ONS has put out some very interesting data today about people dying in their own homes. As I& #39;ve reported before this is a issue which hasn& #39;t received enough attention. Indeed, ONS confirmed today that in 2020 the numbers of excess deaths at home are up 23% in England. https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1315956506307825665">https://twitter.com/lewis_goo...
Almost 60% of excess deaths in private homes in England people aged 70 to 89 years. See table below. Deaths in hospitals/hospices way down, deaths in private homes/care homes up. Private home deaths up most-41% for women in England, for example.
It& #39;s v important to note. ONS says these people dying at home were not dying of Covid. With English males, for example, the biggest cause of death at home was heart disease (25.9% up). Meanwhile, heart disease deaths at hospitals were down 22.4%.
Prostate cancer deaths at home were up 53.5% in England. They& #39;re down 28.2% in hospital. 5 year av for prostate cancer for these weeks in all settings is 4794 deaths. We reached 4979, up 3.5% or 185 men. The question which will be asked is, were these deaths avoidable?
Likewise for colon, rectal cancers etc.
Five year average for men in England is 3649
2020 number for these weeks is 3787
So up 138 or 3.7%. That& #39;s been driven by a 46% increase in deaths at home.
Five year average for men in England is 3649
2020 number for these weeks is 3787
So up 138 or 3.7%. That& #39;s been driven by a 46% increase in deaths at home.