Huddersfield · Kirklees local authority · 1 card
Huddersfield is a town, not a statistical area: these figures are for Kirklees local authority as a whole (which includes Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley and surrounding towns). Treat them as the wider-area picture, not street-level results.
How mortality changed with the seasons in Kirklees, using the latest local winter mortality index.
Kirklees's winter mortality index was 3.8% from August 2021 to July 2022. It compares deaths in December to March with the average of the adjacent non-winter periods; it does not count deaths proven to have been caused by cold. The series is old and publication has been paused.
Sources: Office for National Statistics mortality data via OHID Fingertips. Each card states its reporting period; open its share page for the retrieval date and full provenance.
3.8%
Winter mortality index: winter deaths compared with adjacent non-winter months.
24th lowest winter-to-non-winter mortality index of 151 upper-tier authorities
England: 8.1% · Similar
Kirklees · Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 · Persons, All ages
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90360 · Latest local series; publication has been paused.