West Dunbartonshire death figures in 2020 the second highest in Scotland

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Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A total of 1,253 deaths were registered in ailing West Dunbartonshire last year –the second highest figure by council area in Scotland.It comes as national figures show the highest number of excess deaths since wartime, due to the coronavirus pandemic.But the West Dunbartonshire figure marks the third highest death rate by council in Scotland on crude data – at 14.1 per 100,000 population.However, that number increases to 14.7 when data is standardised taking into account factors such as the age and sex of the population – making it the second highest number of deaths by local authority area in Scotland – behind only sprawling Glasgow City on 15.3.