"Figure 1: Mortality rates for April 2023 were significantly lower than April 2022 in England, but were not significantly different in Wales","" "Age-standardised mortality rates by sex, England and Wales, deaths registered in April 2001 to April 2023","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 people, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Monthly rates in this bulletin are adjusted to allow for comparisons with annual rates. For more information, see [Section 10: Measuring the data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/april2023#measuring-the-data). 2. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each period. 3. Figures for 2022 and 2023 are based on provisional mortality statistics, and populations from July 2021 onwards are based partly or wholly on population projections. 4. Figures exclude non-residents." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "Period","Males - England","Females - England","Males - Wales","Females - Wales" "April 2001","1507.8","1055.5","1631.2","1160.7" "April 2002","1590.7","1106.1","1703.2","1175.8" "April 2003","1539.5","1085.5","1650.5","1217.8" "April 2004","1394.2","990.1","1457.6","1041.5" "April 2005","1406.9","1001.1","1458.4","1097.7" "April 2006","1288.3","933.2","1385.5","961.5" "April 2007","1282.9","936.9","1450.6","1040.8" "April 2008","1425.6","1035.2","1469.9","1102.3" "April 2009","1220.8","887.9","1297.1","898.1" "April 2010","1212.4","869.8","1292.6","902.2" "April 2011","1077.2","778.0","1160.5","842.7" "April 2012","1172.7","871.5","1261.2","952.8" "April 2013","1369.6","1016.6","1527.4","1143.5" "April 2014","1132.6","821.2","1256.7","917.4" "April 2015","1198.5","892.4","1254.8","966.2" "April 2016","1220.6","910.6","1315.5","1027.0" "April 2017","1001.6","735.6","1171.0","838.7" "April 2018","1165.8","871.5","1234.9","962.4" "April 2019","1091.7","800.5","1193.8","923.7" "April 2020","2274.2","1544.1","1942.3","1410.4" "April 2021","1016.6","745.8","1101.8","794.6" "April 2022","1082.8","796.4","1181.5","898.3" "April 2023","1031.4","758.0","1131.9","807.5"