Disease Conditions and Health Care:

Excess Winter Deaths

More people die in the winter than the summer. These excess deaths are largely attributed to respiratory diseases, circulatory conditions or dementia. Excess winter deaths are calculated by comparing the number of deaths between December and March that year with the average number of deaths in the four months immediately before and after. The difference between the winter deaths and the average for the rest of the year is what is known as ‘excess winter deaths’.

Useful Resources

  • Excess winter mortality in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics)

    More people die in the winter than the summer. These reports present excess winter deaths data by sex, age, region, cause of death and place of death.

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  • Excess winter mortality in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics)

    More people die in the winter than the summer. These reports present excess winter deaths data by sex, age, region, cause of death and place of death.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

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