Death statistics and ambulance collections (FOI)Death statistics and ambulance collections (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
16 April 2021.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Please could you tell me the answers to the following:
A
A tally of deaths on island in population over 65 in January to March for the last four years.
B
Deaths in care homes month on month for the last four years.
C
How many people died of influenza during the last four years, broken down yearly.
D
Ambulance collections of live patients over 65s years of age, a comparison between January to March in the last four years.
Response
A
A tally of deaths on island in population over 65 in January to March for the last four years.
Year | Number* |
2017 | 180 |
2018 | 190 |
2019 | 180 |
2020** | 160 |
2021** | 200 |
*Numbers rounded to nearest 10
** Provisional numbers
B
Deaths in care homes month on month for the last four years*
Please note these are counts of deaths in care homes, and does not include residents of care homes who may have been transferred, for example to hospital
Month | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020** |
January | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
February | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 |
March | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 |
April | 10 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
May | 20 | 30 | 10 | 20 |
June | 10 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
July | 20 | 20 | 10 | 20 |
August | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
September | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
October | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 |
November | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 |
December | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
* Please note: Numbers rounded to nearest 10
** Provisional numbers
C
How many people died of influenza during the last four years, broken down yearly.
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) - Influenza is coded J09-J11.
Year | Number* |
2017 | <5 |
2018 | 5 |
2019 | <5 |
2020** | <5 |
* Numbers rounded to nearest 5; numbers under 5 suppressed to avoid disclosure
** Provisional Number
D
The table below shows where the ‘Main Patient’ age was 65+ year old.
There were 91 collections where patient age was not listed.
Month and Year | Emergency | Routine | Urgent | Total |
January 2017 | 265 | 110 | 101 | 476 |
February 2017 | 222 | 101 | 68 | 391 |
March 2017 | 215 | 80 | 78 | 373 |
January 2018 | 259 | 123 | 93 | 475 |
February 2018 | 220 | 96 | 78 | 394 |
March 2018 | 279 | 99 | 98 | 476 |
January 2019 | 269 | 99 | 88 | 456 |
February 2019 | 231 | 83 | 77 | 391 |
March 2019 | 240 | 81 | 86 | 407 |
January 2020 | 254 | 116 | 84 | 454 |
February 2020 | 247 | 99 | 68 | 414 |
March 2020 | 203 | 81 | 52 | 336 |
January 2020 | 222 | 137 | 82 | 441 |
February 2020 | 215 | 135 | 61 | 411 |