Dataset:Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional

Important notes and usage information

Main points from latest release

• The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 31 May 2019 (week 22) was 8,260; this represents a decrease of 2,024 deaths registered in comparison with the previous week (week 21).

• The average number of deaths for the corresponding week over the previous five years was 8,125.

• The decrease in deaths registered in the week ending 31 May 2019 is likely to be the result of the closure of register offices over the Spring bank holiday; this pattern is similar to previous 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.

Notes

The table includes number of deaths for which the underlying cause was coded to respiratory diseases as defined in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision (ICD-10), as well as age group, sex and by area of usual residence.

For information on data quality, legislation and procedures relating to mortality statistics, please see our User guide to mortality statistics.

There is an interactive mapping tool which enables trends in mortality to be analysed at the local level.

For mortality data for other UK countries please see statistics on deaths in Scotland and statistics on deaths in Northern Ireland.