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Figure 1 is incorrectly labelled, and referred to, as age-standardised mortality rates, but shows crude mortality, which is reflected in the accompanying text. The correct figure, using Office of National Statistics data,1 is shown below.
Figure 1.
Age-standardised mortality rate and crude mortality rates, all persons, England and Wales 1994–2015.
The proportionate changes shown in Figure 2 use mid-year to mid-year data, the only source by single year of age available from Office of National Statistics when we wrote the paper.2
Neither of these alter the main conclusions of the papers.
References
- 1.Office for National Statistics. Deaths registered in England and Wales (Series DR) 2016. See www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables (last accessed 2 March 2017).
- 2.Office for National Statistics. Population estimates and components of population change. Detailed times series 2001 to 2015 2016. See www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland/mid2015/ukmye2015.zip (last accessed 2 March 2017).