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Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in

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Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales for which data are available,
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Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision (ICD-10).

These figures are also presented by age group, sex and by area of usual residence.

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Deaths occurring in England and Wales are registered on the General Register Office's Registration Online system (RON).

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Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales

Week number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Week ended 4-Jan-19 11-Jan-19 18-Jan-19 25-Jan-19 1-Feb-19 8-Feb-19 15-Feb-19 22-Feb-19 1-Mar-19 8-Mar-19 15-Mar-19 22-Mar-19 29-Mar-19 5-Apr-19 12-Apr-19 19-Apr-19 26-Apr-19 3-May-19

Total deaths, all ages 10,955 12,609 11,860 11,740 11,297 11,660 11,824 11,295 11,044 10,898 10,567 10,402 9,867 10,126 10,291 9,025 10,059 11,207
Total deaths: average of corresponding 12,273 13,670 13,056 12,486 11,998 11,623 11,301 11,383 11,051 11,286 11,095 10,456 10,076 10,268 10,362 10,291 10,317 9,804
week over the previous 5 years1

Deaths by underlying cause2,3,4

All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99)
ICD-10 v 2013 (IRIS) 1,736 2,214 1,972 1,942 1,931 1,918 1,931 1,890 1,786 1,657 1,559 1,486 1,314 1,412 1,396 1,262 1,406 1,581

Persons 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 43 50 59 42 57 54 49 59 52 45 57 49 45 41 47 48 34 46
01-14 15 20 29 22 15 25 17 30 20 16 24 24 17 13 23 21 18 18
15-44 215 280 319 339 307 267 305 276 288 303 299 293 289 296 288 251 273 297
45-64 1,199 1,419 1,373 1,438 1,367 1,387 1,372 1,395 1,264 1,342 1,311 1,249 1,222 1,232 1,265 1,100 1,207 1,334
65-74 1,766 2,179 2,004 1,936 1,852 1,955 1,911 1,824 1,826 1,857 1,718 1,713 1,643 1,614 1,712 1,446 1,730 1,869
75-84 3,078 3,590 3,414 3,266 3,126 3,251 3,392 3,169 3,117 3,042 2,933 2,948 2,794 2,937 2,907 2,547 2,811 3,207
85+ 4,639 5,071 4,662 4,697 4,573 4,721 4,778 4,542 4,477 4,293 4,225 4,126 3,857 3,993 4,049 3,612 3,986 4,436

Males 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 28 20 39 26 38 36 27 30 24 32 30 29 26 21 31 24 16 26
01-14 5 13 14 10 10 17 8 16 10 10 11 9 8 8 14 11 9 14
15-44 128 168 211 225 208 152 201 159 182 197 194 200 205 184 194 146 171 207
45-64 693 852 831 860 805 869 799 850 745 839 788 774 728 725 783 644 724 821
65-74 992 1,265 1,131 1,154 1,045 1,100 1,117 1,088 1,059 1,112 1,043 965 978 930 995 852 970 1,089
75-84 1,590 1,857 1,837 1,766 1,664 1,718 1,776 1,696 1,656 1,664 1,531 1,596 1,470 1,589 1,543 1,420 1,543 1,709
85+ 1,758 1,997 1,828 1,862 1,834 1,895 1,932 1,804 1,787 1,689 1,633 1,630 1,501 1,592 1,629 1,430 1,588 1,725

Females 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 15 30 20 16 19 18 22 29 28 13 27 20 19 20 16 24 18 20
01-14 10 7 15 12 5 8 9 14 10 6 13 15 9 5 9 10 9 4
15-44 87 112 108 114 99 115 104 117 106 106 105 93 84 112 94 105 102 90
45-64 506 567 542 578 562 518 573 545 519 503 523 475 494 507 482 456 483 513
65-74 774 914 873 782 807 855 794 736 767 745 675 748 665 684 717 594 760 780
75-84 1,488 1,733 1,577 1,500 1,462 1,533 1,616 1,473 1,461 1,378 1,402 1,352 1,324 1,348 1,364 1,127 1,268 1,498
85+ 2,881 3,074 2,834 2,835 2,739 2,826 2,846 2,738 2,690 2,604 2,592 2,496 2,356 2,401 2,420 2,182 2,398 2,711

