Official Statistics

Excess mortality during heat periods and heat-related mortality

Joint analytical article between the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on deaths during heat-periods in 2022. ONS analysis uses deaths occurrence data (from registered death certificates) to calculate excess mortality during heat-periods for England and Wales. Breakdowns include age, sex, leading causes and place of occurrence from heat-periods in 2016 to 2022. UKHSA analysis uses statistical modelling techniques to calculate heat-related mortality in 2022 for England.

• From: Office for National Statistics
• Published: 7 October 2022

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Excess mortality during heat periods and heat-related mortality: 1 June to 31 August 2022

https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/excessmortalityduringheatperiodsandheatrelatedmortality1juneto31august2022

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Published 7 October 2022