Death rate in May, June, July 2021

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1 September 2021

FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2799

You asked

​Please supply the death rate per million population for May, June, July 2021 compared with May to July on a 5 year average.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

Unfortunately, we do not hold analysis showing death rate per million population May -- June 2021 and the five-year average. To fulfil this request, we would need to create a bespoke analysis or table. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.

However, as part of our Monthly Mortality Analysis we do publish monthly Age Standardised Mortality Rate (ASMR), with data available for 2016 -- 2021.  Age-standardised mortality rates is per 100,000 people, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Monthly rates in this bulletin are adjusted to allow for comparisons with annual rates. For more information, see our methodology article.

The table below shows number of deaths, ASMR and confidence limits for May, June and July from 2016 to 2021 for both England and Wales.

Table 1: Age-standardised mortality rates, deaths registered May, June and July 2016 to May, June, and July 2021 England
PeriodNumber of deathsRate per 100,000 populationLower confidence limitUpper confidence limit
July 2021 40,467 853.5 845.2 861.8
June 202138,611 842.3 833.9 850.7
May 2021 35,401 748.6 740.8 756.4
July 202038,179820.8812.6829.1
June 202039,886886.9878.1895.6
May 202049,4221,064.41,055.01,073.9
July 201939,614861.9853.4870.4
June 201936,180814.7806.3823.2
May 201941,504906.2897.4914.9
July 201838,059846.3837.8854.8
June 201837,213857.3848.5866.0
May 201839,951891.3882.6900.1
July 201735,940812.4804.0820.9
June 201739,447922.7913.6931.8
May 201741,383937.8928.7946.8
July 201636,484841.5832.9850.2
June 201639,378940.1930.8949.4
May 201638,716895.5886.5904.4

Download this table Table 1: Age-standardised mortality rates, deaths registered May, June and July 2016 to May, June, and July 2021 England

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Table 2: Age-standardised mortality rates, deaths registered May, June and July 2016 to May, June and July 2021, Wales
PeriodNumber of deathsRate per 100,000 populationLower confidence limitUpper confidence limit
July 2021 2,738 947.9 912.3 983.6
June 20212,560 914.1 878.6 949.7
May 2021 2,416 837.2 803.7 870.8
July 20202,548895.1860.2930.0
June 20202,692980.9943.81,018.1
May 20202,9021,019.5982.31,056.7
July 20192,578913.4878.0948.7
June 20192,331854.5819.7889.3
May 20192,788991.6954.71,028.6
July 20182,562926.9890.9962.9
June 20182,466925.4888.7962.0
May 20182,734991.4954.11,028.7
July 20172,374867.6832.6902.6
June 20172,627997.6959.31,035.8
May 20172,8001,026.2988.11,064.3
July 20162,398895.3859.3931.2
June 20162,543981.5943.21,019.8
May 20162,575961.7924.4998.9

Notes

  1. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period.
  2. Figures for 2020 and 2021 are based on provisional mortality data and projected populations.
  3. Figures exclude non-residents.
  4. The lower and upper 95% confidence limits have been provided. These form a confidence interval, which is a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and shows the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures.

Download this table Table 2: Age-standardised mortality rates, deaths registered May, June and July 2016 to May, June and July 2021, Wales

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