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Table 1 Crude and age-standardised mortality rates using different standard populations from 1980 to 2015

From: Time to update the Japanese standard population for comparing mortality rates

Directly standardised using population of year

Rates per 100,000

Men

Women

1980

2015

% changea

1980

2015

% changea

Crude death rates

650.3

1088.0

67.3

539.2

958.4

77.8

1980

650.3

341.9

−47.4

539.2

227.9

−57.7

1985

752.9

398.0

−47.1

654.7

276.5

−57.8

1990

879.7

468.5

− 46.7

803.4

340.8

−57.6

1995

1023.4

548.5

−46.4

986.7

422.7

−57.2

2000

1216.5

654.4

−46.2

1220.0

530.4

− 56.5

2005

1458.1

786.0

−46.1

1516.7

671.9

− 55.7

2010

1712.4

926.0

−45.9

1812.8

811.7

−55.2

2015

1997.3

1088.0

−45.5

2117.7

958.4

−54.7

  1. aAbsolute change in per cent from 1980 to 2015