Excess winter deaths highest since 1970s, says ONS There were around 50,100 excess winter deaths in England and Wales in 2017-18 - the highest since the winter of 1975-76, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
The increase is thought to be down to the flu, the ineffectiveness of the flu vaccine in older people and spells of very cold weather last winter.
Most excess deaths occurred in women and the over-85s. BBC News
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