11/17/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/17/2021 06:14
As at 14th November, 11,933 deaths have been registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate, according to statistics published by National Records of Scotland (NRS) today.
Between 8th November and 14th November, 115 deaths were registered that mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate, 25 fewer than the previous week.
Of deaths involving COVID-19 in the latest week:
There were 1,327 deaths from all causes last week, 222 (20%) more than the five year average.
Analysis of deaths occurring between March 2020 and October 2021 shows that after adjusting for age, people living in the most deprived areas were 2.5 times as likely to die with COVID-19 as those in the least deprived areas. The size of this gap has widened from 2.1 to 2.5 over the period of the pandemic.
This week's report includes an updated analysis of deaths of people of different ethnicities. The main findings from this are:
Pete Whitehouse, Director of Statistical Services, said:
"The number of registered COVID-19 deaths has fallen to the lowest number since early September. The next couple of weeks will provide valuable evidence on whether the latest fall is the start of a sustained decline or a continuation of the recent fluctuations.
"Our analysis shows that there continues to be an increased risk of dying with COVID-19 amongst people living in Scotland's most deprived areas and that deaths of people with a Pakistani, Chinese, Indian or Other Asian ethnicity are more likely to involve COVID-19 than those of people with a White Scottish ethnicity."
Notes
Other Asian: All ethnicities from Asia that do not fall under Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi are grouped under Other Asian.
The publication Deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland is available on the NRS website.
NRS figures include deaths where 'suspected' or 'probable' COVID-19 appears on the death certificate.
Data are provisional and subject to change in future weekly publications. The data will be finalised in summer 2022.
Media enquiries should be directed to:
Susie Rose
NRS communications
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Further information about the statistics is available from:
NRS Customer Services
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