Our latest results from the #COVID19 Infection Survey show increasing infection rates in England in the week ending 16 October 2021.
In the same week, the trend was uncertain in Wales and Northern Ireland, and infection rates decreased in Scotland ow.ly/sy0750Gw13M
In England, there was an increase across many regions, with a levelling off in West Midlands and the South East following recent increases.
The trend was uncertain in the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber ow.ly/P8mH50Gw1ai
#COVID19 infection rates increased in all age groups except for people aged 25 to 34 years, where the trend was uncertain in the most recent week.
The highest rates were seen in secondary school aged children ow.ly/8Hbs50Gw1cm
Commenting on today’s results Sarah Crofts, Head of Analytical Outputs for the #COVID19 Infection Survey, said:
#COVID19 hospitalisation rates and deaths have consistently been lower in the third wave than in the corresponding week in the second wave (week ending 31 January 2021 and 22 January 2021) ow.ly/5BET50Gw1xV
In England, though #COVID19 positivity rates are highest among secondary school age children, hospitalisation rates remain highest amongst the older age groups ow.ly/2f1e50Gw1MT
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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.