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Last year, 581,000 deaths were registered across England and Wales, a national increase of 0.7 percent on 2022 figures.
Information from the data set published by The Office for National Statistics has been analysed alongside population records to determine the UK areas with the highest death rate.
The investigation has revealed Blackpool, the seaside town home to the famed Blackpool Pleasure Beach resort, has an additional 400 deaths per year above the national average of 955 per 100,000 people.
In 2023, Blackpool residents had a more than one in 100 chance of dying, with a total of 1,370 deaths recorded for every 100,000 locals.
The ONS uses ‘age-standardised mortality rates’ to compare areas with different population sizes and age demographics.
Last year, Blackpool had the highest age-standardised mortality rate in addition to the highest mortality rate among men (1,618 deaths per 100,000) and women (1,158 deaths per 100,000).
By comparison, Barnet in London had the lowest overall mortality rate in the country with 732 deaths per 100,000 members of the population, far below the national average.
Surrey Heath had the lowest rate for men at 851 deaths per 100,000 males, and Richmond upon Thames had the lowest death rate for women at 599.
The alarmingly high number of deaths recorded in Blackpool was followed by Blaenau Gwent in Wales, with 1,303 deaths recorded in the county per 100,000 people.
Manchester had the third highest mortality rate across England and Wales with 1,287 deaths per 100,000 people.
On a national level, the average mortality rate has declined slightly to 955 from 958 for every 100,000 recorded in 2022.
The mortality rate for England and Wales spiked in 2020 due to an increased number of deaths as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Records show 1,023 deaths were reported for every 100,000, although the figure fell back down to 983 by 2021.
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