Persistent Excess Deaths in Young and Middle-Aged in the UK

A comment published in the Lancet has stated that there is an excess death rate of 8.6 percent across all age groups in the UK—with the most significant increase in younger and middle-aged adults. Based on figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the excess deaths equated to more than 1,000 a week for the first six months of this year (an extra 28,024) up from the previous year of 2022 which showed an excess death rate of 7.2 percent—a total of 44,255 deaths more than expected. “(Causes) could include the direct effects of COVID-19, infection, acute pressures on NHS services resulting in poorer outcomes from episodes of acute illness,” the one-page comment, co-authored with researchers from Imperial College London, the Department of Health, the University of Exeter and others said....