{"id":5771,"date":"2020-05-13T17:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T11:04:14","slug":"5771","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=5771","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/peoplepopulationandcommunity\/birthsdeathsandmarriages\/deaths\/bulletins\/deathsinvolvingcovid19bylocalareasanddeprivation\/deathsoccurringbetween1marchand17april\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UK Office for National Statistics<\/a>, &#8220;<em>there were 90,232 deaths occurring in England and Wales [between 1 March and 17 April 2020] that were registered by 18 April; 20,283 of these deaths involved the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/em>&#8221; The following map plots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/peoplepopulationandcommunity\/birthsdeathsandmarriages\/deaths\/bulletins\/deathsinvolvingcovid19bylocalareasanddeprivation\/deathsoccurringbetween1marchand17april\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this data<\/a> which has been made available at small area statistics on May, 1st, showing the COVID-19-related deaths as a share of all cause deaths in each area of the two nations. The left map shows a conventional map for reference, while the cartogram on the right is proportional to each areas respective population, so that more populated urban areas appear larger than sparsely populated rural areas:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Covid19deaths_EnglandWalesMaps.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Covid19deaths_EnglandWalesMaps.png\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Map of COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Covid19deaths_EnglandWalesMaps.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(click for larger version)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe ONS highlights a number of points that emerge in this snapshot of the pandemic:<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>When adjusting for size and age structure of the population, there were 36.2 deaths involving COVID-19 per 100,000 people in England and Wales.<br \/>\nLondon had the highest age-standardised mortality rate with 85.7 deaths per 100,000 persons involving COVID-19; this was statistically significantly higher than any other region and almost double the next highest rate.<br \/>\nThe local authorities with the highest age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving COVID-19 were all London Boroughs; Newham had the highest age-standardised rate with 144.3 deaths per 100,000 population followed by Brent with a rate of 141.5 deaths per 100,000 population and Hackney with a rate of 127.4 deaths per 100,000 population.<br \/>\nThe age-standardised mortality rate of deaths involving COVID-19 in the most deprived areas of England was 55.1 deaths per 100,000 population compared with 25.3 deaths per 100,000 population in the least deprived areas<br \/>\nIn Wales, the most deprived areas had a mortality rate for deaths involving COVID-19 of 44.6 deaths per 100,000 population, almost twice as high as the least deprived area of 23.2 deaths per 100,000 population.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. 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