#COVID19 infection rates decreased across the majority of age groups, with an uncertain trend in 35 to 49 years and school Year 12 to 24-year-olds.
The highest rates were still seen in secondary school aged children ow.ly/oKIT50GM7ze
In England, there was a decrease across most regions, with early signs of an increase in the East Midlands and the trend uncertain in the West Midlands ow.ly/oKIT50GM7ze
Our #COVID19 insights interactive tool shows the latest trends in infections, deaths and hospitalisations.
Data on COVID-19 from the ONS, Joint Biosecurity Centre and @UKHSA highlights the state of the pandemic across the UK ow.ly/gNEZ50GM7Ow
#COVID19 hospitalisations were lower in week ending 7 Nov 21 than the corresponding week in the 2nd wave (week ending 21 Feb 21).
COVID-19 deaths were also lower in week ending 29 Oct 21 than the corresponding week in the 2nd wave (week ending 12 Feb 21) ow.ly/ja1650GM8ic
In England, #COVID19 positivity rates remained highest in secondary school aged children in the week ending 6 November.
Hospital admissions decreased or remained similar across all age groups week ending 7 November 2021 ow.ly/ja1650GM8ic
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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.