"Figure 2: The gap in avoidable mortality rates for neoplasms between the most and least deprived areas was wider in 2019 than 2001 for males but narrower for females ","" "Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates for neoplasms by sex and selected deciles, Wales, 2001 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. Figures for Wales exclude deaths of non-residents. 3. Age-standardised mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 people 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 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which is the official measure of relative deprivation. WIMD 2005 was used for data years 2001 to 2004, WIMD 2008 was used for years 2005 to 2007, WIMD 2011 was used for years 2008 to 2010, WIMD 2014 was used for years 2011 to 2014 and WIMD 2019 was used for years 2015 to 2019. 5. Decile 1 represents the most deprived areas and decile 10 represents the least deprived areas. " "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Year","Males - Decile 1","Males - Decile 10","Females - Decile 1","Females - Decile 10" "2001","170.5","93.7","140.6","74.8" "2002","172.6","94.4","126.3","73.5" "2003","173.7","70.3","131.8","65.5" "2004","154.1","81.4","126.5","60.2" "2005","181.8","86.3","164.0","70.7" "2006","187.7","81.8","144.4","76.2" "2007","197.1","87.9","120.0","68.1" "2008","169.6","72.9","141.1","65.2" "2009","177.2","78.0","130.7","64.2" "2010","155.6","77.5","136.7","67.0" "2011","156.2","55.2","124.4","63.8" "2012","146.6","58.3","123.8","54.8" "2013","163.2","71.6","111.7","58.8" "2014","180.2","66.2","138.0","63.9" "2015","147.7","58.2","122.8","80.8" "2016","135.2","66.8","138.8","63.4" "2017","167.1","54.8","123.7","57.5" "2018","159.9","63.6","117.9","45.3" "2019","141.2","64.2","118.7","59.8"