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England had the highest levels of excess deaths in Europe between the end of February to the middle of June, official analysis shows. The Office for National Statistics said England saw the second highest peak rates of death in Europe, after Spain. But England had the longest period where deaths were above average, and so overall had the highest levels.However areas in Spain and Italy were harder hit than cities in the UK.
Analyses that take account of the age of the population also show that England had the highest death rates in Europe in the weeks to the end of May.An animated guide: What are excess deaths?Let's use the UK as an example. If 2020 had been an average year, the dotted line in the chart below shows how many people we would have expected to die each week. This is known as
Why?
Mask up, folks.
The next question; What deaths EXACTLY? Stress, suicides, murders, homicides, overdose? This can all also contribute to what is currently going on, due to this silly lockup and shutdown. That alone, can drive some people insane!
No 1
England is indeed among the worst, up there with the completely unrelated UK and Scotland
IS! Not amongst!
“Among”? 🤦♀️ UK media covering for Tory government yet again. It’s Number One worst!
The word 'among' is kind of redundant in that headline don't you think?
We're at the top by miles and you know it. Man I hate what the Tories have done to the BBC.
Define 'among'...
I’m willing to admit I don’t understand the chart. Why are countries omitted from a “cumulative rate” chart based on a “decreasing rate”?
For info BBC It’s the worst! - for crying out loud do your fucking job just once!
Among
Scotland 3rd qoesr in the world
I’m shocked. Wasn’t expecting that after all the coherent advice and timely joined up precautions we have been given to follow. Perhaps it’s our own fault. It’s not like it wasn’t plain and simple to understand. They even proved to be great role models for us all to follow!!!
But foreigners?
It is the worst you truth twisters.
Among?
Covering for them even as people die.
Amongst? Why not say European Champions?
“Amongst the worst” isn’t incorrect of course but “the worst” is more accurate.
Have you bothered to ask BorisJohnson or MattHancock what the death figures are for today? And why the government are now knowingly hiding them from UK citizens and the world? WHO UNHumanRights
No, it's not 'among worst', it IS the worst, by Excess deaths and deaths per million, except for tiny Belgium. Stop lying for Johnson.
It is the worst, ffs!
World class
World-beating.
Amongst? IS! ! FFS BBC, spineless, stand up to them! Facts are facts.
This Tory government will be remembered because Boris and his cronies allowed thousands of people to die needlessly
THE worst in Europe .
ProfTomkins This is why the SNP decided on delaying Gym openings, unlike Toryland who have pushed hard working people and their loved ones to die of Covid. ToryCorruption BorisHasFailedTheUK
THE WORST - not among - THE WORST.
Correction:
The worst .
I think you meant to say ‘is the worst’? I’m old enough to remember when facts mattered.
Among?!!! Is that you bbclaurak ? 🤔 or the BBC genuinely cannot read basic stats? YOU HAVE THE NO. 1 SPOT - ENGLAND HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATHS IN EUROPE, READ THIS WELL PEOPLE, AND THE BBC IS TWISTING IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN MANIPULATING INFORMATION FOR THIS GOVERNMENT
*the worst.
IS. THE. WORST.
ARE WORST in Europe according to UK Office of National Statistics! Not among, not in same league, not in leading group, not part of, not included with, not between, not in company of, not surrounded by... BUT THE WORST, that's WORST!!!! Do your job we pay you to do. Speak FACTS
World beating
It IS the worst...
THE WORSE, NO. 1
Not ‘amongst the worst’....it reports that we ‘are the worst’....twisting words as well i see. One might think you are too closely aligned to this government....
Amongst worse !!!!! Choose your words carefully BBC!!!
Could you have not got the word black into the headline ? It's in all the others !
We already knew that. We want to know why and how to stop it happening again.
Why not just say worst? Number 1?
WarmongerHodges Among? Don't you ever give the Tory boot licking a rest?
THE WORST. You lying bastards.
Do delete the word ‘among’ for the correct word of ‘is’ the worse.
Well only the (real) PM to blame...