Deaths by region of usual residence 6

E12000001 North East 574 643 627 640 618 608 569 610 572 582 527 532 529 518 510 459 551 541
E12000002 North West 1,456 1,612 1,566 1,593 1,485 1,595 1,618 1,495 1,425 1,463 1,393 1,437 1,278 1,277 1,341 1,225 1,365 1,493
E12000003 Yorkshire and The Humber 1,148 1,279 1,197 1,137 1,131 1,133 1,189 1,124 1,109 1,083 1,054 1,087 943 959 1,034 910 996 1,125
E12000004 East Midlands 964 1,089 979 1,037 963 988 1,033 928 927 946 879 890 875 876 858 759 856 986
E12000005 West Midlands 1,180 1,299 1,187 1,131 1,150 1,241 1,231 1,143 1,188 1,150 1,092 1,062 930 1,050 1,084 928 1,008 1,136
E12000006 East 1,136 1,386 1,344 1,291 1,202 1,283 1,342 1,218 1,214 1,116 1,198 1,066 1,136 1,224 1,188 1,014 1,084 1,139
E12000007 London 1,021 1,137 1,073 1,045 1,066 1,088 1,061 1,045 1,009 1,004 975 925 910 928 937 834 951 1,040
E12000008 South East 1,586 1,927 1,936 1,875 1,718 1,738 1,802 1,777 1,712 1,708 1,601 1,640 1,540 1,582 1,623 1,350 1,495 1,782
E12000009 South West 1,136 1,394 1,236 1,229 1,191 1,251 1,207 1,234 1,178 1,198 1,149 1,089 1,047 1,039 1,037 919 1,053 1,251
W92000004 Wales 718 809 683 734 745 701 748 695 684 622 666 628 654 642 637 580 678 688

Footnotes

1
This average is based on the actual number of death registrations recorded for each corresponding week over the previous five years. Moveable public
holidays, when register offices are closed, affect the number of registrations made in the published weeks and in the corresponding weeks in previous
years.

2
Counts of deaths by underlying cause exclude deaths at age under 28 days.
3
Coding of deaths by underlying cause for the latest week is not yet complete.

4 For deaths registered from January 2014, cause of death is coded to the ICD-10 classification using IRIS software. Further information about the implementation of the software is available on the ONS website.

5
Does not include deaths where age is either missing or not yet fully coded. For this reason counts of 'Persons', 'Males' and 'Females' may not sum to
'Total Deaths, all ages'.

6
Does not include deaths of those resident outside England and Wales or those records where the place of residence is either missing or not yet fully
coded. For this reason counts for "Deaths by Region of usual residence" may not sum to "Total deaths, all ages".

Source: Office for National Statistics Released: 14 January 2020

Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales

Week number 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Week ended 10-May-19 17-May-19 24-May-19 31-May-19 7-Jun-19 14-Jun-19 21-Jun-19 28-Jun-19 5-Jul-19 12-Jul-19 19-Jul-19 26-Jul-19 2-Aug-19 9-Aug-19 16-Aug-19 23-Aug-19 30-Aug-19 6-Sep-19 13-Sep-19

Total deaths, all ages 9,055 10,272 10,284 8,260 10,140 9,445 9,458 9,511 9,062 9,179 9,080 9,112 9,271 9,122 9,093 8,994 8,242 9,695 9,513
Total deaths: average of corresponding 9,488 10,036 9,747 8,125 9,860 9,408 9,302 9,177 9,123 9,170 9,100 9,023 8,963 9,026 9,025 9,113 8,197 9,177 9,260
week over the previous 5 years1

Deaths by underlying cause2,3,4

All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99)
ICD-10 v 2013 (IRIS) 1,239 1,355 1,324 1,105 1,290 1,134 1,134 1,143 1,076 1,081 1,024 996 1,116 1,048 1,033 981 854 1,125 1,028

Persons 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 56 44 51 45 48 46 46 39 33 44 45 57 57 57 54 47 45 54 60
01-14 17 14 21 16 18 18 20 21 26 16 14 14 11 12 24 8 16 19 12
15-44 262 304 309 239 306 298 279 273 255 259 279 267 265 245 277 264 224 268 297
45-64 1,094 1,274 1,262 991 1,223 1,149 1,150 1,214 1,112 1,140 1,136 1,117 1,123 1,095 1,244 1,127 1,026 1,199 1,169
65-74 1,513 1,650 1,765 1,382 1,741 1,658 1,625 1,605 1,561 1,564 1,500 1,598 1,597 1,578 1,573 1,582 1,419 1,643 1,617
75-84 2,579 2,864 2,946 2,403 2,846 2,672 2,711 2,692 2,650 2,616 2,610 2,580 2,664 2,575 2,530 2,479 2,319 2,775 2,654
85+ 3,534 4,122 3,930 3,184 3,958 3,604 3,627 3,667 3,425 3,540 3,496 3,479 3,554 3,560 3,391 3,487 3,193 3,737 3,704

