TABLE 1

Age-standardised death rate in males and females

Country	Start point			End point			Overall percentage change in mortality
Country	Year of diagnosis	Age adjusted rate in males	Age adjusted rate in females	Year of diagnosis	Age adjusted rate in males	Age adjusted rate in females	Overall percentage change in mortality
							Males	Females
Austria	2000	38.92	12.35	2017	28.44	14.80	−10.48	2.45
Belgium	2000	60.63	11.30	2016	40.40	16.80	−20.23	5.50
Bulgaria	2000	38.38	6.83	2015	41.83	9.51	3.45	2.68
Croatia	2000	74.09	12.51	2016	54.79	15.48	−19.30	2.97
Cyprus	2004	28.28	4.25	2016	25.74	8.34	−2.54	4.09
Czech Republic	2000	63.27	12.88	2017	35.93	14.76	−27.34	1.88
Denmark	2000	46.79	28.77	2015	33.43	29.65	−13.36	0.88
Estonia	2000	60.96	6.91	2016	42.69	10.26	−18.27	3.35
Finland	2000	35.13	8.65	2016	25.54	11.07	−9.59	2.42
France	2000	47.25	7.80	2014	41.02	14.08	−6.23	6.28
Germany	2000	43.77	11.45	2016	32.79	16.50	−10.98	5.05
Greece	2000	52.28	8.18	2016	50.09	11.77	−2.19	3.59
Hungary	2000	84.81	23.24	2017	64.51	31.04	−20.30	7.80
Ireland	2000	43.44	20.41	2015	30.44	20.05	−13.00	−0.36
Italy	2000	49.62	9.27	2015	36.25	12.20	−13.37	2.93
Latvia	2000	57.75	6.12	2015	41.72	8.34	−16.03	2.22
Lithuania	2000	55.35	5.49	2017	41.78	7.58	−13.57	2.09
Netherlands	2000	55.59	17.69	2016	38.22	24.79	−17.37	7.10
Poland	2000	69.87	13.13	2016	53.00	18.95	−16.87	5.82
Portugal	2000	29.66	5.44	2016	31.26	7.70	1.60	2.26
Romania	2000	47.43	8.11	2017	47.46	11.71	0.03	3.60
Slovakia	2000	62.25	8.59	2014	42.14	10.72	−20.11	2.13
Slovenia	2000	54.44	11.02	2015	43.42	15.88	−11.02	4.86
Spain	2000	48.82	5.12	2015	41.04	9.61	−7.78	4.49
Sweden	2000	22.43	14.19	2016	17.31	15.67	−5.12	1.48
UK	2001	42.06	21.49	2016	30.66	22.05	−11.40	0.56
USA^#	2000	76.70	41.30	2017	44.30	30.60	−32.40	−10.70

Luxembourg and Malta were excluded due to data quality. ^#: USA data are standardised based on US population. CDC WONDER database is used for data collection in the USA.