Weekly Deaths Update (part 10)

Excess all cause deaths in England & Wales 1970 – 2022

Calculating excess deaths by subtracting a baseline figure (usually the prior 5-year mean count) from observed counts on a week-by-week basis is an easy thing to do and the method favoured by the Office for National Statistics who provide 5-year means for this very purpose. The problem with this method is that pathogens don’t wear watches and don’t heed…