Too messy, too messy. Why don't you build your SQL insert dynamically?
# set up some sample data, assume $#columns == $#values
my @columns = qw / Standardisation_type Male_00_04 Female_85_plus /;
my @values = qw / EuropeanStandard 7000 7000 /;

# Dynamically build the SQL insert with place holders
my $sql =
  "INSERT INTO Standard_population(" . join(',',@columns) . ") " .
  "VALUES (" . join(',', map {'?'} @columns) . ")";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die "Couldn't prepare query";

$sth->execute(@values);

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The code generates the following SQL with placeholders: 
INSERT INTO Standard_population(Standardisation_type,Male_00_04,Female
+_85_plus) VALUES (?,?,?)

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In reply to Re: Perl DBI Insert row by Roger
in thread Perl DBI Insert row by Win

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