Aims of the Webinar Series
The aims of the webinars in this series are to provide an opportunity for:
- people across the UK involved in producing statistics relating to COVID-19, and other forms of insight, to share their experiences and exchange ideas,
- people using the statistics to pose questions and make comments,
- members of the audience to contribute insights to the analysis and interpretation based on work they are doing.
Rationale for this webinar
The aim of this webinar is to present and discuss the work that has been carried out across the 4 Nations on mortality relating to COVID-19. This is a suitable time to do this, now we can look back over data during the different stages of the pandemic. This webinar will look at mortality overall – including deaths higher than expected and also deaths lower than expected for any cause, not just those classified as deaths directly due to COVID. The presentations will also consider factors affecting mortality, including deaths by age, by socioeconomic category, by occupation, by ethnicity and by geography, and the relationship between these factors.
Vahe Nafilyan - ONS
Ronan Lyons - Professor of Public Health at Swansea University
Dr Jos IJpelaar: Researcher at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) Administrative Research Unit and has been working on Covid-19 deaths in Northern Ireland, reporting on age-standardised mortality rates, excess mortality, pre-existing conditions of Covid-19 deaths, and equality/socio-demographic characteristics of Covid-19 deaths. Details of these publications can be found here:
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/cause-death/covid-19-related-deaths.
There is also expected to be input from Scotland and English Regions.
Hira Naveed (RSS Official Statistics Section Vice Chair)