United Kingdom: Number of excess winter deaths in England & Wales 2000-2017

This table shows the number of excess winter deaths in England and Wales and the corresponding temperatures in degrees Celsius from winter 2000/2001 to winter 2016/2017. The highest number of excess winter deaths in this period occurred in the winter of 2014/2015 with over 43 thousand deaths. This occurred with an average temperature of 4.8 degrees Celsius. In contrast, the lowest number of excess deaths was the winter of 2013/2014, with over 17 thousand deaths and an average temperature of 6.2 degrees Celsius.