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as I suspected

4. Leading causes of death

Figures 4 and 5 show the 10 most common underlying causes of death registered in July 2022, compared with the five-year average for July (2016 to 2019, and 2021), for England and Wales respectively. Causes of death are based on our leading causes of death groupings."
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/monthlymortalityanalysisenglandandwales/july2022#leading-causes-of-death

in each case 2022 was lower than the 5 year average
I know that this dataset is not exactly what we'd want, but if deaths have spiked, the dark blue and light blue values would be reversed, no?

I call BS on GP. If I am wrong, it's covid's fault. kek