Thread by @NickStripe_ONS

THREAD - mortality by local area and geographical classification

Tomorrow we will release further analysis of all deaths and COVID-related deaths at a more granular geographical level. Full data tables will accompany this release as usual.

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Counts and age standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) with confidence limits will be provided by

-region
-local authority (LA)
-deprivation deciles (England) and quintiles (Wales)
-urban/rural classification areas
-major towns and cities

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Our analyses will include all deaths that occurred between the 1 March and 17 April where they had been registered with local registration services by 18 April

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The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall measure of deprivation based on factors such as income, employment, health, education, crime, environment and access to housing within small areas. We aggregate areas of similar deprivation into deciles or quintiles

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The Urban Rural classification considers housing sparsity and location. Areas with 10,000+ people are defined as urban and split into major & minor conurbations, city and town categories. Rural areas are split into town and fringe, village, hamlets and isolated dwellings

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Major towns and cities focus on core built up areas rather than their surroundings. Boundaries do not follow administrative areas but are instead defined to cover built-up areas. Generally designed for analysis outside London, we will include an overall London category

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We will also be providing counts for Middle Layer Output Areas (MSOAs) across E&W.

MSOAs are a small area statistical geography covering E&W. Each area has a similarly sized population and remains stable over time enabling consistent analysis. MSOAs are nested within LAs

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