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- Reviewing progress
- List of indicators
- Indicator 51
Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world
51. Mortality rates
This indicator is supported by a seperate wellbeing measure
Death rates from (a) circulatory disease and (b) cancer, below 75 years and for deprived areas, 1993-5 to 2005-7
(c) Deaths from suicides (all ages), 1993-5 to 2005-7
| Death rates since: | 1993-5 |
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- Deaths from circulatory diseases and cancer (below 75 years) decreased by 49 and 21 per cent respectively between 1993-5 and 2005-7. The decline in death rates is also reflected in deprived areas, but they remain higher than the England average: 103 compared with 79 people per 100,000 from circulatory diseases and 136 compared with 116 people per 100,000 from cancer.
- The death rate from suicide and undetermined injury in England fell from 9.4 per 100,000 in 1993-5 to 7.9 in 2005-7.
Updated: 30 July 2009