11 October 2022
During the coronavirus pandemic, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) is publishing frequent UK mortality analysis through its mortality monitor. Today’s update covers week 39 of 2022 (23 to 30 September) and the third quarter of 2022, based on provisional England & Wales deaths data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 11 October 2022.
The key points of this update are:
Cobus Daneel, Chair of the CMI Mortality Projections Committee, said: “The third quarter of 2022 saw unusually high mortality for the time of year – higher than any third quarter since 2010.
“Deaths with Covid on the death certificate only account for around 60% of the excess deaths seen during the quarter, so there were more deaths than expected from non-COVID causes. This contrasts with most of the pandemic period, when non-Covid deaths were lower than expected.
“Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) suggests that increased deaths from heart and circulatory diseases have contributed to the excess seen in the third quarter. While heatwaves led to short-term increases in deaths, analysis by the ONS shows that their impact was not the primary cause of excess mortality over the quarter as a whole.”
All mortality monitor weekly updates are publicly available on the mortality monitor page.
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Sonia Sequeira, Media Relations Manager, IFoA
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