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Mortality Rates

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 46096

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43400, from what year is the national average death rate for each age group taken.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The death rates used by the Office for National Statistics to calculate the standardised mortality ratio for those aged under 65 years old are for the years 1996 to 2000 combined.

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