Mortality from 1970 to 2018

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Please provide the number of deaths from 1970 to 2018 inclusive.

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Thank you for your request.

Based on provisional figures, there were 197,686 deaths registered from 2 December 2017 to 23 March 2018 (week 48 of 2017 to week 12 of 2018). This is 20,275 more deaths than the five-year average for weeks 48 to week 12 (177,411 deaths registered). The exact dates included in each week number may vary from year to year.

This was calculated using our provisional figures for weekly number of deaths which are available in our weekly deaths publication back to 2010:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales

The total provisional number of deaths registered each year back to 2005 are available in this ad-hoc table:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/005315weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales2005to2015

We also publish figures for the number of deaths registered in each month back to 2006. For the most recent years, these figures are also provisional, but are finalised shortly after we publish our final annual data. e.g. 2017 monthly deaths will be finalised in July:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/monthlyfiguresondeathsregisteredbyareaofusualresidence

Monthly figures by age-and sex are available for 2002-2012 in this ad-hoc table:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/005160deathsregisteredbymonthageandsex2002to2012

Alternatively, a time series of the annual number of deaths each year is available in our Vital Statistics: population and health reference tables:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/vitalstatisticspopulationandhealthreferencetables

Previous years, monthly or weekly deaths data can be obtained from the customer services team of the Vital Statistics Outputs Branch. Special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries should be made to:

Vital Statistics Outputs Branch
Office for National Statistics
Segensworth Road
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RR
Tel: +44 (0)1329 444 110
E-mail: vsob@ons.gov.uk

If you would like any similar information in the future, please feel free to contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk