Metadata: European Standard Population

The European Standard Population

The European Standard population is a national population of 200,000, which is commonly used to standardise rates. Its age sex composition is shown in the table.

Age band	Male	Female
0-4	8000	8000
5-9	7000	7000
10-14	7000	7000
15-19	7000	7000
20-24	7000	7000
25-29	7000	7000
30-34	7000	7000
35-39	7000	7000
40-44	7000	7000
45-49	7000	7000
50-54	7000	7000
55-59	6000	6000
60-64	5000	5000
65-69	4000	4000
70-74	3000	3000
75-79	2000	2000
80-84	1000	1000
85+	1000	1000

Note that this population is younger than the English population and unlike most populations there is no excess of females in the older age bands.