Thursday 16th April, Death rates
April 16, 2020
272,635
9,929
1,988
4.37%
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as posted by the channelONS death figures
ONS in simple language
Chinese comorbidities
UK - Office for National Statists
COVID-19
Third most frequent underlying cause of death in March
Involved in 7% of deaths for all of March
Involved in 28% of deaths on last day of March
Deaths due to COVID-19 was 68.5 deaths per 100,000 persons
With or from COVID-19
March 2020
3,912 registered deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales
86% of which had the virus as the underlying cause of death.
86% of these deaths died FROM the virus
14% died WITH the virus
Comorbidities
When COVID-19 was mentioned on death certificate
91% had at least 1 other health problems
IHD, 541 deaths (14%) of all deaths involving COVID-19
Heart disease
Dementia
Respiratory illness
Average number of co-morbidity conditions was 2.7
Sex
Up to 3 April
4,122 deaths registered in England and Wales involving COVID-19
2,523 men 61%
1,599 women 39%
Age
The majority of deaths, 65 and over
3,588 deaths out of 4,122 deaths were over 65
87% were over 65
13% of deaths were aged under 65 years
1,396 or 34% of the 4,122 total were over 85
Numbers of deaths
England and Wales, week ending 3 April 2020
16,387 deaths in the week
An increase of 5,246 compared with the previous week
6,082 more than the five-year average
London 46.6% of all deaths
People are most worried about
Their well-being
Grocery and medication availability
Ability to make plans
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