Six new indicators of climate change - covering various mortality and suicide and specific health case statistics

In this UK ONS blog post (Office of National Statistics) Myer Glickman (ONS - Head of Climate and Global Health) reports that the United Nations Statistical Commission is incorporating six new indicators into the Global Set of Climate Change Related Indicators and Statistics. The headlines for the six new indicators are:

• Diarrhoea cases attributable to extreme temperatures and extreme rainfall
• Malaria cases attributable to extreme temperatures and extreme rainfall
• Mortality attributable to high and low temperatures
• Suicides attributable to extreme heat
• Mortality attributable to wildfire-related PM2.5 (this post note - Fine particulate matter)

Apparently this is the culmination of four years of work and as part of that various reports reports and technical papers based on the best scientific knowledge available and up-to-date statistical methods.  These can be found at the UN-hosted website or the open document platform Zenodo.

Here is a  summary of the whole project that was released 9th June 2026.

Hat Tip for image above - Image by ELG21 from Pixabay 

 

#FridayFacts -= levels of trust in public institutions. Text that follows is from ONS

Source: Trust in Government Survey, UK: 2023 from the Office for National Statistics

Notes:

1) Levels of trust were reported on a 0 to 10 scale, where 0 is ’not at all’ and 10 is ’completely’.

2) The ’high or moderately high trust’ category represents scores of 6 to 10, ’neutral’ represents scores of 5 and ’low or no trust’ represents scores of 0 to 4.

3) For institutions marked with an *, the category ’Do not know’ is based on a sample size of less than 30 and should be treated with caution.

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@ONS graphs - TV character names and celebrity babus' names are proving a hit

TV character names are proving a hit Names featured in "Sex Education" are still on the rise 

Number of girls registered with the name Maeve, and boys with the name Otis, at birth, England and Wales, 1996 to 2021  

 Arthurs have more than doubled since the arrival of Birmingham’s infamous gangster family on TV screens 

Number of boys registered with the names Arthur, Finn and Tommy at birth, England and Wales, 1996 to 2021  

 Are parents trying to keep up with the Kardashians? Saints have risen more than tenfold since the birth of Kim Kardashian’s son 

Number of boys registered with the name Saint at birth, England and Wales, 1996 to 2021

an @ONS graph - The 2020s prove golden years for Bowie-inspired boys’ and girls' names

The 2020s prove golden years for Bowie-inspired boys’ names 

 Number of boys registered with the names Bowie and Ziggy at birth, England and Wales, 1996 to 2021

and for girls' names

an @ONS graph - Musical names are climbing the charts There were 14 times the number of baby boys named Ezra in 2021 compared with a decade before

Musical names are climbing the charts There were 14 times the number of baby boys named Ezra in 2021 compared with a decade before 

Number of boys registered with the name Ezra and girls named Mabel at birth, England and Wales, 1996 to 2021

an @ONS graph - The lowest paid occupations were more represented among the long-term sick

The lowest paid occupations were more represented among the long-term sick 

Number of former workers economically inactive owing to long-term sickness for every 1,000 current workers, by major occupation group, UK, April 2021 to March 2022

an @ONS graph - For every 1,000 wholesale and retail trade workers, there were 10 former employees out of work on long-term sick

For every 1,000 wholesale and retail trade workers, there were 10 former employees out of work on long-term sick Number of former workers in the last two years economically inactive because of long-term sickness for every 1,000 current workers, by industry, UK, April 2021 to March 2022

an @ONS graphic - Residents of the most deprived areas of England were more likely to be using more credit because of increases in their cost of living

an @ONS graph - “Other” health problems rose 41% between 2019 and 2022

“Other” health problems rose 41% between 2019 and 2022 

 Percentage change in economic inactivity owing to long-term sickness, by most common primary condition, people aged 16 to 64 years, UK, 2019 to 2022

 

an @ONS graph - The number of people out of the labour market because of long-term sickness has been rising in recent years

The number of people out of the labour market because of long-term sickness has been rising in recent years 

Cumulative change in number of people aged 16 to 64 years inactive owing to long-term sickness, seasonally adjusted, UK, January to March 2017 to June to August 2022

ONS Graphic - Levels of personal well-being remained relatively stable in the latest period

Source: ONS

ONS Graphic - Around three-quarters (76%) of adults were very or somewhat worried about the rising cost of living and climate change

 

Source: ONS

ONS graphic - adults in the least deprived areas of England were more likely to have received phishing messages

 

Source: ONS

an @ONS graphic - popular baby names and the influence of films

Names from films feature strongly A popular Pixar fantasy may have helped Luca enter the top 30 Number of boys registered with the name Luca and girls named Raya at birth, England and Wales, 1996 to 2021

ONS graphic - advance fee fraud is significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels

 

Source: ONS

an @ONS graphic - People aged between 55 and 74 years appeared most likely to be reducing energy use in their home

an @ONS graphic - Nearly 6 in 10 people who have seen their cost of living rise cut spending on non-essentials

An @ONS graph - Hybrid work was more common among higher earners

Percentage of working adults, by income, Great Britain, 27 April to 8 May 2022

an @ONS graph - The proportion of homeworkers planning to work mostly from home rose 12 percentage points between April 2021 and February 2022

Future plans of workers who worked from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, Great Britain, 21 to 25 April 2021 and 3 to 13 February 2022