Our monthly mortality analysis shows England had 3,185 deaths due to #COVID19 in November 2021 (an increase of 774 compared to October).
In Wales there were 302 deaths due to #COVID19 in November 2021 (compared with 284 deaths in October) ow.ly/T6wn50HgeWV
#COVID19 was the 3rd leading cause of death for both England and Wales in October 2021 (this is the 4th consecutive month for England and 3rd for Wales).
Adjusting for age, November saw a significant increase in deaths due to #COVID19 in England – 69.3 deaths per 100,000 people.
There was an increase (not statistically significant) in Wales, with 106.4 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people.
The leading cause of death in England in October 2021 was dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (accounting for 11.8% of all deaths).
The leading cause of death in Wales in October 2021 was ischaemic heart diseases (accounting for 10.7% of all deaths) ow.ly/T6wn50HgeWV
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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.