Males 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 34 24 29 22 26 22 25 22 24 23 31 36 30 26 28 31 23 29 31
01-14 9 7 12 11 9 11 11 9 17 7 10 7 6 9 13 4 10 9 3
15-44 159 192 193 147 199 198 196 186 170 174 180 165 164 156 197 169 138 183 178
45-64 624 795 751 565 757 673 714 738 637 698 683 660 702 662 743 681 629 715 709
65-74 868 977 1,044 784 1,015 963 963 969 910 900 863 951 921 938 927 942 846 955 946
75-84 1,362 1,528 1,564 1,247 1,599 1,464 1,480 1,509 1,420 1,394 1,380 1,374 1,445 1,410 1,371 1,357 1,240 1,487 1,421
85+ 1,411 1,685 1,532 1,287 1,614 1,442 1,427 1,503 1,318 1,471 1,426 1,351 1,455 1,387 1,436 1,439 1,232 1,480 1,547

Females 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 22 20 22 23 22 24 21 17 9 21 14 21 27 31 26 16 22 25 29
01-14 8 7 9 5 9 7 9 12 9 9 4 7 5 3 11 4 6 10 9
15-44 103 112 116 92 107 100 83 87 85 85 99 102 101 89 80 95 86 85 119
45-64 470 479 511 426 466 476 436 476 475 442 453 457 421 433 501 446 397 484 460
65-74 645 673 721 598 726 695 662 636 651 664 637 647 676 640 646 640 573 688 671
75-84 1,217 1,336 1,382 1,156 1,247 1,208 1,231 1,183 1,230 1,222 1,230 1,206 1,219 1,165 1,159 1,122 1,079 1,288 1,233
85+ 2,123 2,437 2,398 1,897 2,344 2,162 2,200 2,164 2,107 2,069 2,070 2,128 2,099 2,173 1,955 2,048 1,961 2,257 2,157

Deaths by region of usual residence 6

North East 484 548 530 436 554 507 478 475 437 458 478 534 536 530 497 505 466 473 482
North West 1,214 1,402 1,397 1,176 1,349 1,313 1,344 1,250 1,269 1,272 1,287 1,237 1,234 1,149 1,237 1,203 1,153 1,248 1,328
Yorkshire and The Humber 924 980 1,024 782 1,025 889 931 984 896 932 841 895 936 867 857 927 832 937 916
East Midlands 776 887 888 699 880 817 751 790 750 747 809 774 782 795 749 726 697 867 774
West Midlands 906 1,082 1,070 840 1,082 950 938 1,013 940 949 962 882 929 953 969 918 826 939 1,001
East 943 1,112 1,097 842 982 1,012 1,011 1,028 981 995 994 1,024 988 1,026 933 964 838 1,115 1,088
London 807 927 876 809 919 900 900 892 833 875 829 833 911 891 892 826 784 976 916
South East 1,456 1,570 1,620 1,252 1,516 1,452 1,510 1,481 1,431 1,357 1,328 1,376 1,424 1,334 1,355 1,389 1,245 1,518 1,399
South West 922 1,078 1,126 886 1,182 986 1,032 1,005 962 972 981 982 926 1,010 978 963 814 1,014 1,020
Wales 600 658 627 518 626 598 542 564 534 588 553 543 570 542 589 553 558 582 567

1
This average is based on the actual number of death registrations recorded for each corresponding week over the previous five years. Moveable public
holidays, when register offices are closed, affect the number of registrations made in the published weeks and in the corresponding weeks in previous
years.

2
Counts of deaths by underlying cause exclude deaths at age under 28 days.
3
Coding of deaths by underlying cause for the latest week is not yet complete.

4 For deaths registered from January 2014, cause of death is coded to the ICD-10 classification using IRIS software. Further information about the implementation of the software is available on the ONS website.

5
Does not include deaths where age is either missing or not yet fully coded. For this reason counts of 'Persons', 'Males' and 'Females' may not sum to
'Total Deaths, all ages'.

6
Does not include deaths of those resident outside England and Wales or those records where the place of residence is either missing or not yet fully
coded. For this reason counts for "Deaths by Region of usual residence" may not sum to "Total deaths, all ages".

Source: Office for National Statistics

Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales

Week number 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Week ended 20-Sep-19 27-Sep-19 4-Oct-19 11-Oct-19 18-Oct-19 25-Oct-19 1-Nov-19 8-Nov-19 15-Nov-19 22-Nov-19 29-Nov-19 6-Dec-19 13-Dec-19 20-Dec-19 27-Dec-19

Total deaths, all ages 9,440 9,517 9,799 9,973 10,156 10,021 10,164 10,697 10,650 10,882 10,958 10,816 11,188 11,926 7,533
Total deaths: average of corresponding 9,197 9,283 9,450 9,651 9,726 9,674 9,777 10,142 10,226 10,124 10,164 10,585 10,622 11,499 8,014
week over the previous 5 years1

Deaths by underlying cause2,3,4

All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99)
ICD-10 v 2013 (IRIS) 1,056 1,045 1,114 1,209 1,236 1,252 1,333 1,363 1,451 1,423 1,566 1,505 1,637 1,839 1,166

