Excess deaths in 2020

Finalised mortality data for 2020 show "excess deaths" from all causes in England and Wales were 14% above the five-year average.

View as a webpage News, stories and data visualisation 7 May 2021 Deaths at home increased by a third in 2020, while deaths in hospitals fell except for COVID-19 Finalised mortality data for 2020 show "excess deaths" from all causes in England and Wales were 14% above the five-year average, with the coronavirus (COVID-19) the main reason. Deaths in private homes, from all causes, were one-third higher in 2020 than in the previous five years. There were around 167,000 deaths from all causes in private homes in England and Wales in 2020, compared with an average of 125,000 between 2015 and 2019. Our analysis shows that many of these deaths at home were people who, in a non-pandemic year, may have typically died elsewhere such as in hospital. Read our article

Subscriber services: Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help

---

This email was sent to ooseims.archieves@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Office for National Statistics · Room 1.101 · Government Buildings · Cardiff Road · Newport · South Wales · NP10 8XG · 0845 601 3034