"Age-specific death rates(per 100,000 population) and percentage change"
Units:
Rates and percentages
Dimensions:
Year by
Differences in gender rates
Dataset
Males - 1-14 - rate
Males - 1-14 - % of 1991 rate
Males - 15-44 - rate
Males - 15-44 - % of 1991 rate
Males - 45-64 - rate
Males - 45-64 - % of 1991 rate
Males - 65-74 - rate
Males - 65-74 - % of 1991 rate
Males - 75-84 - rate
Males - 75-84 - % of 1991 rate
Males - 85 and over - rate
Males - 85 and over - % of 1991 rate
Females - 1-14 - rate
Females - 1-14 - % of 1991 rate
Females - 15-44 - rate
Females - 15-44 - % of 1991 rate
Females - 45-64 - rate
Females - 45-64 - % of 1991 rate
Females - 65-74 - rate
Females - 65-74 - % of 1991 rate
Females - 75-84 - rate
Females - 75-84 - % of 1991 rate
Females - 85 and over - rate
Females - 85 and over - % of 1991 rate
1991
27
100
113
100
887
100
3809
100
9256
100
20260
100
21
100
60
100
537
100
2185
100
5817
100
15553
100
1992
24
87.7
110
97.0
840
94.7
3726
97.8
9015
97.4
19388
95.7
18
86.6
60
100.4
511
95.2
2147
98.3
5692
97.9
14880
95.7
1993
24
87.8
109
96.2
824
92.9
3789
99.5
9334
100.8
20229
99.8
18
85.1
59
98.7
503
93.8
2196
100.5
5938
102.1
15645
100.6
1994
22
80.7
110
97.3
768
86.6
3617
95.0
8955
96.7
18864
93.1
17
80.1
59
99.1
475
88.5
2127
97.3
5687
97.8
14665
94.3
1995
21
77.3
111
98.2
763
86.0
3609
94.7
8945
96.6
19600
96.7
16
78.1
60
100.0
473
88.1
2139
97.9
5707
98.1
15308
98.4
1996
20
74.7
110
96.9
741
83.6
3450
90.6
8506
91.9
19214
94.8
15
72.9
60
100.9
455
84.8
2065
94.5
5578
95.9
15078
96.9
1997
21
77.3
108
94.9
713
80.4
3322
87.2
8249
89.1
19033
93.9
15
72.0
59
99.6
448
83.5
2019
92.4
5457
93.8
15175
97.6
1998
20
72.5
108
95.0
706
79.6
3241
85.1
8125
87.8
18716
92.4
15
70.9
58
98.1
444
82.6
1986
90.9
5389
92.6
15147
97.4
1999
19
68.9
106
93.5
694
78.3
3162
83.0
8009
86.5
18790
92.7
15
71.6
58
98.2
439
81.8
1933
88.5
5346
91.9
15479
99.5
2000
17
64.3
105
92.3
669
75.5
2976
78.1
7608
82.2
18133
89.5
13
61.1
59
99.3
429
79.9
1818
83.2
5095
87.6
14764
94.9
2001
17
64.7
107
94.8
666
75.1
2831
74.3
7618
82.3
18444
91.0
14
67.4
59
98.8
427
79.5
1752
80.2
5079
87.3
14859
95.5
Dataset Name:
HSQ14DF1
Type of Dataset:
Cross-sectional
Description:
Age-specific death rates as a percentage of rates in 1991. Extracted from Health Statistics Quarterly 14 - Report: Death registrations in England and Wales: 2001, causes.
This report gives numbers of deaths registered in England and Wales in 2001 by age and sex, and for selected underlying causes of death. It also compares death rates by sex and age with those for deaths which occurred in 1999 and 2000. The year 2001 is the first in which cause of death has been coded according to the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
Deaths by sex and age of deceased
* A total of 532,498 deaths were registered in 2001, compared with 537,877 registered in 2000, a decline of 1.0 per cent.
* The number of male deaths fell by 1.2 per cent and female deaths by 0.8 per cent between 2000 and 2001.
Figures 1 and 2 show the relative change between 1991 and 2001 in age-specific death rates for males and females respectively. The long-term decline in death rates continued for most sex/age groups. The relative fall between 1991 and 2001 was most pronounced at ages 1 to 14 for both sexes. There was comparatively little decline in mortality rates at ages 15 to 44 and 85 and over during the ten-year period. Male death rates declined more than female rates in every aged group shown. However, absolute mortality rates remain higher in males for every age group.
Explanatory notes
Coding of underlying cause of death
Since January 2001 cause of death has been coded to the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) (see references 1, 2 and 3 below). This was introduced on the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and replaced the Ninth Revision (ICD-9) (see references 4 and 5 below) which have been in use since 1979. The major changes have been described in detail in Health Statistics Quarterly 08 and 13 (see references 6 and 7 below). In order to help quantify the changes, ONS has carried out a bridge coding study. All deaths registered in 1999 were independently coded to both ICD-9 and ICD-10 and the causes in each revision compared using internationally agreed groups of equivalent codes. The results can be found in the Report 'Results of the ICD bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999' in this publication (see reference 8 below).
Cause of death is assigned by an automated coding system with the exception of deaths due to external causes (ICD-10 codes V01-Y89). These are coded clerically using information from coroners' certificates (including inquest verdicts) to produce consistent figures on suicides, homicides, and other deaths not from natural causes.
Occurrences and registrations
* The first annual extract from our deaths database, produced in April following the data year, comprises registrations in that year. Outputs produced using this extract include this Report and an area based Report in Population Trends, as well as the annual VS tables and the Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators.
* The second extract is produced in the September following the year to which it relates, and comprises occurrences in the data year. This extract forms the basis for the annual mortality reference volumes in the DH series.
REFERENCES:
1 World Health Organization (1992) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. Volume 1. World Health Organization: Geneva.
2 World Health Organization (1993) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. Volume 2: Instruction Manual. World Health Organisation: Geneva.
3 World Health Organization (1993) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. Volume 3: Alphabetical Index. World Health Organization: Geneva.
4 World Health Organization (1977) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision. Volume 1. World Health Organization: Geneva.
5 World Health Organization (1978) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision. Volume 2: Alphabetical Index. World Health Organization: Geneva.
6 Rooney C and Smith S (2000) Implementation of ICD-10 for mortality in England and Wales from January 2001. Health Statistics Quarterly 08, 41-50.
7 Rooney C, Griffiths C and Cook L (2002) The implementation of ICD-10 for cause of death coding - some preliminary results from the bridge coding study. Health Statistics Quarterly 13, 31-41.
8 Office for National Statistics (2002) Results of the ICD-10 bridge coding study, England and Wales, 1999, Health Statistics Quarterly 14, 75-83.
9 ONS (2001) Mortality Statistics: cause 2000, series DH2 no 27, section 2.2.
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