"Figure 2: The annual number of deaths in England and Wales decreased for the first time since 2016","" "Deaths in England and Wales, 1990 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on deaths registered in each calendar year. 2. Updates to the coding framework used to code cause of death took place in 2011 and 2014. More information on these updates is available in [Measuring the data](https://publishing.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregistrationsummarytables/2019#measuring-the-data). " "Unit","Number of deaths" "","" "Year","Males","Females" "1990","277336","287510" "1991","277582","292462" "1992","271732","286581" "1993","279302","299210" "1994","266829","284951" "1995","272709","293193" "1996","269825","293182" "1997","266164","291888" "1998","264202","289233" "1999","263166","290366" "2000","256698","281179" "2001","253608","278890" "2002","254390","280966" "2003","254433","284718" "2004","245208","269042" "2005","243870","269123" "2006","240888","261711" "2007","240787","263265" "2008","243014","266076" "2009","238062","253286" "2010","237916","255326" "2011","234660","249707" "2012","240238","259093" "2013","245585","261205" "2014","245142","256282" "2015","257207","272448" "2016","257811","267237" "2017","262678","270575" "2018"," 267960 "," 273629 " "2019","265300","265541"