We've published findings from our International Passenger Survey to understand attitudes towards #COVID19 among passengers arriving to the UK between Feb and June 2021 ow.ly/wOrt50FN5zj
Roughly two thirds of all UK (66%) and overseas residents (69%) interviewed said social distancing made them feel safe during their journey in June 2021.
This has remained broadly consistent since Feb 2021 ow.ly/tbfG50FN5C3
The majority of UK (69%) and overseas residents (75%) interviewed in June 2021 said the wearing of face coverings made them feel safe during their journey ow.ly/TUL050FN5IR
The number of UK residents arriving back to the UK who've been vaccinated has risen from 6% in Feb 2021 to 62% in June, broadly reflecting the UK's #COVID19 vaccine rollout.
Older UK & overseas residents interviewed were more likely to have had a vaccine ow.ly/sEsZ50FN5LO
The proportion of both UK residents and overseas residents in June 2021 (52% and 64% respectively) who said #COVID19 testing was very important for safety fell from the corresponding figures in May (64% and 73% respectively) ow.ly/BBqy50FN5RF
Most UK residents arriving in the UK found following overseas #COVID19 restrictions difficult or very difficult (80% in June), but conversely most overseas residents said that they understood UK COVID-19 restrictions either quite well or very well (96%) ow.ly/jtbn50FN5UR
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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.