"Figure 7: Mortality rates for 2020 to date in England are statistically significantly higher than all years since 2009","" "Age-standardised mortality rates, deaths registered between 1 January and 31 July 2001 to 2020, England and Wales","" "","" "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 [Section 11: Measuring the data](https://publishing.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/july2020#measuring-the-data). 2. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period. 3. Figures for 2020 are based on provisional mortality data and projected populations. 4. Figures exclude non-residents of England and Wales." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "Year ","England","Wales" "2001","1272.2","1343.4" "2002","1256.4","1316.6" "2003","1232.6","1318.0" "2004","1178.4","1241.3" "2005","1181.3","1260.6" "2006","1147.9","1195.7" "2007","1115.1","1203.3" "2008","1100.4","1165.8" "2009","1057.7","1130.8" "2010","1023.5","1095.7" "2011","993.9","1062.7" "2012","1009.0","1072.2" "2013","1032.6","1118.7" "2014","954.4","1020.0" "2015","1038.0","1116.5" "2016","981.8","1069.0" "2017","987.4","1068.4" "2018","1021.2","1125.6" "2019","936.5","1014.1" "2020","1102.9","1134.0"