Between 2000 and 2020 the death rate of the United Kingdom fluctuated between a high of 10.4 deaths per 1,000 people in 2000 and a low of 8.7 in 2011. From 2011 onwards the death rate creeped up slightly and in the most recent year of 2020, reached 10.3.
Over 616 thousand deaths in 2018 alone
Although there was a net decrease of around three thousand deaths recorded in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2018, the year with the lowest number of deaths was 2011 when there were just over 552 thousand deaths recorded.
Improvements to life expectancy slowing
In 2018, life expectancy in the United Kingdom reached approximately 83 years old for women and 79 years old for men. This marked an increase of around 2.5 years for women and about 3.5 years for men. Despite these developments, improvements to life expectancy have increased in recent years, with the number for women reaching 4.17 and for men 3.65 between 2016 and 2018.
Crude death rate in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2020
Characteristic
Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 population)
2020
10.3
2019
9.1
2018
9.3
2017
9.2
2016
9.1
2015
9.3
2014
8.8
2013
9
2012
8.9
2011
8.7
2010
8.9
2009
9
2008
9.4
2007
9.4
2006
9.4
2005
9.6
2004
9.8
2003
10.3
2002
10.2
2001
10.2
2000
10.4
1999
10.7
1998
10.7
1997
10.8
1996
11
1995
11.1
1994
10.8
1993
11.4
1992
11
1991
11.2
1990
11.2
1989
11.5
1988
11.4
1987
11.3
1986
11.7
1985
11.9
1984
11.4
1983
11.7
1982
11.8
1981
11.7
1980
11.7
1979
12
1978
11.9
1977
11.7
1976
12.1
1975
11.8
1974
11.9
1973
11.9
1972
12
1971
11.5
1970
11.8
1969
11.9
1968
11.9
1967
11.2
1966
11.8
1965
11.6
1964
11.3
1963
12.2
1962
11.9
1961
12
1960
11.5
1959
11.7
1958
11.7
1957
11.5
1956
11.7
1955
11.7
1954
11.4
1953
11.4
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 3, 2021). Crude death rate in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/281478/death-rate-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Crude death rate in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2020." Chart. December 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281478/death-rate-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Crude death rate in the United Kingdom from 1953 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/281478/death-rate-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Crude Death Rate in The United Kingdom from 1953 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/281478/death-rate-united-kingdom-uk/
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