A whopping 580,073 individuals died in England and Wales in 2023, new figures present.
With the pandemic formally tailing off, new annual demise figures present a shocking improve in annual deaths for the primary time for the reason that first 12 months of 2020 outbreak. According to information from the Office for National Statistics, analysed by Final Duties, deaths in England and Wales elevated by 0.7% on 2022 – the primary improve for the reason that 14.6% in 2020.
The probate brokers additionally discovered that each one however two areas had seen an annual improve in recorded deaths in 2023, with the very best improve of two% recorded within the North East. The South East recorded the very best improve within the precise variety of deaths, as 2023 noticed the quantity improve by 1,050 in comparison with 2022. This marks an annual improve of 1.2%.
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The solely areas to see the variety of deaths decline are Yorkshire & Humber (-0.4%) and London (-0.1%). However, extra worryingly, each area of England and Wales noticed its personal demise charge improve on the quarter, too, nowhere extra so than the East Midlands the place the determine there rose by whopping 13.1%.
At a neighborhood stage, nowhere did deaths improve extra within the final quarter of 2023 than in Boston, Lincolnshire, the place the quantity soared by 44.8% to hit a quarterly whole of 223 deaths.
Also faring badly in 2023 was South Staffordshire (37.8%), Trafford (35%), Ashford (34.8%), Welwyn Hatfield (34.2%), Ryedale (34%), Ipswich (33.2%), Oadby & Wigston (32%), Tandridge (30.6%), and King’s Lynn & West Norfolk (30.5%).
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And in an much more morbid statistic, the primary week of 2024 noticed 11,946 deaths recorded throughout England and properly, an enormous leap from the ultimate week of 2023, which noticed simply 7,447 recorded deaths.
This was adopted in week two by one other 13,710 deaths, with 17.7% of these from coming from the flu or pneumonia.
Cracking begin to the 12 months all spherical . . .
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