"Figure 4: Wales’ mortality rate for avoidable deaths from diseases of the respiratory system was statistically significantly higher than the other three constituent countries in 2018 ","" "Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates for diseases of the respiratory system by persons, UK’s constituent countries, 2001 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 population and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Age-standardised mortality rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. 2. Deaths of non-residents are excluded for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and included for Scotland. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. " "Unit","Age-standardised rates" "","" "Year","England","Wales","Scotland","Northern Ireland" "2001","35.3","37","43","36" "2002","34.8","36.6","44.3","35.1" "2003","36.6","41.5","46.2","40.3" "2004","32.6","36.1","41.6","38.1" "2005","33.4","34.8","42.3","33.4" "2006","31.3","32.1","43.3","29.7" "2007","31","34.8","41.8","31.6" "2008","31.9","34.7","40.7","32.8" "2009","29.9","32.1","39.7","33.1" "2010","29.3","33","37.6","29.5" "2011","29.1","35.7","37.9","30.3" "2012","28.2","31.6","38","27.7" "2013","28.6","33.5","35.9","28.4" "2014","28.3","30.6","34","26.2" "2015","30.5","38.8","36.9","30.4" "2016","31.6","39.3","37.3","29.5" "2017","30.1","36.6","34.2","29" "2018","31.6","40.2","33.3","31.5"