Among = is
In other news, Liverpool are 'among' the top teams in the Premier League and the Pope is 'among' leading catholics.
I think you mean is the worst ffs trying to make it abit less Tragic ffs 🙈 I suppose when the BBC covered up for Jimmy saville it was almost the worst crime in the bbc covered up 🤷♂️
Among? Shoddy reporting.
Not technically incorrect, I suppose but saying its 'among worst' when it is also *the* worst is misleading at best. But hey, when defending the far right fuck nut in 10, that's what you do best ain't it?
Less of the 'among'.
Let’s be completely clear bbcnews it’s THE worst there’s no amongst about it BorisHasFailedTheNation coviduk
God help us because the government sure as hell isn’t!
I know at least 5 people who died recently and all had covid-19 on their death certificates, but all 5 had been battling cancer 🤔
Tories will still find a way to defend this
Wouldnt say we have the worst CV figures in Europe but we’re certainly in the top 1 (to paraphrase).
I love that most of the replies are from people who for some irrational reason don't like Europe and want us to believe that desr old blighty is doing just great thanks, just ignore all the dead...nothing to see here.
jacqui703 Its the worst.
The. Worst.
Not as good as winning Eurovision but at least we're good (or is that terrible) at something.
night Because we have an older, unhealthier, more densely populated population.
Among? Nowhere is worse.
Because...... we locked down too late, we didn't wear masks.... we opened up too early.... Glad I didn't listen to a single word they said and did it my way.
The WORST
'AMONG (?!?!?!?) the worst in Europe' ?!?!? It's THE F*CKING WORST !!! Dear God, the BBC shamelessly pushing it's Conservatives bias even when it's reporting on the COVID19 death rate in the UK !!! Disgusting Tory propagandists !!! SHAME BBCbiasandlies
And Johnson talks about worries of a ‘second wave’ - still being ravaged by the first wave thanks to Governmental ineptitude
THE WORST
Among? Correction. Worst.
It’s not “amongst” it is the worse in Europe is this bbc Pravda ?
acgrayling Can we reasonably infer that Wales & Scotland deserve credit for protecting their residents despite being cudgelled by sharing the Johnson workbench? That's my instinct, but let's look at the data. Credit where it's due.
Typo: replace 'among' with 'the'. You're welcome.
World leading death figures MattHancock 😞
acgrayling You mean THE worst?
Chiclanagirl England's coronavirus death rate THE worst in Europe, ONS analysis shows Fixed it for you.
'among worst' it is the worst - why not be honest?
Among? Europe-beating!
Fake news fake stats
Chiclanagirl Correction to headline and teaser: England is the worst in Europe.
Not AMONG THE WORST you disgraceful propaganda arm of the Tory party. IT IS THE WORST. STOP LYING
Let's also consider this: Now why might a govt. servant make such a recommendation? Sounds like they don't want to see the full picture? Similar to RussiaReport then?
It’s not a competition.
Not among. THE worst.
Jackson_Carlaw any opinion here
No shit sherlock. What's next bear's shit in woods revelation!
I think you meant: 'England's coronavirus death rate THE worst in Europe, ONS analysis shows'
It is currently the worst ... could could have saved a word.
No it isn’t when we compare the figures using the same criteria. This is more BBC propaganda. It is no londger an unbiased company and yet we are expected to pay for this. Why?
It's the worst and you know it.
🇮🇸 is amongst the best, only 10 deaths linked to the 🦠 in total, none since April 20th. It’s been open to tourists since June 15th, with testing at the airports and only a handful of new, easily manageable cases every day.
Well BorisJohnson and MattHancock ....on your watch...how are you going to spin this? Seems you’re hiding again!
That'll be THE worst.
The ONS analysis shows it to be the worst in Europe. Please correct.
jacqui703 It doesn’t say “among” the worst, it says the worst. Why are you framing tweets to help the government?
Why is this tweet still up ?
If you are not part of telling the Truth, you are part of spreading the lie. Not 'among', the worst. Its time the BBC news started calling out the lies, or it risks become a victim of the fallout when 'it' hits the fan.
