Table 2

Directly standardised mortality rates per 100000 population aged 0–64, together with the standard error of the district mortality rates, 1979 and 1998, for all regions and for Great Britain

Region	1979		1998
Region	Mortality per 100000 aged 0–64	Standard error of district mortality rates	Mortality per 100000 aged 0–64	Standard error of district mortality rates
Scotland	422	67	279	60
North East	402	33	254	31
North West	394	44	250	44
London	335	52	226	42
York and Humber	363	42	226	40
West Midlands	354	44	219	31
Wales	363	40	210	24
East Midlands	333	32	208	34
South East	295	34	186	44
South West	304	39	186	27
East of England	290	31	185	31
Great Britain	348	59	219	48