Deaths due to an irregular heartbeat are likely to be one of the reasons more people than usual have been dying this year - with the number well above average so far
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The total number of deaths due to an irregular heartbeat was 37.1% above average in March and 23.1% in April - a sharp jump from 13.7% in January and 9.2% in February. Sarah Caul, ONS head of mortality analysis, said the figure had been"driven by higher than expected numbers of deaths since March, which could be caused by a combination of factors.
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