In England, #COVID19 infections increased in the North East, Yorkshire and The Humber and London and decreased in the West Midlands in the week ending 27 November 2021.
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/GFex50H2Jt0
Hospital admissions decreased or remained similar in all age groups in the week ending 28 November 2021.
Rates remained lowest in those aged between 5 and 14 years and highest in those aged 85 years and over ow.ly/SBWN50H2JAS
Hospital admissions decreased or remained similar in all English regions, except the South East where the rate increased in the week ending 28 November 2021.
The largest decreases were seen in the West Midlands and East of England ow.ly/SBWN50H2JAS
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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.