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  • Release date:
    21 March 2023
  • Next release:
    28 March 2023

About this Dataset

Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19).

Edition in this dataset

2023 edition of this dataset

Previous versions of this data are available.

2022 edition of this dataset up to week ending 30 December 2022

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2021 edition of this dataset up to week ending 31 December 2021

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2020 edition of this dataset up to week ending 1 January 2021

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2019 edition of this dataset up to week ending 27 December 2019

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2018 edition of this dataset up to week ending 28 December 2018

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2017 edition of this dataset up to week ending 29 December 2017

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2016 edition of this dataset up to week ending 30 December 2016

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2015 edition of this dataset up to week ending 1 January 2016

2014 edition of this dataset up to week ending 26 December 2014

2013 edition of this dataset up to week ending 27 December 2013

2012 edition of this dataset up to week ending 28 December 2012

2011 edition of this dataset up to week ending 30 December 2011

2010 edition of this dataset up to week ending 31 December 2010

Important notes and usage information

  • In the week ending 10 March 2023 (Week 10), 11,410 deaths were registered in England and Wales; this was 0.3% below the five-year average (31 fewer deaths).

  • The number of deaths registered in England in the week ending 10 March 2023 (Week 10) was 10,735; this was 0.3% above the five-year average (27 excess deaths).

  • The number of deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 10 March 2023 (Week 10) was 654; this was 8.1% below the five-year average (58 fewer deaths).

  • Of the deaths registered in Week 10 in England and Wales, 533 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths; this was 20 more deaths, with “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)” mentioned, compared with the previous week.

  • Of the deaths registered in Week 10 in England, 521 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 4.9% of all deaths; in Wales, 11 deaths mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”, accounting for 1.7% of all deaths.

  • Of the 533 deaths involving COVID-19 in Week 10, 68.1% (363 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death, which was a marginally higher proportion when compared with Week 9 (68.0%).

  • Using the most up-to-date data we have available, the number of deaths from the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 10 March 2023 was 1,795,877 in England and Wales; of these, 1,682,454 were recorded in England and 110,585 were recorded in Wales.

  • From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 10 March 2023, the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales was 199,742, of these, 187,822 were recorded in England and 11,581 were recorded in Wales.

  • From the week ending 13 March 2020 to the week ending 10 March 2023, the number of excess deaths above the five-year average in England and Wales was 177,149, of these, 169,146 were recorded in England and 9,225 were recorded in Wales.

  • The number of deaths was above the five-year average in private homes (9.1% above, 271 excess deaths) and other settings (4.6% above, 38 excess deaths) but below average in care homes (4.0% below, 99 fewer deaths) and hospitals (4.6% below, 241 fewer deaths) in Week 10 in England and Wales.

  • The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 10 March 2023 (Week 10) was 13,028, which was 0.1% above the five-year average (11 more deaths); of these deaths, 603 involved COVID-19.