Release

Deaths in care homes, UK: 2015 to 2021 (final), 2022 (provisional)

Release date: 15 March 2023 9:30am

Summary

Registered deaths of care home residents by underlying cause of death and the leading causes of death. Contains characteristics of care home residents using data from each of the four nations.

Publications

  • Deaths in care homes, UK: 2015 to 2021 (final), 2022 (provisional)

    A summary of the definitional differences of care home deaths across the four nations, and the feasibility and limitations of producing a UK-wide statistic for deaths in care homes. Analysis of the trends in total deaths, deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) and leading causes of death in care homes in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are presented.

Data

Contact details

Name

Tamsyn Harris

Email

health.data@gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444110