Thanks to all who replied. The web site given below is part of the ONS's "statstore" of datasets in demography and many related areas. I have downloaded the table that you see, which contains regional and UK rates by age-group and sex. The only disadvantage from my point of view is that the age groups are rather coarse (10-yr). But some judicious smoothing will sort that out. I plan to construct a Stata dataset of the data. If anyone would like a copy please email me direct. Patrick. ONS link: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/xsdataset.asp ------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Patrick Royston Cancer Division MRC Clinical Trials Unit 222 Euston Road London NW1 2DA. Phone: +44 207 670 4736 Fax: +44 207 670 4818 email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%