Annual Death Registrations in Lincolnshire by Gender and District

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data provides the number of deaths registered annually in Lincolnshire and its districts, broken down by gender. The dataset is updated annually and uses the deceased person's area of usual residence for reporting. As of January 2025, this dataset is under consultation for review, which may affect its update schedule.

Use Cases

• Analyzing gender-specific mortality trends in Lincolnshire based on annual death counts.
• Comparing death rates across different districts within Lincolnshire based on geographic breakdown.
• Tracking changes in annual death registrations over time for public health reporting.
• Assessing the impact of data suppression on small-area mortality statistics, as values below 5 are not published.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative UK Office for National Statistics (ONS).
• The dataset provides an annual time series of death registrations.
• Includes a geographic breakdown by district within Lincolnshire.
• Includes a demographic breakdown by gender.

Limitations

• Low values (below 5) are suppressed, which may create gaps in data for smaller geographies.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS), aggregated by Lincolnshire County Council.

Collection Method

Administrative registration data.

Freshness

Updated annually; last metadata update was 2026-07-08 13:31:32.615887.

Geography

Lincolnshire and its districts, United Kingdom.