Eng/Wales death numbers from Ancestry databases pre and post 2007:
2004: 569,715
2005: 568,386
2006: 551,777
2007: 151,747 (old database)
2007: 176,520 (new database)
2007: 328,267 (total for year)
2008: 256,833
2009: 264,650
2010: 250,492
2011: 229,244
2012: 181,351
2013: 131,363
The description for the earlier database begins with:
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This database is a searchable, digitized version of the indices of civil registrations in England and Wales, reported quarterly to the General Register Office (GRO) in London.
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but the description of the new database just says:
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This index provides death details for people in England and Wales, specifically their name, gender, date of birth or age at death, date of death, and residence place at death.
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I have not been able to work out why about half the likely entries don't appear. For my missing people there are always others for the same month, part of the alphabet and reg district.