Record excess deaths in Europa

European Union, Excess mortality hits +16%, highest 2022 value so far

UK latest excess death data, updated 16th September

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending2september2022

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

WE 2nd September

350 deaths involving COVID-19

(505 deaths registered, previous week)

Total number of deaths registered in the UK

10,198, which was 7.4% above the five-year average

706 excess deaths in the week

(Deaths involving COVID-19 accounted for 3.4% of all deaths)

Excess mortality hits +16%, highest 2022 value so far

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20220916-1

Update, 16th September

Data for July

Climbed to +16% in July 2022

Highest so far in 2022

June, +7%

May. +7%

July, additional deaths

The increase of 16% = 53, 000 additional deaths in July

(Compared with monthly averages, 2016-2019)

Factors

Post covid infection

Covid sequala

Post lockdown effects, social, psychological, psychiatric

Reluctance to access health care during covid

Delayed diagnosis

Heat waves
July 2022

Iceland, + 55.8%

Spain +37%

Cyprus +33%

Greece +31%

Portugal, +28.8%

Switzerland, +25.9%

Italy, + 24.9

Austria, + 17.5%

Slovenia, + 16.5%

Ireland, + 16.3%

Germany, +15.2

Norway + 14.8%

Netherlands, + 14.7%

Croatia, + 14.6%

France, + 14.1%

Estonia + 12.3%

Luxemburg + 11.%%

Denmark +10.3%

Latvia -0.5%

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UK, 0 to 24
25 to 49

50 to 64

85 +

Causes of non-covid excess deaths, UK

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Proximal causes

Distal causes more difficult to identify

Ischaemic heart disease

Cerebrovascular disease

Other circulatory disease

Heart failure (marked increase)

Cancer

Acute respiratory

Chronic respiratory

Urinary

Cirrhosis

Diabetes

Parkinson’s