'among' 🙄
bbc5live No shit Sherlock 🙄
The worst not among, fixed it for you
It is the worst. Please report the facts
juniordrblog not amongst. THE worst. basic. be thruthful.
It IS the worst. IS, IS, IS 🙄🤬
Our death rate is worse than several EU countries combined. This is why the government stopped using a comparison graph. Tories responsible for tens of thousands of deaths.
It is the worst in Europe! 🙄
There, fixed it for you.... it really wasn’t that difficult 🤬🤬🤬
Too many people on a small island, but hey why tell the truth!!!
what do you expect when you have a government and opposition busy on their gravy train... money life
Wrong. It's the worst.
**THE worst**
Oh that's Jolly Good then, Just what we need to know, Make us all feel happy, You people must be Sickest People on the Planet.
UK is most obese country in western Europe, OECD finds
Delete ‘among’ from this headline.
It is the worst in Europe.
And this calculation has been made with what figures, the publichealthengland discredited statistics? Has anybody bothered to calculate UK coronavirusmortalityrates using the standard international formula? coronavirusUK
No one cares stop fear mongering do one get on with it
Of course it has...we’re fucking special. Ask the brainless nationalistic, flag waving fascists. Not for us to be amongst the average, or ordinaries of this world.
Fake news .... it actually is the worst report properly
THE worst.
You wrote 'among' when you meant 'is'. Stop with the government spin.
10DowningStreet DHSCgovuk and other commentators can play with figures and their interpretation as much as they like but fundamentally the UK is suffering an extraordinary loss of life due to many aspects of negligence and incompetence.
Grim reading, just when we needed an experienced government to get us through the pandemic, we get Boris and Dominic Cummings and their incompetent cabinet. 🙏
ALL EXCESS DEATHS CAUSED BY LOCKDOWN AND CLOSING OUR HOSPITALS.....Manslaughter!!!
Florida of Europe
'the worst,' not 'amongst the worst'.
BBCPolitics Exactly!
Well theres a surprise. Of course it is, Boris's lack of leadership and herd immunity has helped them get this figure with continued deaths every day.
Addendum: Strike “Among” BBCSmoothing
Massive population, small country so densely populated. Unhealthy population - 2 big factors for this virus.
I know a guy whose dad died of cancer. They put cause of death, Covid19 on his death certificate. Bet he's not the only one.
Amongst the worst in Europe? Should you not correct this to the worst in Europe? You're given one job, to report the news, one job...not be a Tory support mouthpiece...
Is that why you hide Englands death rate under “UK”?
People never happy .Just let people get C19.Then see what happens crying probably.
Not “ among” . “ the”
Among?
Stupid government and Stupid people.
Right, who's in charge here?
among = the
mrichalan FakeNews TWO deaths in England the other day and that was people who died of something but tested positive when they died. Stop spinng you poor excuse for a News Channel. ProjectFear You're SPINNING
Close all World borders to England ?
These are the headlines you deal with when you do not report deaths accurately. Then the insanely idiotic mask brigade jump on the bandwagon making matters worse 🤦🤦🤦 people in this country 🤷🏼♂️
Among = by far
Would take notice if every country recorded deaths correctly. Cause of death accurate and all that actually died of COVID not those that died of another illness but with a positive test.
Scared of a second wave when they haven't got rid of 1st wave yet
Based on a doctors believe not on facts not on testing BBCBreakfast bbcnews
Which coronavirus? Why is it now coronavirus & not covid19? Maybe because we are under the 5 year average death rate for all causes? Maybe keep calling it coronavirus so they can include flu also? Do we need to be scared of the most common coronavirus aka the cold now?
bbc5live 'England's' At last!
There’s no among, it is! Stop protecting the government and start protecting the country! At the moment they are mutually exclusive!
BBC forgets about population density. Of course they forget it otherwise their story wouldnt be able to push naratives and fear.
night
So sad to see this but not surprised. Johnson is an incompetent disgrace of a PM. resignnowboris cummingsshouldbeheldtoaccount
This tweet is going to act like a lightning rod for idiots who blindly repost conspiracies without bothering to even read the data it's referring to...
