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Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in Year (DR Series)

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This report presents the number of deaths registered in England and Wales each year by age, sex and selected underlying cause of death. In addition, the ten leading causes of death have been ranked to provide a summary for both males and females.

Since 2006 this report has included data from the previously-produced DH1, DH2 and DH4 reports which have now been discontinued.

Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales 2022 Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales 2022 is in stock now

Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered in England and Wales 2022

Including CD-ROM of data


£19.00
Registered deaths by age, sex, selected underlying causes of death and the leading causes of death. Contains death rates and death registrations by area of residence and single year of age.

Main points
  • In 2022, there were 577,160 deaths registered in England and Wales, which was a decrease of 1.6% compared with 2021 (586,334 deaths).
  • There were more male deaths registered than female deaths (292,064 male and 285,096 female) for the third consecutive year; before 2020 this was last the case in 1981.
  • Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) in England and Wales decreased significantly compared with 2021, by 3.9% for males and 3.0% for females; ASMRs account for the population size and age structure.
  • The North East was the region of England with the highest age-standardised mortality rates for both males and females; this is the fourth consecutive year the North East had the highest rate for females, for males this replaced the North West region in 2021.
  • The lowest ASMR in England for males was in the South East, and for females, in London, whereas these were both lowest in the South West in 2021.
  • In Wales, the highest ASMRs for both males and females were in Blaenau Gwent; the lowest ASMRs were in the Vale of Glamorgan.
  • Dementia and Alzheimers disease was the leading cause of death in England and Wales in 2022, with 65,967 deaths (11.5% of all deaths), replacing coronavirus (COVID-19), which was the leading cause in 2020 and 2021; the second most common cause of death was ischaemic heart disease, accounting for 10.3% (59,356 deaths) of all deaths registered in 2022.
  • The leading cause of death for males was ischaemic heart disease (38,730 deaths, accounting for 13.3% of all male deaths), while for females it was dementia and Alzheimers disease (42,635 deaths; 15.0% of all female deaths) in 2022; these were the same leading causes as in 2021.
 
ISBN
9781835859841
Author
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Published by
Dandy Booksellers Ltd
Publication Date
11 January 2024
Edition
2022
Format
Paperback
Extent
76 pages plus CD-ROM
Dimensions
A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Series
Series DR_22
Approx Weight
0.34 kg
HS Code
490199






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