South Ayrshire Council : Standardised Mortality Ratio

R_STD_MORT_RATIO = (DEATH_TOT:total * 100.0) / DEATH_TOT:expected

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
DEATH_TOT:total 1861 RG_Scot_AR Annual Report Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1861 Counts for historical Counties and Burghs redistricted by vector overlay
DEATH_TOT:total 1881 RG_Scot_AR Annual Report Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1881 Counts for historical Counties and Burghs redistricted by vector overlay
DEATH_TOT:total 1911 RG_Scot_AR Annual Report Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1911 Counts for historical Counties and Burghs redistricted by vector overlay
DEATH_TOT:total 1931 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1931 Counts for historical Counties and Burghs redistricted by vector overlay
DEATH_TOT:total 1951 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1951 Counts for historical Counties and Burghs redistricted by vector overlay
DEATH_TOT:total 1971 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1971 Counts for historical Counties and Burghs redistricted by vector overlay
DEATH_TOT:total 2011 NatRecScot_web National Records of Scotland web site National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland web site (Table DT.13, "Deaths by sex, age group and council area, Scotland") Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
DEATH_TOT:total 2021 NatRecScot_web National Records of Scotland web site National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland web site (Table DT.13, "Deaths by sex, age group and council area, Scotland) Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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The actual number of deaths as a percentage of the expected number, computed from mortality rates for Great Britain for the relevant year, and the age- and sex-composition of the local population as reported by the Census. This is probably the best overall measure of how healthy localities were relative to the country as a whole.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Ayrshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Rate: Standardised Mortality Ratio, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10039733/cube/STD_MORT_RATIO

Date accessed: 08th April 2026