SpanishDan1 It’s not amongst the worst. It is the worst. Led by inept donkeys.
SpanishDan1 It IS the worst. There’s no ‘among’ about it.
I think you’ll find it’s THE worst in Europe not among the worst
Can anyone recall the specific date over Christmas that Boris Johnson said this would be over?
the netherlands belong to the eu like a piece of ireland and belgium. just like Germany. so you should mention them. and GB is still part of the EU. even if i find it crap just because a politician has her own head. but for this moment we all belong together
Shame you never mentioned that since then, excess deaths are trending below the 5 year average, but then wanting some decent reporting probably asking a bit much from the bbc.
It would be good if people would actually read articles before commenting. Its about death numbers above average for that time of year. This is difficult to fake because deaths are hard to hide. A crude but reliable indicator, not relying on testing or death certificate policies
No mystery here at all, just basic physics : It is inevitable that a small overcrowded island with the highest proportion of surplus inhabitants in Europe, who have little understanding of the native culture and parlance, should also have the highest disease transmission rate.
Create the problem, allow for the reaction and bring in a Draconian solution. Evil.
Who are to be framed with accusation? Definitely it’s not our NHS at any cost!
I'll get shot down for saying it... but... that's what happens when Boris had his head up his ass for too long. He confused people... then opened pubs!! But people do have to take responsibility for themselves also
MalcolmNance There's a lot of stupid people in England, just look at their Prime Minister.
As we have been counting people who at anytime have been diagnosed as having Covid-19 as dying from it regardless of the actual cause of death that is not surprising!Almost as if PHE wanted to exaggerate the figures.
If you look at the Tory Cabinet members interests many of them are company directors and consultants. If they ran their companies like they have run the coronavirus response they would either be bankrupt or fired.
BBCPolitics BBC desperate to paint UK in a bad light. Particularly the hated 'England'. We are part way through a pandemic - how does this help in any way?
Worth repeating 👇
Correction... The world!
Based on incorrect figures? More lies being peddled by the marxist BBC, the enemy within!
Is anyone really surprised. 💩💩
Would these be the deaths that are likely to be removed as they were wrongly recorded ?
More drivel from the biased BBC Give us absolute proof on how other countries record Covid deaths. DefundTheBBC ScumMedia
Help charities to staysafe with PPE from TheHopeRev visit;
How.many had covid on death certificates that did.not die of it ? I know.of a few so the reporting is a shambles.
Hi BBC, ONS said ‘the worst’ not among the worst- who the fuck are you protecting ?
Its obvious when you count someone who tested positive and then gets hit by a bus as a COVID death
The lockdown and associated measures will kill many more (if they haven’t already) than the cold virus. As well as damaging every single institution and aspect of society. Including the NHS
This isn’t news! We’ve known this for months!
Really? because the number of non preexisting condition deaths are very small and half the people who have died are over 80.
Just proves our cities are way overcrowded
Hmmmm if this is from the BBC ill take it with a pinch of salt.
Wha...wai...you...you said 'England'! Not 'UK' or 'EnglandandWales'! You ARE capable of telling the difference! I'm so proud of you!
Not ‘among’ IS the worst death rate in Europe. Even with weeks of notice, this rancid, lying, hapless Tory government have done the worst job in Europe and one of the worst in the world.
Why the fuck are the BBC showing Spain’s statistics? Are you literally trying to spare our gov exposure to the ONS facts
दुखद व चिंताजनक।
How many of these deaths were caused by motorbikes? Figures have yet to be updated by the ONS
Are Johnson/Cummings and MattHancock still in denial of this and preparing to try to blame the EU for a 2and wave. Shambolic and panic comes to mind.
TOO MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN A SMALL ISLAND
This tells you when no one was watching other country’s with people dying fast and still shaking peoples hands, plus not locking down when on our side we felt like we was in a terror movie. Airports open hot spot people coming in just hand sanitizer provided. Crazy
Based on lies. Listen.
