We've collected data published over the last two weeks relating to the rising #CostofLiving 📈
Around 9 in 10 (89%) adults continued to report their cost of living has risen over the past month (3 to 14 Aug 2022) ow.ly/Glul50Kpnbk
Around three-quarters (76%) of adults reported being very or somewhat worried about rising #CostofLiving in the past two weeks ow.ly/Glul50Kpnbk
After taking inflation into account, average pay including bonuses fell by 2.5% in the year to April to June 2022.
Excluding bonuses, it fell by 3.0% – the biggest fall since records began in 2001 ow.ly/L4si50KpnfO
Average UK fuel pump prices have decreased in recent weeks but remain much higher than last year, according to @beisgovuk ⛽️. Compared with last year, on 15 Aug:
▪️ unleaded petrol was 39.4 pence higher per litre
▪️ diesel was 48.4 pence higher per litre
Annual inflation (including owner occupiers' housing costs) was 8.8% in July 2022, up from 8.2% in June.
The largest contributions to the July rate were:
🏠 housing and household services
🚍 transport
🍴 food and non-alcoholic beverages
Recent experimental data showed that annual inflation (including owner occupiers' housing costs) was higher in low-income households than high income households ow.ly/UnaP50KpnlY
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10,978 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending 22 July 2022. This was 18.1% above the five-year average (1,680 excess deaths).
Of these, 745 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate, accounting for 6.8% of all deaths ow.ly/wOCL50K9hyT
Of the 745 deaths involving #COVID19, 62.1% (463 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death.
This is a decrease from 65.3% in the previous week ow.ly/wOCL50K9hyT
From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 22 July 2022, the number of excess deaths above the five-year average in England and Wales was 142,761. Of these:
▪️ 136,758 were recorded in England
▪️ 7,277 were recorded in Wales
We’ve published qualitative analysis of the experiences of disabled adults and the barriers they faced accessing and engaging with private sector activities, goods and services across the UK.
We've published the latest data on the likelihood of reporting long COVID after a first #COVID19 infection compatible with the Omicron BA.1 or BA.2 variants, compared with the Delta variant ow.ly/SB2E50JXRHx
Of triple-vaccinated adults, unadjusted prevalence of self-reported long COVID 12 - 16 weeks after first a #COVID19 infection was:
▪️ 4.5% for infections compatible with Omicron BA.1
▪️ 4.2% for infections compatible with Omicron BA.2
▪️ 5.0% for infections compatible with Delta
Among double-vaccinated adults:
▪️ 4.0% self-reported long COVID 12 to 16 weeks after a first infection compatible with the Omicron BA.1 variant
Compared with:
▪️ 9.2% for those compatible with the Delta variant.