Summary

This report will follow up on the previous analysis of deaths not involving COVID-19, which investigated death registrations up to 1 May 2020. It explores the trends in non-COVID-19 deaths since then, how they compare with the five-year average, and how the nature of deaths from 2 May to 10 July may have changed from previous years when total numbers of non-COVID-19 deaths have returned to more expected levels.

Publications

• Analysis of death registrations not involving coronavirus (COVID-19), England and Wales: 28 December 2019 to 10 July 2020

  Exploration of trends in non-COVID-19 deaths since 2 May 2020, how they compare with the five-year average, and how the nature of deaths from 2 May to 10 July may have changed from previous years when total numbers of non-COVID-19 deaths have returned to more expected levels.

Data

• Death registrations not involving coronavirus (COVID-19): England and Wales

  Provisional counts of the number of total deaths and deaths not involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), between 28 December 2019 and 10 July 2020. This includes deaths disaggregated by age and sex; by region of England, and Wales, and place of death; and for underlying causes of death and deaths involving leading causes.

Methodology

• Analysis of death registrations not involving coronavirus (COVID-19), England and Wales: technical report

  Methodology used to calculate estimates in the Analysis of death registrations not involving COVID-19 series, particularly the September edition (analysis to 10 July 2020).

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