Report: Excess winter mortality in England and Wales, 2007/08 (provisional) and 2006/07 (final)

This report analyzes provisional estimated figures for excess winter mortality (EWM) for the winter period 2007/2008, and final figures for the winter period 2006/2007 for deaths occurring in England and Wales. Historical trends in EWM are presented for people in England and Wales from 1950/1951 to...

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Published inHealth statistics quarterly no. 40; p. 66
Main Author Brock, Anita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Office of Public Sector Information 01.12.2008
Subjects
Comparative analysis
Mortality
Statistical data
Trends
Winter
United Kingdom > UK
Wales
England
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Summary:This report analyzes provisional estimated figures for excess winter mortality (EWM) for the winter period 2007/2008, and final figures for the winter period 2006/2007 for deaths occurring in England and Wales. Historical trends in EWM are presented for people in England and Wales from 1950/1951 to 2007/2008. Figures by sex and age for the Government Office Regions of England, and Wales are presented for the five-year period 2003/2004 to 2007/2008, and by cause of death from 2004/2005 to 2006/2007. EWM is calculated by comparing the number of deaths occurring in winter with the number occurring in non-winter period. Previous analysis compared methods of calculating EWM using different winter and non-winter periods. In the four months of winter 2007/2008 there were an estimated 25,300 more deaths in England and Wales than in the non-winter period. This was more than in the previous winter, and similar to the winter of 2005/2006, but not as many as in the winter of 2004/2005.
ISSN:1465-1645
2040-1574