"Figure 1: Mortality rates for April 2022 were significantly higher compared with April 2021 in England and Wales","" "Age-standardised mortality rates by sex, England and Wales, deaths registered in April 2001 to April 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 people, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Monthly rates in this bulletin are adjusted to allow for comparisons with annual rates. For more information, see the [Measuring the data section](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/april2022#measuring-the-data). 2. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period. 3. Figures for 2021 and 2022 are based on provisional mortality data and projected populations. 4. Figures exclude non-residents." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "Period","Males - England","Females - England","Males - Wales","Females - Wales" "Apr 2001","1507.8","1055.5","1631.2","1160.7" "Apr 2002","1590.7","1106.1","1703.2","1175.8" "Apr 2003","1539.5","1085.5","1650.5","1217.8" "Apr 2004","1394.2","990.1","1457.6","1041.5" "Apr 2005","1406.9","1001.1","1458.4","1097.7" "Apr 2006","1288.3","933.2","1385.5","961.5" "Apr 2007","1282.9","936.9","1450.6","1040.8" "Apr 2008","1425.6","1035.2","1469.9","1102.3" "Apr 2009","1220.8","887.9","1297.1","898.1" "Apr 2010","1212.4","869.8","1292.6","902.2" "Apr 2011","1077.2","778.0","1160.5","842.7" "Apr 2012","1172.7","871.5","1261.2","952.8" "Apr 2013","1369.6","1016.6","1527.4","1143.5" "Apr 2014","1132.6","821.2","1256.7","917.4" "Apr 2015","1198.5","892.4","1254.8","966.2" "Apr 2016","1220.6","910.6","1315.5","1027.0" "Apr 2017","1001.6","735.6","1171.0","838.7" "Apr 2018","1165.8","871.5","1234.9","962.4" "Apr 2019","1091.7","800.5","1193.8","923.7" "Apr 2020","2274.2","1544.1","1942.3","1410.4" "Apr 2021","991.4","735.1","1077.1","782.1" "Apr 2022","1075.5","793.1","1173.5","894.7"