High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, May 14, 2009
Mortality Rates
Part of the increase in overall life expectancy stems from the impact of improvements in lifestyle and in healthcare provision on reducing premature mortality from Scotland's three big killers: cancer, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.
The overall mortality rate for the under 75s dropped from 507 per 100,000 in 1995 to 396 in 2006. This was largely due to the fall in mortality rates for cancer, CHD and stroke which, when combined, fell from 329 per 100,000 in 1995 to 219 per 100,000 in 2006. This represented a fall from 65% of all deaths in 1995 to 55% in 2006.
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Sources:
(1) General Register Office for Scotland (GRO(S))
(2) Analytical Services Division - Health (Scottish Government)
Note: Rates are European Age-Standardised Rates (EASR) per 100,000 population aged under 75 years.