October's age-standardised mortality rate was about equal to the five-year average – slightly lower in fact. This suggests that many of the non-Covid 'excess' deaths we've seen recently are due to population ageing.
The UK Statistics Authority has written to the ONS to censure it for a recent report claiming that the risk of death with Covid was "32 times greater in unvaccinated people than in fully vaccinated individuals".
New analysis shows that the UKHSA data showing higher infection rates in the vaccinated is not a result of using wrong population estimates, as critics had claimed.
According to a recent survey by the Office for National Statistics, public compliance with Covid guidelines has hit a record low in England.
New figures from the ONS show that, between January 2020 and June 2021, Sweden had *negative* excess mortality. This constitutes a complete vindication of Anders Tegnell's "trust-based" approach. Well done, professor!
A re-analysis of ONS data finds that VE against death has been overstated due to not taking into account the delay between infection and death. It also uncovers an alarming spike in Covid deaths following vaccination.
Almost 10,000 extra people have died from non-Covid illnesses in England and Wales since the summer, according to the Office for National Statistics.
In a recent study, respondents were asked about 18 different symptoms. With the exception of anosmia, believing that one had had Covid was associated with reporting symptoms, but actually having had Covid was not.
Former senior ONS employee James Wells has reported his old employer to the UK Statistics Authority for making the misleading claim in a new report that the "risk of death is 32 times higher in the unvaccinated".
The latest report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries includes the encouraging news that 2021 so far is an average year for deaths, but the worrying news of high mortality in the under-65s.
