Press release No. 322 of 15 August 2023
WIESBADEN – 75,686 people died in Germany in July 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (-1%). An examination of individual calendar weeks reveals that the mortality figures in Week 28 (10 to 16 July) differed by +4% from the corresponding comparative value. According to the Robert Koch Institute's weekly report on heat-related mortality (only in German), the nationwide weekly median temperature simultaneously exceeded the threshold above which additional heat-related deaths can be expected. According to data of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (German weather service) (only in German), high temperatures were recorded in the first half of July, which dropped considerably in the second half of the month. As temperatures decreased during the month, the mortality figures fell back to around, or below, the median of the previous years (-2% to -6%) in Weeks 29 and 30 (17 to 30 July).
