"Figure 8: Excess winter deaths and average winter temperature","" "England and Wales, between 1999 to 2000 and 2017 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Excess winter deaths (EWD) figures are based on deaths occurring in each period (August through to the following July). Numbers of deaths from January to July 2018 are provisional, and have been adjusted to take account of late registrations (see Excess Winter Mortality Quality and Methodology Information report). 2. Figures for the latest winter are provisional and are rounded to the nearest 100, figures for all other winters are final and are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Mean winter temperature is calculated using average temperatures from December to March. 4. Figures for England and Wales include deaths for non-residents." "Unit","Excess winter deaths and temperature" "","" "Winter Season","Excess winter deaths","Mean winter temperature in celsius" "1999/2000","48420","5.5" "2000/2001","24790","4.4" "2001/2002","27230","5.6" "2002/2003","23930","5.1" "2003/2004","23420","5.2" "2004/2005","31570","5.5" "2005/2006","25190","4.1" "2006/2007","23540","6.3" "2007/2008","24620","5.6" "2008/2009","36340","4.3" "2009/2010","25660","3.2" "2010/2011","25970","4.0" "2011/2012","24040","5.8" "2012/2013","31160","3.4" "2013/2014","17310","6.2" "2014/2015","43850","4.8" "2015/2016","24580","6.2" "2016/2017","34530","6" "2017/2018","50100","4.3"