The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published premature mortality rates for adults in England and Wales on Nov. 10, 2026, allowing comparisons across ethnic, educational, socioeconomic and deprivation groups.
The data cover all-cause premature mortality rates among people ages 18 to 74 from March 2021 through December 2023. ONS organizes the rates by ethnic group and highest qualification. It also uses National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification and deprivation quintile.
A separate study of England’s north-south mortality divide examined adults ages 25 to 49 in 2024. That study covered a different age range and period from the new ONS release.
