"Figure 2: Avoidable mortality rates for males and females living in the most and least deprived areas statistically significantly decreased between 2001 and 2018","" "Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates by sex and selected deciles, England, 2001 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. Figures for England exclude deaths of non-residents. 3. Age-standardised mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 population and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Age-standardised mortality rates are used to allow comparison between populations that may contain different proportions of people of different ages. 4. Deprivation deciles are based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) which is the official measure of relative deprivation. IMD 2004 was used for data years 2001 to 2003, IMD 2007 was used for years 2004 to 2006, IMD 2010 was used for years 2007 to 2010, IMD 2015 was used for years 2011 to 2015 and IMD 2019 was used for years 2016 to 2018. 5. Decile 1 represents the most deprived areas and decile 10 represents the least deprived areas." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population" "","" "Year","Males Decile 1","Males Decile 10","Females Decile 1","Females Decile 10" "2001","776.3","262.7","425.9","161.2" "2002","757.8","259.2","412.3","157.5" "2003","738.6","247.5","408.2","152.0" "2004","711.4","232.6","393.6","142.3" "2005","688.3","222.7","376.3","137.9" "2006","671.8","214.7","376.6","140.7" "2007","667.1","199.9","372.6","130.6" "2008","665.0","194.6","374.8","126.3" "2009","631.9","185.9","341.5","120.6" "2010","596.8","183.6","346.5","122.0" "2011","590.6","167.6","336.1","112.6" "2012","563.2","163.0","334.7","111.2" "2013","557.8","166.7","332.2","110.9" "2014","568.0","161.6","334.0","107.1" "2015","559.4","160.8","341.4","105.8" "2016","567.7","155.8","351.8","103.2" "2017","556.0","151.5","344.3","100.2" "2018","553.3","152.6","347.1","101.5"