"Figure 7: Avoidable mortality rates for children and young people in Northern Ireland and Scotland remain statistically significantly higher than England and Wales","" "Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates for children and young people (aged 0 to 19 years) by persons, UK and its constituent countries, 2001 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. 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. 2. Deaths of non-residents are excluded for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and included for the UK and Scotland. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Year","England","Northern Ireland","Scotland","Wales","UK" "2001","17.7","34.4","36.6","16","19.9" "2002","16.8","32.4","36.1","14.3","18.9" "2003","15.8","31.7","33","13.9","17.8" "2004","15.4","30.8","31.8","16.2","17.4" "2005","15.2","37.6","32.1","16.6","17.5" "2006","14.2","35.7","28.5","13.3","16.2" "2007","13.4","30.5","32","16.2","15.7" "2008","13.6","36.9","26.3","13.1","15.5" "2009","12.7","31.2","26.1","15","14.6" "2010","11.2","35.4","23.3","13.6","13.1" "2011","10.2","26.4","23","13.9","12" "2012","9.9","24","19.7","12.2","11.3" "2013","9.6","21.1","19.5","9.3","10.8" "2014","10.3","25.7","20.1","9.2","11.6" "2015","10.1","23.7","17.2","10.6","11.3" "2016","9.3","20.9","20.2","11.8","10.8" "2017","9.6","19.3","19","10.3","10.8" "2018","9.8","24.4","20.3","12.1","11.2" "2019","9.1","24.5","20","8.9","10.5"