174,233
16 December 2021)
2021 Q1: 6483 (0-64: 1560/ 65 and over: 4923)
2021 Q2: 346 (0-64: 153/ 65 and over: 193)
2021 Q3: 1142 (0-64: 512/ 65 and over: 630)
127,704 excess deaths above the five-year average
Official data
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths
Deaths from COVID-19 with no other underlying causes
FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3240
Death registrations for 2020 and 2021
for deaths where COVID-19 was listed as the underlying cause,
but had no other pre-existing conditions recorded on the death certificate, England and Wales
This publication will be updated quarterly
2020
Total deaths, 9,400
0-64, 1,549
65 and over, 7,851
Total deaths, 6,483
0-64, 1,560
65 and over, 4,923
2021 Q2
Total deaths, 346
0-64, 153
65 and over, 193
2021 Q3,
Total deaths, 1,142
0-64, 512
65 and over, 630
Therefore, 2020 and first 3 quarters of 2021
Total deaths from covid alone, 17,371
Of this number 13,597 were 65 or over
Of this number, 3,774 were under 65
Average age of death in UK from covid in 2021
82.5 years
Average life expectancy in the UK, 2018 to 2020
79.0 years for males
82.9 years for females
This represents a fall of 7.0 weeks for males and a slight increase of 0.5 weeks for females
(from the latest non-overlapping period of 2015 to 2017)
This is the first time we have seen a decline when comparing non-overlapping time periods since the series began in the early 1980s
As of end of September
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths
Within 28 days of a positive test, 137,133
(7.9 times more deaths)
Excess deaths from cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U90eDxJV_9k
Professor Karol Sikora, University of Buckingham
Former head of cancer programme at WHO
Probably an extra 50,000 deaths from cancer, over the past 18 months, you otherwise would not have had
Failure to report early
Difficulty getting to see GP
Fear of hospital admissions
Missed chemotherapy
Missed radiotherapy
6 million waiting for NHS treatment
