Latest results from our #COVID19 Infection Survey show infection rates increased in England and Wales but decreased in Scotland in the week ending 25 September 2021.
#COVID19 infection rates continued to fluctuate across age groups in England.
Infection rates increased for those aged 2 to school Year 11 in the week ending 25 September 2021, and were highest in young people at secondary school (4.6%) ow.ly/CVmQ50Gk3Wd
Hospital admissions decreased in eight out of nine English regions in the week ending 26 September 2021.
The largest decrease was seen in the East of England ow.ly/ZGKh50Gk4lU
Although infection rates were highest in secondary school children (week ending 25 September 2021), hospital admissions were highest among older people (week ending 26 September 2021) ow.ly/VGli50Gk4o8
Hospital admissions and deaths involving #COVID19 have been consistently lower in the third wave ow.ly/YoXi50Gk4q6
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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.