorders","Diseases of the nervous system" "2001","318.3","496.9","160.6","34.0","32.7" "2002","317.7","486.8","165.3","34.2","33.4" "2003","312.9","473.9","175.7","35.3","35.4" "2004","307.4","435.6","160.7","33.4","32.5" "2005","304.0","413.1","165.0","33.4","33.4" "2006","301.9","387.0","153.8","33.4","32.8" "2007","300.6","371.7","152.4","36.8","34.9" "2008","298.8","363.5","157.3","40.7","37.0" "2009","292.9","338.7","145.0","38.9","36.2" "2010","290.3","328.0","140.8","41.8","37.8" "2011","289.5","283.7","138.2","63.5","37.2" "2012","288.3","280.7","141.1","71.3","41.6" "2013","283.5","273.9","145.6","74.7","43.5" "2014","280.8","258.9","127.3","78.1","46.3" "2015","278.1","260.5","142.4","90.7","53.0" "2016","276.7","246.6","133.7","88.6","55.7" "2017","271.9","241.8","133.6","91.8","59.6"