Contents Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered by Area of Usual Residence, 2019 Registrations: Geography Dissertation, UoM, UK

Contents Mortality Statistics: Deaths Registered by Area of Usual Residence, 2019 Registrations

Information: Information about deaths registered by area of usual residence

Table 1a Deaths (numbers and rates) by area of usual residence (administrative areas)‚ 2019 registrations, United Kingdom and constituent countries

Table 1b Deaths (numbers and rates) by area of usual residence (regions/health areas)‚ 2019 registrations, United Kingdom and constituent countries

Related publications: Provides links to further mortality statistics based on death registrations

Information

Introduction

• The figures presented in tables represent deaths registered in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland in 2019.
• Deaths registered in England and Wales where the area of usual residence of the deceased is outside England and Wales are included in total figures for ‘England and Wales’ but excluded from any sub-division of England and Wales.
• The deaths of those whose usual residence is outside Scotland and Northern Ireland are included in total figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland and also in any sub-division of Scotland and Northern Ireland based on where the death occurred.

Things you need to know

• Death statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration, a legal requirement.
• Figures represent the number of deaths registered in the calendar year.
• Figures represent deaths that occurred in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. These include the deaths of individuals whose usual residence was outside these countries.

Quality and Methodology

The Mortality Statistics Quality and Methodology Information document contains important information on:

• the strengths and limitations of the data
• the quality of the output: including the accuracy of the data, how it compares with related data
• uses and users
• how the output was created

Our User guide to mortality statistics provides information on data quality, legislation and procedures relating to deaths.

The ONS policy on protecting confidentiality in birth and death statistics is available on the ONS website.

Mortality rates

Information on how the mortality rates have been calculated is contained in our User guide to mortality statistics

Infant mortality definitions

Infant deaths (under 1 year) at various ages are defined as:
Perinatal – Stillbirths and early neonatal deaths (under 7 days)
Neonatal – deaths under 28 days

Population estimates used to calculate mortality rates

The most up-to-date population estimates at the time of this release have been used to calculate mortality rates.

Population estimates for England and Wales

Symbols and conventions

In ONS mortality outputs symbols used are:

denotes not available
u low reliability

Further guidance on the use of symbols in tables is available.

Rates are not calculated where there are fewer than 3 deaths in a cell, denoted by (u). It is ONS practice not to calculate rates where there are fewer than 3 deaths in a cell, as rates based on such low numbers are susceptible to inaccurate interpretation. Rates that are based on between 3 and 19 deaths are displayed in tables but are denoted by (u) as a warning to the user that their reliability as a measure may be affected by the small number of events.

Further Information and Enquiries

Special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order for a charge (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources, and the ONS charging policy, where appropriate). Inquiries should be made to the Mortality Analysis team

User-requested data will be published on our website.

Access to microdata and disclosive data, that is, data that have the potential to identify an individual record requires the approval of the ONS Microdata Release Procedure (MRP) before the data can be provided.