Not really.
The ONS average out all deaths over the last 5 years & if more people die this month than that average, that is an excess death. The ONS simply take the difference between the current and baseline numbers of deaths, they don't automatically weight their figures for changes in demographics, ethnicity and deprivation. So the ONS data shows that excess deaths in 2022 were 6.3% higher than average, but when they do weight them for age they were 0.7% below average. This is because the UK population is growing and ageing, which will result in more deaths even if nothing else changes.
Having said that from this ONS review of deaths, we are tracking about on average for this time of year...
Provisional death registration data for England and Wales, broken down by sex, age and country.
www.ons.gov.uk
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Is it the effects of Long Covid?