"Figure 1: Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates by sex","" "UK, 2014 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 population and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Age-standardised mortality rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. 2. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for the UK. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. " "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rates" "","" "","Males","Females","Persons" "2014","283.6","174.1","227.0" "2015","286.4","176.8","229.7" "2016","285.1","176.2","228.7"