"Figure 1: Men working in elementary occupations had highest rates of death involving COVID-19, before the period of lockdown ","" "Annualised age standardised rates of death involving COVID-19, deaths registered in England and Wales between 9 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 and occurred on or before 25 April 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) include those with an underlying cause, or any mention, of U07.1 (COVID-19, virus identified) or U07.2 (COVID-19, virus not identified). 2. Figures are for residents of England and Wales aged 20 to 64 years. 3. Occupations defined using the Standard Occupation Classification 2010 [(SOC 2010)](https://onsdigital.github.io/dp-classification-tools/standard-occupational-classification/ONS_SOC_hierarchy_view.html). 4. Figures are for deaths that occurred on or before 25th April 2020 – these are the deaths we assume to be a result of COVID-19 infection before the date of lockdown on 23rd March 2020. 5. Figures are based on deaths registered between 9th March and 30th June 2020. 6. Annualised age-standardised mortality rates are only presented for occupations with 20 or more deaths. " "Unit","Annualised age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 men" "","" "Description ","Annualised rate","Annualised 95% LCI","Annualised 95% UCI" "All men aged 20 to 64 years","117.0","112.4","121.6" "","undefined","undefined","undefined" "Elementary occupations","247.8","221.4","274.3" "Caring leisure and other service occupations","234.9","193.4","276.4" "Process plant and machine operatives","181.6","163.1","200.1" "Administrative and secretarial occupations","171.0","138.6","203.5" "Sales and customer service occupations","153.6","120.5","192.7" "Skilled trades occupations","135.8","121.8","149.7" "Managers directors and senior officials","99.3","86.4","112.1" "Associate professional and technical occupations","84.8","72.3","97.3" "Professional occupations","70.8","61.1","80.4"