Thread by @ONS

We’ve published our monthly mortality data for July 2020.

These data are not directly comparable with our weekly data on deaths registered in England and Wales, as weeks do not aggregate exactly into calendar months ow.ly/eyts50B5iPn

In July 2020, there were 38,179 deaths registered in England, 576 more than the five-year average for July.

In Wales, there were 2,548 deaths registered, 69 more than the five-year average for July ow.ly/k7WZ50B5j4R

July 2020 had more weekdays (when most deaths are registered) than most years from 2015-2019.

As a result, while the weekly number of deaths registered was below that week’s five-year average, more deaths were registered overall than the average for July ow.ly/pZGV50B5jaT

#COVID19 was the 8th most frequent underlying cause of death in England, accounting for 2.6% of deaths.

In Wales #COVID19 was not one of the 10 leading causes of death ow.ly/pZGV50B5jaT

The leading causes of death were Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (10.6%) in England and Ischaemic Heart Disease (11.7%) in Wales ow.ly/XIUd50B5khw

The age-standardised #COVID19 mortality rate in July was

▪️ 21.0 per 100,000 persons in England
▪️ 16.7 per 100,000 persons in Wales

In both countries the #COVID19 mortality rate had declined for the third consecutive month ow.ly/cTwL50B5kmy

The age-standardised mortality rate for deaths registered from 1 January to 31 July 2020 in England was significantly higher than that in every year since 2009 ow.ly/PgSX50B5kqf

Of deaths that occurred to date (January to July) in 2020 and were registered by 8 August

▪️ 330,590 deaths occurred in England (35,123 more than the five-year average)
▪️ 20,967 deaths occurred in Wales (1,096 more than the five-year average)

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#COVID19 was the underlying cause of 13.7% of all deaths that occurred in England (45,439 deaths) from January to July.

In Wales, it was the underlying cause of 10.8% of all deaths in Wales (2,274 deaths) in the same time ow.ly/WsEh50B5kD4