We've published findings from our International Passenger Survey to understand attitudes towards #COVID19 among passengers arriving into the UK between Feb and July 2021 ow.ly/gtxu50G4JrD
Most UK residents arriving in the UK found following overseas #COVID19 restrictions either difficult, or very difficult (84% in July 2021).
Conversely most overseas residents said they understood UK COVID-19 restrictions either quite well, or very well ow.ly/Yyga50G4Jt9
Despite understanding UK #COVID19 restrictions quite well or very well, most overseas residents said they were either not at all confident, or not very confident in accessing information about UK COVID-19 restrictions (between Feb and July 2021) ow.ly/loVg50G4Jv1
The number of UK residents interviewed arriving back to the UK who have been vaccinated rose between Feb to July 2021, from 6% to 78%, broadly reflecting the UK's #COVID19 vaccine rollout ow.ly/LP5X50G4JxP
Roughly two thirds of all UK (64%) and overseas residents (68%) interviewed felt safe with social distancing during their journey in July 2021.
This is broadly consistent since April 2021 for UK residents, and since Feb 2021 for overseas residents ow.ly/HlCY50G4Jzc
More than two thirds of both UK and overseas residents arriving in the UK in July 2021 said the wearing of face coverings made them feel safe during their journey ow.ly/VlYZ50G4JB6
Most UK and overseas residents interviewed thought #COVID19 testing is very important for safety, however this decreased over time ow.ly/tnTx50G4JDW
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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.