Weekly death figures have shown that the South East region has had the most deaths each week since 2010.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics have shown there has been as many as 65,711 deaths this year in the South East region.
The data show the human death count in each region.
The causes of deaths are not mentioned, therefore cover all types of death.
Figures from 8 years ago in 2010 were a total of 75,124 deaths which decreased the following year in 2011 by 1001 deaths.
However, the following years have slowly been increasing with the biggest increase from 2014 - 2015 where the total number of deaths rose by 4792.
This figure in 2015 averaged out as 6,768 deaths a month.
A spokesperson from NHS England South East said: “NHS England has a number of priorities and within the South East and South West, we have established a number of programme boards at a regional level to ensure these priorities are delivered locally.
“A significant part of our work in the region is to assure the work of the Clinical Commissioning Groups making sure they have good plans in place to meet the health needs of their population.
“Our local teams also make sure that people have access to high quality primary care services.”
Mike Burrell from Public Health England told us about the potential reasons behind the south east region holding the highest number of deaths, “The number of deaths in the south east will be expected to be higher than other regions as it is the most populous region.”
He went on to say, “The Public Health England profiles for premature and preventable mortality rates show the South East enjoy lower premature mortality rates for the most common causes of premature mortality.
“The life expectancy for the south east was 80.3 for men and 83.7 for women in 2017. This compares to the England life expectancy of 79.5 for men and 82.9 for women in 2017.” He said.
Compared to the average number of deaths so far this year of 6,571 a month, we should hopefully see a decrease in the total number of deaths in the South East region, however this is not promised.
The Home Office refused to comment on the figures.