Persons 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 45 55 68 46 54 49 45 52 46 57 56 50 52 53 34
01-14 18 14 15 16 14 14 19 7 19 19 14 17 32 19 13
15-44 264 269 325 302 303 281 289 314 271 283 312 315 315 368 148
45-64 1,174 1,197 1,189 1,137 1,154 1,198 1,196 1,236 1,254 1,225 1,237 1,275 1,313 1,316 773
65-74 1,592 1,547 1,665 1,595 1,628 1,663 1,663 1,676 1,673 1,743 1,751 1,689 1,793 1,903 1,185
75-84 2,695 2,760 2,780 2,869 2,920 2,799 2,938 2,998 3,070 3,163 3,142 3,078 3,215 3,299 2,231
85+ 3,652 3,675 3,757 4,008 4,083 4,017 4,014 4,414 4,317 4,392 4,446 4,392 4,468 4,968 3,149

Males 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 23 28 37 26 32 23 27 29 19 32 35 32 29 25 20
01-14 11 8 7 10 10 6 9 3 9 9 10 11 16 9 6
15-44 165 174 218 208 193 186 176 199 172 168 209 204 187 229 85
45-64 716 704 705 686 676 699 682 738 739 724 739 756 746 768 448
65-74 918 922 950 966 937 963 980 991 980 1,042 1,008 985 1,028 1,095 666
75-84 1,412 1,514 1,489 1,525 1,551 1,550 1,501 1,616 1,635 1,724 1,746 1,639 1,711 1,733 1,123
85+ 1,463 1,527 1,508 1,609 1,641 1,617 1,573 1,737 1,692 1,776 1,808 1,748 1,772 1,995 1,218

Females 5
Deaths by age group
Under 1 year 22 27 31 20 22 26 18 23 27 25 21 18 23 28 14
01-14 7 6 8 6 4 8 10 4 10 10 4 6 16 10 7
15-44 99 95 107 94 110 95 113 115 99 115 103 111 128 139 63
45-64 458 493 484 451 478 499 514 498 515 501 498 519 567 548 325
65-74 674 625 715 629 691 700 683 685 693 701 743 704 765 808 519
75-84 1,283 1,246 1,291 1,344 1,369 1,249 1,437 1,382 1,435 1,439 1,396 1,439 1,504 1,566 1,108
85+ 2,189 2,148 2,249 2,399 2,442 2,400 2,441 2,677 2,625 2,616 2,638 2,644 2,696 2,973 1,931

Deaths by region of usual residence 6

North East 494 538 491 527 567 540 537 553 607 582 563 558 585 670 411
North West 1,283 1,299 1,322 1,400 1,400 1,361 1,338 1,455 1,402 1,464 1,469 1,477 1,637 1,712 1,200
Yorkshire and The Humber 954 906 948 1,005 1,019 1,001 1,033 1,053 1,070 1,039 1,139 1,011 1,102 1,173 737
East Midlands 827 842 875 847 863 846 877 880 889 931 935 958 973 1,050 729
West Midlands 974 1,027 1,008 1,027 1,093 1,019 967 1,110 1,080 1,138 1,184 1,083 1,130 1,269 720
East 1,049 1,014 1,059 1,073 1,083 1,063 1,100 1,181 1,090 1,166 1,116 1,184 1,176 1,238 716
London 889 840 846 887 886 895 976 974 1,041 1,023 1,025 986 1,044 1,028 653
South East 1,385 1,404 1,573 1,557 1,556 1,491 1,547 1,701 1,690 1,618 1,648 1,647 1,690 1,709 1,094
South West 982 1,017 1,059 1,026 1,040 1,107 1,118 1,102 1,083 1,203 1,166 1,157 1,130 1,288 766
Wales 572 611 597 590 622 670 642 653 674 699 689 737 699 767 496

1
This average is based on the actual number of death registrations recorded for each corresponding week over the previous five years. Moveable public
holidays, when register offices are closed, affect the number of registrations made in the published weeks and in the corresponding weeks in previous
years.

2
Counts of deaths by underlying cause exclude deaths at age under 28 days.
3
Coding of deaths by underlying cause for the latest week is not yet complete.

4 For deaths registered from January 2014, cause of death is coded to the ICD-10 classification using IRIS software. Further information about the implementation of the software is available on the ONS website.

5
Does not include deaths where age is either missing or not yet fully coded. For this reason counts of 'Persons', 'Males' and 'Females' may not sum to
'Total Deaths, all ages'.

6
Does not include deaths of those resident outside England and Wales or those records where the place of residence is either missing or not yet fully
coded. For this reason counts for "Deaths by Region of usual residence" may not sum to "Total deaths, all ages".

Source: Office for National Statistics

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