Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales, 1950-2014, by Region and Demographics

Provisional and final figures for excess winter mortality in England and Wales from the winter of 1950 to 2014. The data is broken down by region, sex, age group, and local authority, and includes related metrics like moving averages, monthly deaths, temperatures, and influenza mortality. The dataset was published by Cambridgeshire Insight and last updated on 2026-04-03.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between temperature and mortality based on mean monthly temperature data.
• Analyzing demographic disparities in winter deaths based on breakdowns by sex and age group.
• Tracking influenza's impact on mortality using weekly deaths per 100,000 caused by influenza-like illnesses.
• Assessing long-term trends in seasonal mortality using the 5-year moving average figures.
• Comparing regional public health outcomes based on data broken down by region and local authority.

Strengths

• Covers a 64-year time range from 1950 to 2014.
• Includes multiple related metrics: mortality, temperature, and influenza data.
• Provides breakdowns by region, sex, age group, and local authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Cambridgeshire Insight

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official mortality and meteorological statistics.

Time Range

1950 to 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 08:01:48.978405; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales