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A guide to the major publications related to excess deaths in the UK, who produces them and links to the methods and analysis.
Method for deciding which of a number of health conditions mentioned on the death certificate are pre-existing conditions, and which one of those is the "main pre-existing condition", for use in certain mortality analyses, for example deaths involving COVID-19.
Outlines the different statistical measures used to calculate all-cause excess mortality and outlines their strengths and limitations depending upon the context and geographical coverage for their application.
Statistics about deaths registered in 2015 with an underlying cause of conditions considered avoidable through good quality healthcare and public health interventions and how they vary by level of socioeconomic deprivation in England and Wales.
This bulletin presents figures for avoidable mortality in 2001 to 2016 for England and Wales using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to measure socioeconomic inequalities.
This bulletin presents figures for avoidable mortality in 2001 to 2017 for England and Wales using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to measure socioeconomic inequalities.
New measures to help protect the public and support bereaved families will be introduced in a revamp of how deaths are certified.
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