We’ve published our monthly mortality data for August 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/VmQD50Buo9z
In August 2020, there were 34,750 deaths registered in England, 2,060 fewer than the five-year average for August.
In Wales, there were 2,379 deaths registered, 116 fewer than the five-year average for August ow.ly/62km50Buobx
#COVID19 did not feature in the top 10 leading causes of death in August 2020, in England or Wales ow.ly/JGyW50Buoim
The leading causes of death were Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (10.9%) in England and Ischaemic Heart Disease (11.0%) in Wales ow.ly/C8fG50Buokq
The age-standardised #COVID19 mortality rate in August was
▪️ 7.2 per 100,000 persons in England
▪️ 11.0 per 100,000 persons in Wales
In both countries the #COVID19 mortality rate had declined for the fourth consecutive month ow.ly/Lb6q50BuopF
The age-standardised mortality rate for deaths registered from 1 January to 31 August 2020 in England was significantly higher than that in every year since 2009 ow.ly/27DW50BuovE
Of deaths that occurred to date in 2020 (registered by 5 September)
▪️ 365,889 were in England (33,003 more than the five-year average for January to August)
▪️ 23,416 were in Wales (1,061 more than the five-year average for January to August)
We've led the development of a new method for estimating the number of excess deaths across UK countries.
Julie Stanborough talks us through the data released today and how this new method will give us a better understanding in this complex area ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Expected number of deaths used to calculate excess mortality is now estimated from age-specific mortality rates rather than death counts, so changes in population size and age structure are taken into account. Our new method also accounts for trends in population mortality rates.
In 2023, the new method estimates 10,994 excess deaths in the UK, which is 20,448 fewer than the current method.
We've published a new article exploring the disability, health status, ethnic group, religion and employment of people of different sexual orientations (aged 16 years and over) in England and Wales using #Census2021 data.
#Census2021 included a voluntary question about sexual orientation of usual residents aged 16 and over:
▪️ 89.4% said they were straight or heterosexual
▪️ 3.2% identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation (LGB+)
▪️ 7.5% did not respond to the question
People who identified as LGB+ were younger on average, with a far higher proportion aged between 16 and 34 years (57.9%) than in the overall population of England and Wales (29.6%).
However, different LGB+ sexual orientation groups had markedly different age distributions.