Health - Excess winter deaths

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Overview

Excess winter deaths

Excess winter deaths are defined as the difference between the number of deaths which occurred in winter (December to March) and the average number of deaths during the preceding four months (August to November) and the subsequent four months (April to July).

The Instant Atlas link below offers analysis of excess winter deaths data for Lancashire and there is also a seperate briefing sheet for winter excess deaths in Central Lancashire which includes the districts of Chorley, Preston, South Ribble and West Lancashire.

Downloads

Winter Excess Deaths Briefing - Central Lancashire (168 KB, Word Document)

Reference

Excess winter deaths interactive atlas
InstantAtlas showing excess winter deaths at local authority level for England.