Characteristics of deaths in the lockdown period, compared with before lockdown and a comparable period in 2019
| Measure | During lockdown versus before lockdown | During lockdown versus 2019 | ||||||
| Number with data | Before lockdown (77 days) (n=711) | During lockdown (98 days) (n=839) | P value | Number with data | 2019 (91 days) (n=756) | During lockdown (91 days) (n=771) | P value | |
| Time period | 6 January–22 March 2020 | 23 March–28 June 2020 | 1 April–30 June 2019 | 30 March–28 June 2020 | ||||
| Median age of death in years (IQR) | 1550 | 0.2 (0.0–4.8) | 0.2 (0.0–5.0) | 0.603 | 1527 | 0.2 (0.0–7.2) | 0.2 (0.0–5.2) | 0.206 |
| Sex | 1521 | 0.176 | 1477 | >0.999 | ||||
| Male | 417 (59.7%) | 462 (56.2%) | 411 (56.8%) | 428 (56.8%) | ||||
| Female | 282 (40.3%) | 360 (43.8%) | 312 (43.2%) | 326 (43.2%) | ||||
| Ethnicity | 1177 | 0.584 | 1205 | 0.312 | ||||
| White | 314 (62.1%) | 427 (63.6%) | 358 (61.1%) | 396 (64.0%) | ||||
| Other* | 192 (37.9%) | 244 (36.4%) | 228 (38.9%) | 223 (36.0%) | ||||
| Deprivation measure (1–10)25 | 1523 | 4 (2–7) | 4 (2–7) | 0.375 | 1481 | 4 (2–6) | 4 (2–6) | 0.965 |
| Region | 1550 | 0.893 | 1527 | 0.171 | ||||
| London (all London boroughs) | 121 (17.0%) | 146 (17.4%) | 155 (20.5%) | 136 (17.6%) | ||||
| Elsewhere | 590 (83.0%) | 693 (82.6%) | 601 (79.5%) | 635 (82.4%) | ||||
| Place of death | 1533 | 0.016 | 1487 | 0.860 | ||||
| Hospital | 560 (79.2%) | 610 (73.8%) | 537 (73.8%) | 556 (73.3%) | ||||
| Elsewhere | 147 (20.8%) | 216 (26.2%) | 191 (26.2%) | 203 (26.8%) | ||||
Numbers are n (%) or median (IQR) as appropriate.
Comparisons were made using Fisher’s exact test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test as appropriate.
*Asian or Asian British, black or black British, mixed or other.