While Boris does his distraction routine about other countries in Europe
BBC again stirring it up before a report due shows how many cases were actually due to covid
It's not as bad as predicted, will turn out to be no worse than a bad seasonal Flu outbreak, and the Lockdown as probably caused more deaths.
Thought we'd moved onto the plague....guess there must be some juice left in the Con-orona virus. Bill's really milking this one. He's got some much invested, to big to lose for him.
It says we are / were the worst, not amongst the worst? BBCHughPym
This is why England will need to move very fast to prevent a second wave rising out of control. Localised lockdowns won't cut it. So when the R number shows signs of going up in London, all of London must go back into strict lockdown. There is no time for prevarication.codered
False figures. Doctors get paid more to put coronavirus on the death certificate. And even if it's got nothing to do with coronavirus.
Well no doubt Boris will blame us the public or someone else it won’t be their fault that’s for sure!!
You mean we are second in the world to Belgium. BorisHasFailedUK
Our corrupt kakistocracy of a government is the worst in Europe too, saved from the description of worst in the world only by the existence of Trump. A factor that, beyond any doubt, resulted in a much higher death toll. When we needed leadership all we had was Boris the Liar.
MalcolmNance
We have the second highest level of obesity in Europe, a proven mortality risk factor for Covid. We are the most widely connected country in Europe with 18.1 million passengers arriving in the first 3 months of the pandemic. We were the epitome of a sitting duck.
Leeds United finished among the best points total in The Championship
UK are World leading
And the tory MPs want to reduce quarantine time. I dont think so. Selfish sods
Only if you believe the honesty of European governments.🙄
What has happened to your reporting standards Not ‘among’ the worst - the analysis shows it as the worst. You really should have more concern for reporting the facts and less concern about upsetting the government.
What?!! Are you telling me that the country with one of the highest populations in Europe, along with being a major travel hub had the most excess deaths? Well who’d have thought
Shadow euthanasia
Would that be because as a country we have a large old population due to medicine etc. Over 89% of Covid deaths in the UK are over 65s. That’s ~45,000. And older people’s immune systems aren’t that great at fighting illness especially if they already have pre existing conditions
This is a tautology of course. The high death occurred as the most vulnerable 65's group were not protected soon enough. They were not included in the initial SAGE model (Prof Ferguson). Global recovery rate is 95% so if UK had 300k cases then no. of covid19 deaths should be 15k
At last the BBC news are highlighting the English covid 19 figures and not call it the UK
And in other news, water is wet
worldbeating in all the wrong ways. How sad for all those affected by covid19 in England
EVERY OTHER NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD IS SAYING ENGLAND WAS THE WORST. WHY ARE THE BBC HELL BENT ON PRETENDING IT WASN'T BY SAYING 'AMONG THE WORST'
How long are we prepared to put up with the demented dancing bear Johnson, his useless Cabinet and his Kremlin controller Cummings? It’s simply outrageous. We are an island ffs!! GNU needed urgently. sackjohnson SackCummings
We’re also the most crowded major country in Europe. Which may go some way to explaining the higher death rate
BBC, can you confirm all comparisons are like for like? They haven’t been up to now.
Not breaking news... something we already knew!
MalcolmNance Gee what foes UK and USA have in common? Putin friendly leaders Boris and Trump...
What surprises me about this report is that England is highlighted rather than the UK, which acknowledges that Scotland, Wales and Ireland are actually very low in comparison.
Perfect storm of decadent, incompetent leadership from a populist government literally elected to damage their own national interest.
Incorrect
I know for a fact of 2 people who died of other causes with COVID on their death certificate, whilst the numbers are unacceptably high they are inflated
Well...Boris did say we were world beating!
DONT WORRY BORIS WILL TELL US THE FIGURES ARE WRONG AND WE HAVE THE BEST IN EUROPE, AND LIE JUST LIKE THE CHILD POVERTY FIGURES, THE CONSERVATIVES MANIPULATING FIGURES TO SUIT THERE AMBITIONS!!
ONS?
