A report confirms that women living in Britain are at a higher risk of dying at a young age, compared to women in other developed countries. Data proves that men are at a lesser risk of premature death, as compared to women. The report has analyzed death rates from 1970 to 2010.

Even though death rates have fallen throughout the world, some countries experience more deaths than they did 40 years ago. The major reasons of death include HIV/AIDS and social unrest in erstwhile Soviet Union.

Iceland, Sweden, Malta, the Netherlands and Switzerland have the least number of deaths among men and women. Only 44 women out of 1,000 and 65 males out of every 1.000 die before the age of 60 in Iceland.

The death rates among British population have decreased around 50% from 1970 to 2010. Lancet medical journal revealed that 93 males and 58 women out of every 1,000 die prematurely in Britain.

The mortality rates experienced the steepest decline in southern Asia among women and in Australia among men. Even though US has better resources and health care systems compared to other countries, it still fared poorly in mortality rates for its population.

Health experts across the globe stressed that more stress has to be laid on avoiding early deaths among children and among adults aged between 15 to 60 years. Australia and South Korea were appreciated for their health care systems which laid special emphasis on preventing deaths among adults.