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. 2007 Jan;85(1):27–34. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.030973
 Age (years)  Country 1999
Average of the last 3 years for which data are available
Crude MRa Age-SMRb Crude MR Age-SMR
0–14 Austria 7.6 7.9 5.9 6.1
Denmark 6.6 6.7 5.8 5.8
Ireland 8.2 8.4 7.4 7.5
Netherlands 5.9 5.9 5.1 5.2
Norway 6.4 6.5 5.6 5.7
United Kingdom 4.6 4.8 3.9 4.0
15–24 Austria 49.6 49.6 44.8 44.9
Denmark 33.9 33.4 32.2 31.9
Ireland 42.4 42.7 45.3 45.5
Netherlands 23.7 23.6 23.7 23.7
Norway 43.1 43.0 40.2 40.1
United Kingdom 28.2 28.3 26.4 26.5
25–44 Austria 42.4 42.5 40.8 40.8
Denmark 45.9 46.1 43.2 43.3
Ireland 38.4 38.1 40.7 40.5
Netherlands 23.9 23.9 23.6 23.6
Norway 32.8 32.7 33.7 33.8
United Kingdom 31.2 31.2 30.2 30.2
45–64 Austria 55.2 55.3 55.1 55.0
Denmark 51.1 51.3 50.4 50.4
Ireland 41.4 41.7 41.5 41.6
Netherlands 27.0 27.0 27.5 27.5
Norway 37.9 38.0 38.3 38.4
United Kingdom 27.8 27.8 27.0 27.0
65+ Austria 129.7 118.1 133.1 121.5
Denmark 221.5 182.6 225.5 184.4
Ireland 125.2 118.1 112.6 104.9
Netherlands 109.0 97.7 105.3 94.3
Norway 199.7 162.7 186.0 148.6
United Kingdom 82.4 70.4 85.0 71.4
Total Austria 53.9 47.4 53.3 46.2
Denmark 64.7 52.0 64.0 50.8
Ireland 42.8 41.9 42.4 41.3
Netherlands 32.8 28.8 32.2 28.3
Norway 55.6 44.0 53.1 42.2
United Kingdom 33.0 28.4 32.8 27.7

a MR = Mortality rate.
b SMR = Standardized mortality rate.