"Figure 1: Mortality rates for the month of September were higher in 2021 than in 2020 in England and Wales","" "Age-standardised mortality rates by sex, deaths registered in September 2001 to September 2021","" "","" "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 10: Measuring the data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/september2021#measuring-the-data). 2. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period. 3. Figures for 2021 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" "Sep 2001","1290.3","894.1","1381.4","917.3" "Sep 2002","1334.2","947.1","1412.3","1046.2" "Sep 2003","1394.2","986.5","1489.2","1019.4" "Sep 2004","1340.0","947.4","1383.1","1059.0" "Sep 2005","1232.4","884.3","1262.4","927.0" "Sep 2006","1166.3","824.8","1177.0","896.7" "Sep 2007","1093.2","787.6","1132.6","847.4" "Sep 2008","1206.5","867.7","1269.4","925.4" "Sep 2009","1185.6","840.0","1235.6","895.7" "Sep 2010","1152.4","842.1","1241.5","893.2" "Sep 2011","1119.7","793.7","1165.6","835.2" "Sep 2012","997.9","720.5","1054.5","773.2" "Sep 2013","1017.8","733.6","1069.4","816.0" "Sep 2014","1104.7","806.3","1164.2","854.9" "Sep 2015","1103.8","806.5","1200.7","864.5" "Sep 2016","1049.1","773.1","1115.3","837.5" "Sep 2017","1028.6","750.5","1116.4","780.2" "Sep 2018","935.0","680.8","998.7","757.4" "Sep 2019","988.5","722.0","1046.4","780.0" "Sep 2020","1039.3","758.1","1115.5","809.0" "Sep 2021","1126.5","830.9","1213.8","930.0"