"Figure 6: The provisional mortality rate for 2021 was significantly lower than 2020 but significantly higher than 2019 in both England and Wales","" "Age-standardised mortality rates, England and Wales, deaths registered between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2021","" "","" "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 the [Measuring the data section](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/december2021#measuring-the-data). 2. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period. 3. Figures for 2021 are based on provisional mortality data and projected populations. 4. Figures exclude non-residents. 5. Year-to-date rates will differ from published annual rates as the population base has been adjusted to be comparable with our other Monthly Mortality Analysis outputs. For more information see [Section 2 of the methodology article](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/methodologies/coronavirusandmortalityinenglandandwalesmethodology#measuring-monthly-deaths-provisional-data)." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "Year ","England","Wales" "2001","1229.8","1294.4" "2002","1225.5","1285.5" "2003","1224.8","1294.4" "2004","1155.4","1222.2" "2005","1137.6","1200.9" "2006","1099.1","1143.8" "2007","1085.1","1166.4" "2008","1084.2","1148.7" "2009","1026.7","1091.3" "2010","1010.9","1080.0" "2011","972.6","1034.4" "2012","981.9","1051.8" "2013","978.1","1058.6" "2014","947.8","1018.0" "2015","985.9","1063.7" "2016","959.7","1045.6" "2017","959.0","1035.7" "2018","956.1","1057.5" "2019","919.2","1001.2" "2020","1041.1","1113.8" "2021","984.7","1061.3"