Excess deaths, new UK data

  • 'Brits are dying in their tens of thousands - and we don't really have any idea why'
  • https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/brits-dying-tens-thousands-dont-29955386
  • Tens of thousands more Brits died than usual from May to December 2022,
  • excluding Covid as a cause of death,
  • raising serious questions as to why so many died
  • May to December 2022, 32,441 excess deaths
  • The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 21 April 2023 (Week 16)
  • Was 14,024
  • 22.1% above the five-year average
  • 2,540 excess deaths
  • The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 28 April 2023
  • https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending28april2023
  • (Week 17)
  • Was 13,690
  • 12.9% above the five-year average
  • 1,569 excess deaths
  • UK excess deaths in 2 weeks = 4,190
  • England and Wales
  • 12,152 deaths
  • 459 of these deaths mentioned novel coronavirus
  • (3.8% of all deaths)
  • Of the 459 deaths
  • 65.6% (301 deaths) covid recorded as underlying cause
  • The number of deaths was above the five-year average
  • Private homes, 23.3% (646 excess deaths)
  • Hospitals, 10.7% (521 excess deaths)
  • Care homes, 8.4% (186 excess deaths)
  • Other settings, 14.3% (117 excess deaths)
  • Excess mortality in England and English regions: May 2023 update
  • Latest update, 12th May, data to end of April 2023
  • https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/excess-mortality-in-england-and-english-regions-may-2023-update
  • https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYmUwNmFhMjYtNGZhYS00NDk2LWFlMTAtOTg0OGNhNmFiNGM0IiwidCI6ImVlNGUxNDk5LTRhMzUtNGIyZS1hZDQ3LTVmM2NmOWRlODY2NiIsImMiOjh9
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