In week 52 of 2020 (21 to 27 December inclusive), there were 3.8 thousand deaths. The number of deaths rose further among people receiving long-term care. In this group, almost 40 percent more deaths were recorded than the expected number for this period. Mortality among the rest of the population is almost normal for this time of year. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on the provisional weekly figures on mortality.

Weekly mortality has been higher than expected since week 39. During the second epidemic wave (weeks 39 to 52 inclusive), altogether 6.7 thousand more deaths were recorded than would normally be expected in this period.
 

The Central Statistics Office's publication, "Irish Health Survey 2019 - Persons with Disabilities’, provides data and insights on the self-reported health status of persons with disabilities in Ireland and the extent to which they can rely on informal social supports (assistance from neighbours for example). The publication also outlines, for those aged 55 years and older, the extent to which persons with disabilities experience difficulties with certain personal care and household activities.

Today’s publication is the third and final in a series of health publications based on the Irish Health Survey from 2019. December 07 saw the publication of “Irish Health Survey – Carers and Social Supports”, while on 11 December the CSO published “Irish Health Survey 2019 – Main Results”. The data collection for this publication (and the previous two in the series) occurred from July 2019 to February 2020 and so relates to the pre-pandemic health and other experiences of respondents. 

Turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 1.0% in nominal terms in November 2020 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 2.4% compared with the previous month. These are the provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

Real turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 1.7% in November 2020 compared with the previous year. Real growth takes inflation into consideration. Compared with the previous month, real, seasonally adjusted retail trade turnover registered a decline of 2.0%.

Retail sector excluding service stations

Adjusted for sales days and holidays, the retail sector excluding service stations showed a 2.7% increase in nominal turnover in November 2020 compared with November 2019 (in real terms +3.2%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered an increase in nominal turnover of 8.3% (in real terms +7.7%), whereas the non-food sector registered a nominal negative of 1.7% 
(in real terms -0.4%).

Excluding service stations, the retail sector showed a seasonally adjusted decline in nominal turnover of 2.4% compared with the previous month (in real terms -2.1%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered a nominal minus of 0.3% (in real terms +0.1%). The non-food sector showed a minus of 3.2% (in real terms -2.7%).

EURONA is an open access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal dedicated to National Accounts and Macroeconomic Indicators. EURONA aims at providing a platform for researchers, scholars, producers and users of macroeconomic statistics to exchange their research findings. 

The 2020 EURONA issue was published on the Eurostat website on 15 December and contains the following articles:

• Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the national accounts, by Veronique Deneuville, Christine Gerstberger, Ángel Panizo Espuelas, Jenny Runesson, Steinar Todsen, Iveta Toleikyte and Orestis Tsigkas
• Measuring inflation in the EU in times of COVID-19, by Claude Lamboray, Rui Evangelista and Paul Konijn    
• The role of satellite accounting in expanding the System of National Accounts, by James Tebrake
• Pension data in European national accounts: ESA 2010 Table 29, by Filippo Gregorini 

For more information EUROSTAT Website

On World Statistics Day, Statistics Liechtenstein informed about the ‘online-preferred’ Census in December 2020.

Read more in the Newsletter “World Statistics Day and Liechtenstein count”

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News release “Current state of the coronavirus crisis” .

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (20 October 2020) published The Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2020, to mark World Statistics Day and European Statistics Day on 20 October. The Yearbook presents a comprehensive picture of Ireland, based on statistics published by the Central Statistics Office throughout the year.

A snapshot of life in Ireland based on statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office:

• Nine in ten (91%) of all households had access to the internet at home while almost all households with dependent children have internet access
• Last year was the first time more planning permissions were granted for apartments (20,582) than houses (19,670)
• The average spend on wages and salaries per employee was €30,512 in Small & Medium enterprises, while the average spend on wages and salaries in Large enterprises, which employ 250 or more, was €42,392
• From 2009 to 2019, the national average price for unleaded petrol increased by 26.8% from €1.12 to €1.42 per litre, while the national average price for diesel increased by 30.1% from €1.03 to €1.34 per litre
• Volkswagen (13,180) was the most popular make of new private cars licensed in 2019, followed by Toyota (11,408), Hyundai (10,281), Ford (9,047) and Skoda (8,791) – these five makes represented almost half (46.5%) of all new cars licensed
• More than half of males (52.2%) aged 75 years and over never take a journey by foot

On 20 October, World Statistics Day,  Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) signed a very important cooperation agreement with the University of Latvia on the improvement of study process and scientific work accordingly requirements of labour market and improved collaboration opportunities with students.

“In the age of data, development of new partnership forms and reinforcement of the existing ones is included in agenda of each national statistics institution both in Europe, and worldwide. Such kind of partnership is ambition of the CSB cherished for years, and it is natural that this agreement has been signed on such a significant day!” Aija Žīgure, the President of the CSB, notes with satisfaction." 

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