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18 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Our monthly mortality analysis for May 2021 shows #COVID19 was the

▪️ 24th leading cause of death in England
▪️ 31st leading cause in Wales

➡️ ow.ly/ffTB50FdcNy COVID-19 deaths fell for th...
35,401 deaths were registered in England in May 2021, 4,252 (10.7%) fewer than the five-year average (2015 to 2019).

The leading cause of death in England was ischaemic heart diseases, accounting for 10.7% of all deaths registered ow.ly/eeyf50Fdd1u Bar chart showing in Englan...
In Wales, there were 2,416 deaths registered, 271 (10.1%) fewer deaths than the five-year average for May.

Ischaemic heart diseases were the leading cause of death in Wales, accounting for 12.4% of all deaths ow.ly/OYhh50Fdd5L Bar chart showing in Wales,...
The #COVID19 mortality rate significantly decreased in May for the fourth consecutive month.

Adjusting for age, it was

▪️ 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people in England
▪️ 5.2 deaths per 100,000 people in Wales

➡️ ow.ly/eAa950Fddd4 Bar chart showing mortality...

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Our latest data show that retail sales decreased by an estimated 1.4% in May 2021 compared with April 2021 ow.ly/xfef50Fd8rs Line chart showing in May 2...
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17 Jun
The proportion of businesses’ workforce reported to be on furlough fell from around 20% in late January to 7% in late May 2021.

This is the lowest since the furlough scheme began, while the highest proportion was working at their normal workplace (62%) ow.ly/I0Ij50Fci9W
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UK retail footfall saw a weekly decrease of 7% in the week to 12 June 2021, according to @Springboard_.

It was still 82% of the level seen in the same week of 2019 – the second highest volume as a proportion of its 2019 level so far this year ow.ly/TJLk50FchxJ
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Average house prices increased over the year in

▪️ England to £268,000 (8.9%)
▪️ Wales to £185,000 (15.6%)
▪️ Scotland to £161,000 (6.3%)
▪️ Northern Ireland to £149,000 (6.0%)

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