Excess deaths for UK for the year 2020

Dyddiad y datganiad:
16 June 2021

You asked

FOI/2021/2341

I would like excess deaths 2020 for U.K. compared with 5-year average. Please send me the above TOTAL not weekly format.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

Excess deaths in England and Wales for 2020 can be found in our Excess deaths registered in 2020, England and Wales publication. Table 3 shows Excess deaths for England and Wales, England and Wales separately.

Table 3: Number of deaths registered in 2020 and the five-year average (2015-2019), by sex and age group, deaths registered in England and Wales 1,2,3
Age groupPeople​​​
​20202015-
2019		ExcessPercentage
difference
​​​​​
All ages607,922532,07775,84514.3%

Notes

  1. Death figures are based on deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in a calendar year. For information on registration delays for a range of causes please see our website.
  2. Non-residents are included in the England and Wales total but not England and Wales separately. For this reason counts for "England" and "Wales" may not sum to "England and Wales".
  3. Figures are based on geographical boundaries as of February 2021

Download this table Table 3: Number of deaths registered in 2020 and the five-year average (2015-2019), by sex and age group, deaths registered in England and Wales 1,2,3

.xls .csv

Gwneud cais Rhyddid Gwybodaeth

Everything you need to know about Freedom of Information and how to go about making a request.