"Figure 2: Since 2014 there has been a sharp increase in deaths being registered 1 to 2 weeks after occurrence","" "England and Wales, 2001 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures include deaths of non-residents. 2. Deaths that do not provide enough information to calculate the delay have been excluded. 3. The time period 1 to 2 weeks means 8 to 14 days, 2 to 3 weeks means 15 to 21 days, 3 weeks to 1 month means 22 to 30 days, 1 to 3 months means 31 to 91 days, 3 to 6 months means 92 to 183 days, 6 months to 1 year means 184 to 365 days, over 1 year means a registration over 365 days after the death occurred." "Unit","Percentage of deaths registered" "","" "Year","over 1 year","6 months to 1 year","3 to 6 months","1 to 3 months","3 weeks to 1 month","2 to 3 weeks","1 to 2 weeks" "2001","0.2","0.9","1.7","1.5","0.3","0.4","2.4" "2002","0.2","0.9","1.6","1.5","0.3","0.4","2.6" "2003","0.3","1.1","1.6","1.4","0.3","0.5","2.8" "2004","0.3","1.3","1.9","1.4","0.3","0.5","3" "2005","0.4","1.3","1.9","1.4","0.3","0.5","3.3" "2006","0.4","1.4","2.1","1.4","0.3","0.5","3.3" "2007","0.5","1.5","2","1.3","0.3","0.5","3.8" "2008","0.6","1.7","2.1","1.2","0.3","0.5","4.1" "2009","0.7","1.7","2.2","1.4","0.3","0.7","5" "2010","0.7","1.7","2.1","1.4","0.3","0.7","5.4" "2011","0.7","1.8","2.2","1.4","0.4","0.9","6.3" "2012","0.6","1.6","2.1","1.4","0.4","1","7.1" "2013","0.8","1.8","2.2","1.6","0.4","1","8.1" "2014","0.9","1.5","2.5","2.2","0.5","1.1","8.7" "2015","0.5","1.4","2.7","2.5","0.7","1.9","12.3" "2016","0.5","1.5","2.8","2.7","0.9","2.4","13.9" "2017","0.5","1.6","2.8","2.5","1","2.6","14.5" "2018","0.7","1.7","2.9","2.5","1","2.9","14.5"