Ah thanks, so it looks as the step change in the DIA happened after the covid website was terminated in August so that would fit!
However, the website says that the wls data shared yesterday is for any registration of death occurrences up to Jan 26
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However, the website says that the wls data shared yesterday is for any registration of death occurrences up to Jan 26
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So my hunch is that, up to August 2020, the database somehow got access to deaths "notified" (so when a death is confirmed even if cause is not yet) ... and now it's only deaths registered
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One reason I think this is what happened is that the differential between registrations and occurrences is highest with <30 (where a high % go through coroners) and lower in the 80+ (where that % is low)
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Just a few thoughts
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As said, just another thought