Thread by @ONS

The number of deaths in private homes has been generally increasing since 2005 but, as today’s article shows, in 2020 there was a large increase, with deaths 29.2% higher than 2019 ow.ly/OOsR50GK7Au

There were 166,576 registered deaths in 2020 that occurred in private homes.

▪️ males (92,042 deaths), 31.7% above the five-year average
▪️ females (74,534 deaths) 34.6% above the five-year average

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Private homes are the only place where deaths have been consistently above the five-year average in all months from January 2020 to June 2021 ow.ly/g6Wg50GK87x

Delving deeper, deaths in private homes continue to be high.

▪️ 85,910 deaths between January 2021 and June 2021

Compared with

▪️ 84,051 deaths between January 2020 to June 2020

While Ischaemic heart diseases were the leading cause of death in private homes for males in 2020, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease saw the largest increase in deaths compared to the five-year average (72.5%) ow.ly/g6Wg50GK87x

This was also the case for females, with ischaemic heart diseases being the leading cause of death, and dementia and Alzheimer’s disease also being the largest increase in deaths cause compared to the five-year average (60.7%) ow.ly/g6Wg50GK87x

Commenting on today’s figures, @SarahCaul_ONS said:

https://twitter.com/SarahCaul_ONS/status/1458367025789734913