We’ve published a technical article which highlights the different characteristics of people more likely to test positive for #COVID19 across countries of the UK.
Findings are from 11 Nov 2020 to 16 May 2021, when the Alpha variant was the most dominant ow.ly/fkei50GzX0h
In Wales and England, living in an urban city or town increased the likelihood of testing positive for #COVID19 when compared to those living in a rural village ow.ly/HqXh50GzX1Y
In Wales, age did not effect the probability of testing positive for #COVID19 until around age 60 years, when the probability of testing positive decreased.
In England, younger ages were more likely to test positive than those from older ages ow.ly/w1cw50GzX67
In Northern Ireland the likelihood of testing positive appeared to increase until mid-adulthood (around early 40s) and then decreased in older ages.
However, confidence intervals are wide so trends should be interpreted with caution ow.ly/qbbQ50GzX8e
In Scotland, household size was associated with an increased likelihood of testing positive for #COVID19 to a greater extent for non-White individuals compared with England ow.ly/YGY850GzXbp
Commenting on today’s results, Dr Rhiannon Yapp, Co-Lead for the #COVID19 Infection Survey, said: ⬇️
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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.