Age & sex standardised annual all cause mortality 1970 – 2021
A quick look at the annual series for England & Wales (rev 2.0)
Up to now I’ve been churning out umpteen charts for quinary age band and sex by month for the period Jan 1970 – Dec 2021. Today I’m going to simplify matters and aggregate the monthly sub-totals into an annual total, thence to combine age groups by sex into a single figure that is as standardised as I can muster! Age adjusted mortality always needs a re…