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Number of estimated deaths of homeless people (13842) Metric type
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- This is the number of deaths of homeless people identified from the death registration records held by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and a statistical method called capture-recapture modelling was applied to estimate the most likely number of additional registrations not identified as homeless people. The statistics mainly include people sleeping rough or using emergency accommodation such as homeless shelters and direct access hostels, at or around the time of death.
An upper age limit of 74 years is applied to avoid accidental inclusion of elderly people who died in some institutional settings. This means that a small number of genuine deaths of homeless people aged 75 years or over might have been excluded. Deaths for those below the age of 15 are also excluded.
Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Figures may include deaths of non-residents of an area. Figures may not sum to the total number of estimated deaths due to rounding.
- Modified
- 05 Feb 2021
- Data last updated
- 23 Nov 2022
- Short label
- No. deaths of homeless people (estimated)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Total
- Dataset
- Deaths of homeless people (estimated)
- Collection
- Deaths of homeless people
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
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