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 | ||||||
| Before lockdown (77 days) | During lockdown (98 days) | RR | P value | 2019 (91 days) | During lockdown (91 days) | RR | P value | |
| All deaths | 711 | 839 | 0.93 (0.84 to 1.02) | 0.138 | 756 | 771 | 1.02 (0.92 to 1.13) | 0.706 |
| Split by age of death | ||||||||
| Birth–27 days | 292 (41.1%) | 361 (43.0%) | 0.94 (0.81 to 1.10) | 0.457 | 310 (41.0%) | 336 (43.6%) | 1.07 (0.92 to 1.25) | 0.378 |
| 28 days–1 year | 158 (22.2%) | 174 (20.7%) | 0.95 (0.76 to 1.17) | 0.613 | 150 (19.8%) | 160 (20.8%) | 1.07 (0.85 to 1.33) | 0.570 |
| 1–4 years | 87 (12.2%) | 95 (11.3%) | 0.92 (0.68 to 1.22) | 0.554 | 78 (10.3%) | 81 (10.5%) | 1.04 (0.76 to 1.42) | 0.812 |
| 5–9 years | 42 (5.9%) | 43 (5.1%) | 0.94 (0.61 to 1.44) | 0.770 | 58 (7.7%) | 38 (4.9%) | 0.97 (0.65 to 1.46) | 0.893 |
| 10–14 years | 52 (7.3%) | 78 (9.3%) | 1.06 (0.75 to 1.51) | 0.730 | 80 (10.6%) | 73 (9.5%) | 0.98 (0.72 to 1.35) | 0.921 |
| 15–17 years | 80 (11.3%) | 88 (10.5%) | 1.02 (0.75 to 1.38) | 0.898 | 80 (10.6%) | 83 (10.8%) | 1.04 (0.76 to 1.41) | 0.814 |
| Split by period of lockdown | ||||||||
| 1st period | 711 | 492 | 0.97 (0.86 to 1.09) | 0.141* | 418 | 432 | 1.03 (0.90 to 1.18) | 0.773* |
| 2nd period | 711 | 347 | 0.87 (0.77 to 0.99) | 338 | 339 | 1.00 (0.86 to 1.17) | ||
Numbers are frequency counts or RR (95% CI) as appropriate.
*Test that the model better fits data after allowing two periods of lockdown.
RR, rate ratio.