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The Office of National Statistics has
just released coroners’ statistics for 2016 and the headline figures certainly support
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inquests.
Here are some key figures from 2016:
·
241,211
deaths were reported to coroners, the highest to date. This shows an increase of 2% from 2015.
·
The number of inquests opened increased by 5,769 to 38,626 (up 18%) driven by the increase in
deaths while subject to DoLS.
·
Inquest cases
represented 16% of all deaths reported to coroners, an increase of 2% over
2015.
·
40,504 inquest conclusions were recorded – this is an increase of 14% on 2015.
·
There were 11,376
deaths of individuals subject to DoLS –
and increase of 58% over 2015 and
representing 5% of all deaths reported to coroners.
·
The percentage of
inquests completed relating to persons
aged 65 or over has increased from
61% to 66%. The ONS suggests that this may be due to the increase in the
number of deaths of individuals subject to DoLS authorisations all of which
require an inquest and may predominantly relate to the older population.
Link to full report, ONS Coroners’ statistics 2016 England & Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2016
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