A true state broadcaster headline there. Utterly disgraceful. THE worst in Europe.
BBCPolitics Lol Britain just signed deal for 60 million doses of vaccine lol they don’t work what country has vaccine that works ? Answer none so l wonder if a mp is making money out of this for his friends and getting a back gander l wonder no vaccine works yet if it did it would be on news
BBCPolitics As per your story: England had the worst (you don't need to try and sugar by adding the word 'among'): 'England had the longest period where deaths were above average, and so overall had the highest levels.'
Let's break the evil chain of the coronavirus👿 ◄ Ephesians 6:12 ► For we do not have to struggle against flesh and blood, but against dominions, against authorities, against the princes of this dark world, against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Among the worst? The article says overall we HAD the worst. Why soft soap the headline? We’re the worst. Say it. Hold them to account. Ask why.
'among' doing some heavy lifting there
Is this news, I'm sure all the left were crowing it was the worst a month or 2 ago
And people still support Brexit, maybe some guidance from Europe would have been welcome.
Of or with....?
No - they show the figures that the countries came up with. Who believes them? Who thinks they are all being honest? Using the same criteria? The same timescales? Methods? ...
nickeardleybbc Are we surprised with clowns running the exercise?
You lot really love to gloat about people’s misfortune but never report positive aspects. DefundTheBBC
BBCPolitics BBC changing their tune not that long ago they were reporting we were the worst, now we are among the worst. So we might be 2nd worst 5th worst or maybe even 15th worst who knows
BBCPolitics PHE_uk deciding what made up death figure to publish on a given day ...
Love it when a prime minister is responsible for so many deaths. Of course any other party and virt no deaths would of occured🙄, Get real
Don't be modest, it's THE worst.
BBCPolitics thankfully in Wales we are not run by Boris, Cummings or Hancock... we will never let WelshConserv run Wales.... we need independence from these vile politicians who don't even have the morals to resign after causing this disaster. YesCymru
In all this talk/spin trying to make it look like we are at risk of a so-called second wave (NB there is no such thing) from that beastly place called Europe, remember this data about England's death rate and remember the underlying reasons for this.
The Beeb at it again. There is an investigation being undertaken into recording techniques. Germany record only German citizens, while here in the UK there have been countless people on Twitter claiming their very elderly relative's death had been wrongly attributed to Covid.
Are we still recording corona deaths with people who died but had it months ago?
Too slow off the mark !
Because they kicked everyone out of Hospitals with no treatment to die at home or care homes...you left that bit off...
nickeardleybbc 'among'
Imagine how bad it could have been,if Johnson hadn't done such a wonderful job?
The ONS said it was *the* worst.
You could spin this as England's health care had been so successful in keeping an aged population alive despite their crippling diseases that the virus found a 'target-rich environment'
Poor leadership has put us as Europes No 1.....not a title to be proud of
And yet according to Al 'Dr Pangloss' Johnson we are to be proud of our record with Covid-19.
Shambles
If you stop counting at the end of June. Which distorts the comparisons, because England has a later peak, and the cumulative death rate starts to fall for many weeks after the peak.
nickeardleybbc No one listen to Boris. Hr save us if we listen
Tory voters are so thick and indoctrinated they will continue to defend this disgraceful reality.
Selective period... ..fewer deaths than 5-year average for past 5 weeks!
Are all European countries now recording stats in the same way now then?
In other news, death by Flu is almost non-existent this year in the UK.
World leading, well Europe leading...
Lies! Deception! Not reporting properly! Cover ups! Anyways , enough about the other countries figures that we levy ours against.
The ONS 😂 Great source to use but it is the BBC so what do people expect DefundBBC
Liverpool among the champions league places this season.
No surprise... What do you expect with the 'Shower in Power' BorisJohnson MattHancock michaelgove BorisJohnson
Boris is a Putin plant, just like Trump.
And yet, Johnson reckons he's doing a good job.
That is what happens when you tell stupid people to wear a mask. They refuse because of their stupidity, and then normal people suffer.
We know.
Thanks for nothing you people.
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