% death rate in UK since 1901. Very crude but a place to start looking at whether our health policies work. Despite massive increases in welfare and medicine not much has changed until recently! Why is this? 

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Year
|
Deaths
|
POP
|
%Death
|
1901
|
551585
|
32612100
|
1.691351
|
1902
|
535538
|
32950800
|
1.625266
|
1903
|
514628
|
33293400
|
1.545736
|
1904
|
549784
|
33731300
|
1.629893
|
1905
|
520031
|
33988900
|
1.530002
|
1906
|
531281
|
34342000
|
1.54703
|
1907
|
524221
|
34699000
|
1.510767
|
1908
|
520456
|
35155400
|
1.480444
|
1909
|
518003
|
35423700
|
1.462306
|
1910
|
483247
|
35792000
|
1.350154
|
1911
|
527810
|
36136000
|
1.460621
|
1912
|
486939
|
36327000
|
1.340433
|
1913
|
504975
|
36574000
|
1.380694
|
1914
|
516742
|
36967000
|
1.397847
|
1915
|
562253
|
35284000
|
1.593507
|
1916
|
508217
|
34642000
|
1.467054
|
1917
|
498922
|
34197000
|
1.458964
|
1918
|
611861
|
34024000
|
1.798322
|
1919
|
504203
|
35427000
|
1.423217
|
1920
|
466130
|
37247000
|
1.251456
|
1921
|
458629
|
37932000
|
1.209082
|
1922
|
486780
|
38205000
|
1.274126
|
1923
|
444785
|
38449000
|
1.156818
|
1924
|
473235
|
38795000
|
1.219835
|
1925
|
472841
|
38935000
|
1.214437
|
1926
|
453804
|
39114000
|
1.160209
|
1927
|
484609
|
39286000
|
1.233541
|
1928
|
460389
|
39483000
|
1.166044
|
1929
|
532492
|
39600000
|
1.344677
|
1930
|
455427
|
39801000
|
1.14426
|
1931
|
491630
|
39988000
|
1.229444
|
1932
|
484129
|
40201000
|
1.204271
|
1933
|
496465
|
40349500
|
1.230412
|
1934
|
477075
|
40467000
|
1.178924
|
1935
|
477401
|
40645000
|
1.174563
|
1936
|
495764
|
40839600
|
1.21393
|
1937
|
509574
|
41031000
|
1.241924
|
1938
|
478829
|
41215000
|
1.161783
|
1939
|
498968
|
41246000
|
1.209737
|
1940
|
572644
|
39889000
|
1.435594
|
1941
|
524434
|
38743000
|
1.353623
|
1942
|
470657
|
38243000
|
1.230701
|
1943
|
491531
|
37818000
|
1.299728
|
1944
|
481050
|
37785000
|
1.273124
|
1945
|
481274
|
37916000
|
1.269316
|
1946
|
489054
|
40595000
|
1.204715
|
1947
|
515591
|
41786000
|
1.233885
|
1948
|
468645
|
42750000
|
1.096246
|
1949
|
509973
|
43100000
|
1.183232
|
1950
|
510301
|
43830000
|
1.164273
|
1951
|
549380
|
43815000
|
1.253863
|
1952
|
497484
|
43955000
|
1.131803
|
1953
|
503529
|
44109000
|
1.141556
|
1954
|
501896
|
44274000
|
1.133613
|
1955
|
518864
|
44441000
|
1.167534
|
1956
|
521331
|
44667000
|
1.16715
|
1957
|
514870
|
44907000
|
1.146525
|
1958
|
526843
|
45109000
|
1.167933
|
1959
|
527643
|
45386000
|
1.162568
|
1960
|
526254
|
45775000
|
1.149654
|
1961
|
551758
|
46196200
|
1.19438
|
1962
|
557599
|
46657400
|
1.195092
|
1963
|
572868
|
46972900
|
1.219571
|
1964
|
534737
|
47324200
|
1.129944
|
1965
|
549379
|
47671200
|
1.152434
|
1966
|
563624
|
47966500
|
1.175037
|
1967
|
542516
|
48272100
|
1.123871
|
1968
|
576754
|
48510700
|
1.188921
|
1969
|
579378
|
48738200
|
1.188755
|
1970
|
575194
|
48891300
|
1.176475
|
1971
|
567262
|
49152000
|
1.154097
|
1972
|
591889
|
49327100
|
1.199927
|
1973
|
587478
|
49459000
|
1.187808
|
1974
|
585292
|
49467900
|
1.183175
|
1975
|
582841
|
49469800
|
1.178175
|
1976
|
598516
|
49459200
|
1.210121
|
1977
|
575928
|
49440400
|
1.164893
|
1978
|
585901
|
49442500
|
1.185015
|
1979
|
593018
|
49508200
|
1.197818
|
1980
|
581383
|
49603000
|
1.172072
|
1981
|
577890
|
49634300
|
1.164296
|
1982
|
581861
|
49582100
|
1.17353
|
1983
|
579608
|
49616800
|
1.168169
|
1984
|
566881
|
49713100
|
1.140305
|
1985
|
590734
|
49860700
|
1.184769
|
1986
|
581203
|
49999100
|
1.162427
|
1987
|
566994
|
50122900
|
1.131207
|
1988
|
571408
|
50253600
|
1.137049
|
1989
|
576872
|
50407800
|
1.14441
|
1990
|
564846
|
50560700
|
1.117164
|
1991
|
570044
|
50748400
|
1.123275
|
1992
|
558313
|
50854200
|
1.09787
|
1993
|
578512
|
50986100
|
1.134647
|
1994
|
551780
|
51116300
|
1.07946
|
1995
|
565902
|
51272000
|
1.103725
|
1996
|
563007
|
51410300
|
1.095125
|
1997
|
558052
|
51559600
|
1.082344
|
1998
|
553435
|
51720100
|
1.070058
|
1999
|
553532
|
51933600
|
1.065846
|
2000
|
537877
|
52139900
|
1.031603
|
2001
|
532498
|
52359978
|
1.016994
|
2002
|
535356
|
52602143
|
1.017746
|
2003
|
539151
|
52863238
|
1.019898
|
2004
|
514250
|
53152022
|
0.967508
|
2005
|
512993
|
53575343
|
0.957517
|
2006
|
502599
|
53950854
|
0.931587
|
2007
|
504052
|
54387392
|
0.926781
|
2008
|
509090
|
54841720
|
0.92829
|
2009
|
491348
|
55235253
|
0.889555
|
2010
|
493242
|
55692423
|
0.885654
|
2011
|
484367
|
56170927
|
0.862309
|
2012
|
499331
|
56567796
|
0.882712
|
2013
|
506790
|
56948200
|
0.889913992
|
2014
|
501424
|
57408600
|
0.873430113
|
2015
|
529655
|
57885400
|
0.915006202
|
2016
|
525048
|
58381300
|
0.899342769
|
2017
|
533253
|
58744600
|
0.907748116
|
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