"Figure 5: Age-standardised mortality rates for males and females remained relatively high in 2021, but significantly decreased from 2020","" "Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs), England and Wales, 2001 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. 2. ASMRs are standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population, expressed per 100,000 population; they allow comparisons between populations with different age structures, including between males and females and over time. For more information on these rates, please see our [User guide to mortality statistics](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/userguidetomortalitystatisticsjuly2017). 3. Rates have been calculated using the most up-to-date population estimates when the statistics were published." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "Year","Males","Females" "2001","1511.8","1046.2" "2002","1496.8","1045.6" "2003","1482.4","1055.2" "2004","1400.8","992.8" "2005","1368.5","981.3" "2006","1324.4","944.6" "2007","1299.0","939.1" "2008","1291.8","943.2" "2009","1229.7","886.6" "2010","1201.4","876.8" "2011","1159.6","842.1" "2012","1159.4","856.1" "2013","1158.3","852.6" "2014","1121.3","821.9" "2015","1156.4","863.8" "2016","1128.4","838.2" "2017","1124.0","836.8" "2018","1120.9","838.0" "2019","1079.4","798.9" "2020","1236.7","894.2" "2021","1196.8","865.6"