"Figure 3: Scotland had the highest avoidable mortality rate for neoplasms (cancers) in 2020","" "Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates for neoplasms by persons, Great Britain’’s constituent countries, 2001 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 people and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. 2. Deaths of non-residents are excluded for England and Wales, and included for Scotland. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Year","England","Scotland","Wales" "2001","106.7","138.0","115.0" "2002","105.5","137.1","113.0" "2003","102.5","132.0","106.2" "2004","100.8","130.4","106.1" "2005","99.5","128.9","108.6" "2006","98.2","127.6","108.6" "2007","97.6","125.1","107.5" "2008","96.8","122.8","106.5" "2009","94.8","121.3","102.5" "2010","93.2","117.6","97.7" "2011","92.3","119.2","96.2" "2012","90.8","116.8","96.3" "2013","89.4","114.1","92.4" "2014","87.5","110.6","96.2" "2015","85.9","110.2","92.5" "2016","85.0","106.4","92.0" "2017","82.8","104.4","92.2" "2018","80.5","104.4","88.1" "2019","78.7","102.4","88.0" "2020","77.8","98.0","86.6"