Mortality in H1 2025 reaches 'historic low', CMI finds

CMI data shows deaths involving Covid-19 in 2025 so far accounted for fewer than 1%

Martin Richmond
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Mortality in H1 2025 reaches 'historic low', CMI finds

Mortality in the first six months of the year reached a “historic low”, research from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) finds.

The CMI's mortality analysis for England and Wales for the period to 27 June 2025 revealed overall mortality in the first half of the year was lower than in the first half of any other year. The...

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