Research and analysis

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

Joint analytical article between the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on deaths during heat-periods in 2022.

• From: UK Health Security Agency and Office for National Statistics
• Published: 7 October 2022
• Last updated: 7 October 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

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

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/excessmortalityduringheatperiods/englandandwales1juneto31august2022

Deaths by day of occurance and excess mortality (excluding COVID-19) during heat-periods, ages 65 and over, England, 1 May to 31 August (UKHSA data)

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/estimatedexcessmortalityexcludingcovid19duringheatperiodsenglandukhsa

Excess mortality during heat-periods: 1 June to 31 August 2022 (ONS data)

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/excessmortalityduringheatperiodsenglandandwales

Details

This is a 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 a statistical model to adjust for registration delays to estimate excess mortality (excluding COVID-19) during heat-periods for the most vulnerable age group (ages 65 and over) in England.

For more information, please contact:

• for UKHSA, the Extreme Events and Health Protection team
• for the ONS, the Mortality Analysis team

Published 7 October 2022
Last updated 7 October 2022 + show all updates

1. 7 October 2022

   Replaced report and spreadsheets with links to ONS publications.

2. 7 October 2022

   First published.