The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 November 2007:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people over the age of 65 died during the winter months in (a) England and (b) the UK in each year since 1997. (165320)
The latest available data are for 2005. The tables below contain the number of deaths in persons aged 65 and over for England and the UK. As there is no standard definition of winter, figures are supplied for every month.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 January 55,558 40,120 52,006 53,764 40,962 44,134 40,534 41,482 41,320 February 37,308 35,933 36,732 34,744 34,871 34,347 34,890 33,601 35,023 March 35,731 39,154 37,292 34,217 38,133 36,419 36,856 35,261 38,448 April 33,781 37,053 32,657 33,070 34,102 33,649 34,984 32,064 33,079 May 33,760 34,190 32,629 32,095 33,611 33,144 33,577 31,846 32,649 June 31,789 32,171 31,314 31,121 31,565 31,612 30,679 30,385 29,963 July 32,166 32,827 31,308 31,549 31,940 32,322 31,641 30,787 29,720 August 31,621 32,164 31,562 30,466 30,738 31,079 32,959 30,590 29,760 September 31,441 31,930 30,862 29,809 31,180 30,871 31,056 29,879 28,337 October 34,421 35,299 34,293 33,416 32,504 34,764 34,826 32,728 31,229 November 35,315 35,406 33,956 34,460 33,873 33,923 37,049 31,909 32,022 December 39,382 46,433 48,609 37,371 38,709 39,365 40,557 37,882 37,045 Not known 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 January 66,471 48,439 62,696 64,817 49,462 52,695 49,073 50,012 49,374 February 44,878 43,217 45,127 41,832 41,881 41,546 42,135 40,620 42,297 March 43,088 47,323 45,310 41,327 45,988 44,024 44,384 42,654 46,748 April 40,665 44,767 39,716 39,968 41,215 40,668 42,197 38,901 40,039 May 40,774 41,201 39,481 38,897 40,523 40,006 40,748 38,630 39,514 June 38,557 38,812 37,838 37,720 37,992 38,113 37,255 36,767 36,429 July 38,951 39,609 37,827 37,979 38,535 39,046 38,217 37,246 36,038 August 38,295 38,959 38,230 36,767 37,244 37,652 39,570 36,986 35,966 September 37,883 38,587 37,334 36,331 37,839 37,547 37,660 36,301 34,489 October 41,644 42,623 41,280 40,317 39,436 41,883 42,026 39,690 37,813 November 42,562 42,555 41,008 41,492 40,681 41,091 44,734 38,538 38,611 December 47,487 54,943 58,675 44,877 46,482 47,422 48,787 45,499 44,503 Not known 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2