Statistical bulletin: Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales 2014/15 (Provisional) and 2013/14 (Final)

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[h=2]Main points[/h]

• An estimated 43,900 excess winter deaths occurred in England and Wales in 2014/15; the highest number since 1999/00, with 27% more people dying in the winter months compared with the non-winter months.
• The majority of deaths occurred among people aged 75 and over; there were an estimated 36,300 excess winter deaths in this age group in 2014/15, compared with 7,700 in people aged under 75.
• There were more excess winter deaths in females than in males in 2014/15, as in previous years. Male excess winter deaths increased from 7,210 to 18,400, and female deaths from 10,250 to 25,500 between 2013/14 and 2014/15.
• Respiratory diseases were the underlying cause of death in more than a third of all excess winter deaths in 2014/15.
• The excess winter mortality index was highest in the South West in 2014/15 and joint lowest in Yorkshire and The Humber, and Wales.

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http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subna...provisional--and-2013-14--final-/stb-ewm.html

 

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deaths for 2014 are available since June 2015 ! England is the fastest now.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/death-reg-sum-tables/2014/sb-deaths-first-release--2014.html

they also have preliminary weekly deaths
actual charts at euromomo

 

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