"Figure 1: Mortality rates for the month of March were lower in 2021 than in 2020, for males and females in England and Wales","" "Age-standardised mortality rates by sex, England and Wales, deaths registered in March 2001 to March 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 [Section 11: Measuring the data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/latest#measuring-the-data). 2. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period. 3. Figures for 2020 and 2021 are based on provisional mortality data and projected populations. 4. Figures exclude non-residents. 5. The five-year average has been provided for 2015 to 2019 (rather than 2016 to 2020) because of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on deaths registered in 2020. The average for 2015 to 2019 provides a comparison of the number of deaths expected per month in a usual (non-pandemic) year." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "Period","Males - England","Females - England","Males - Wales","Females - Wales" "March 2001","1622.6"," 1106.7 "," 1656.1 "," 1143.0 " "March 2002","1430.7"," 987.7 "," 1544.9 "," 1010.9 " "March 2003","1486.4"," 1050.7 "," 1610.7 "," 1129.0 " "March 2004","1545.2"," 1092.4 "," 1645.1 "," 1194.3 " "March 2005","1551.9"," 1141.0 "," 1649.0 "," 1294.0 " "March 2006","1537.2"," 1091.5 "," 1565.0 "," 1115.0 " "March 2007","1350.1"," 979.3 "," 1375.6 "," 1006.8 " "March 2008","1253.0"," 915.9 "," 1466.3 "," 994.9 " "March 2009","1251.7"," 897.0 "," 1303.2 "," 977.1 " "March 2010","1287.6"," 950.7 "," 1352.1 "," 1022.2 " "March 2011","1240.1"," 908.8 "," 1374.2 "," 946.3 " "March 2012","1210.2"," 897.3 "," 1311.0 "," 937.7 " "March 2013","1188.0"," 900.8 "," 1317.1 "," 994.9 " "March 2014","1080.6"," 800.2 "," 1197.2 "," 823.7 " "March 2015","1208.5"," 932.2 "," 1276.1 "," 1028.0 " "March 2016","1231.5"," 911.1 "," 1416.2 "," 1063.1 " "March 2017","1202.7"," 903.5 "," 1302.0 "," 938.7 " "March 2018","1225.5"," 939.3 "," 1426.1 "," 1082.9 " "March 2019","1049.6"," 777.8 "," 1152.7 "," 810.6 " "March 2020","1191.8"," 854.8 "," 1317.8 "," 934.5 " "March 2021","1128.9"," 828.5 "," 1239.7 "," 873.0 "