Male category-specific mortality at age 35-49 years in
the United Kingdom: 1950-2007
Comment: UK male mortality in early middle age fell by 41% between 1967 and 2007. This corresponds to an absolute decline of 140 yearly deaths per 100 000 men in early middle age,
some 57% of which is attributable to a decrease in coronary heart disease, 8% to a decrease in stroke, 16% to a decrease in lung cancer, 10% to a decrease in all other cancers combined,
and 6% to a decrease in motor vehicle crashes. During this period, injury mortality fell by just 7%. Mortality from liver cirrhosis increased by
a factor of 8. The surge in infectious disease mortality during the 1990s (the pale blue line) was caused by HIV/AIDS.
Categories: For descriptions of what the categories mean, and examples of the causes of death they include, see the
Information about Causes of Death page.
Method: Mortality rates calculated using data from the World Health Organization and the
United Nations Population Division,
then standardised for age (by taking unweighted averages of component rates) and smoothed (as weighted 3-year moving averages). For details, see
the Info page.
Caution: Trends can reflect not only changes in disease occurrence or treatment, but also changes in how a cause of death is
defined or coded.
Comment: UK male mortality in early middle age fell by 41% between 1967 and 2007. This corresponds to an absolute decline of 140 yearly deaths per 100 000 men in early middle age, some 57% of which is attributable to a decrease in coronary heart disease, 8% to a decrease in stroke, 16% to a decrease in lung cancer, 10% to a decrease in all other cancers combined, and 6% to a decrease in motor vehicle crashes. During this period, injury mortality fell by just 7%. Mortality from liver cirrhosis increased by a factor of 8. The surge in infectious disease mortality during the 1990s (the pale blue line) was caused by HIV/AIDS.
Categories: For descriptions of what the categories mean, and examples of the causes of death they include, see the Information about Causes of Death page.
Method: Mortality rates calculated using data from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Population Division, then standardised for age (by taking unweighted averages of component rates) and smoothed (as weighted 3-year moving averages). For details, see the Info page.
Caution: Trends can reflect not only changes in disease occurrence or treatment, but also changes in how a cause of death is defined or coded.