Dataset(s): Impact of registration delays on mortality statistics

Annual data on the number of deaths registered in England and Wales by age group, sex, year, underlying cause of death, and deprivation, as defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision. Tables also provide both mortality rates and numbers of deaths over time.

Contact:
Population Health Monitoring group

Release date:
10 October 2024

Next release:
To be announced

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Statistics are most often revised for 1 of 2 reasons:

  1. For certain statistics initial estimates are released with the expectation that these may be revised and updated as further data becomes available.
  2. Revisions may also be made when methods or systems are changed.

These types of planned revisions should not be confused with errors in released statistics, which are genuine mistakes. Such mistakes occur rarely and, when they do happen, corrections are made in a timely manner, announced and clearly explained to users in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (Principle 2, Practice 7).

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Incorrect counts in Table 1 of the number of deaths registered within a year of occurrence, and percentages of deaths registered in the same year they occurred, or within a year of occurrence incorrectly labelled as [x] were published in the 2022 edition. These processing errors only occurred when there were no deaths in the same calendar year as they occurred but there were deaths overall for the chapter, certification type group. This has now been updated, we apologise for any inconvenience.
10 October 2024 13:29