Updated: Added report for week 12, 2018.

Public Health England’s (PHE’s) weekly all-cause mortality surveillance helps to detect and report significant weekly excess mortality (deaths) above normal seasonal levels. This report doesn’t assess general trends in death rates, or link excess death figures to particular factors.

Excess mortality is defined as a significant number of deaths reported over that expected for a given week in the year, allowing for weekly variation in the number of deaths. PHE investigates any spikes seen which may inform public health actions.

For earlier data, see the archive of older reports.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortality-weekly-all-cause-mortality-surveillance