Relative risk (RR) of death by calendar month, age, sex, deprivation, region and ethnicity; with estimates of RR between years and the number of excess deaths calculated
Measure | Comparison of deaths between 2019 and 2020 (April–March) | pinteraction | ||||
2019 | 2020 | Excess deaths | RR | P value | ||
All deaths | 3423 | 3067 | −356 (−514 to −198) | 0.90 (0.85 to 0.94) | <0.001 | |
Stratified by month of death | 0.181 | |||||
April | 262 | 268 | 6 (−39 to 51) | 1.02 (0.86 to 1.21) | 0.794 | |
May | 270 | 269 | −1 (−47 to 45) | 1.00 (0.84 to 1.18) | 0.966 | |
June | 238 | 234 | −4 (−47 to 39) | 0.98 (0.82 to 1.18) | 0.854 | |
July | 261 | 263 | 2 (−43 to 47) | 1.01 (0.85 to 1.20) | 0.930 | |
August | 308 | 263 | −45 (−92 to 2) | 0.85 (0.72 to 1.01) | 0.060 | |
September | 275 | 245 | −30 (−75 to 15) | 0.89 (0.75 to 1.06) | 0.189 | |
October | 294 | 221 | −73 (−117 to −29) | 0.75 (0.63 to 0.90) | 0.001 | |
November | 318 | 245 | −73 (−120 to −26) | 0.77 (0.65 to 0.91) | 0.002 | |
December | 333 | 267 | −66 (−114 to −18) | 0.80 (0.68 to 0.94) | 0.007 | |
January | 315 | 283 | −32 (−80 to 16) | 0.90 (0.77 to 1.05) | 0.191 | |
February | 256 | 237 | −19 (−63 to 25) | 0.93 (0.78 to 1.10) | 0.392 | |
March | 293 | 272 | −21 (−68 to 26) | 0.93 (0.79 to 1.09) | 0.377 | |
Stratified by age | <0.001 | |||||
Less than 1 year | 2155 | 1993 | −162 (−288 to −36) | 0.92 (0.87 to 0.98) | 0.012 | |
1–4 years | 394 | 264 | −130 (−180 to −80) | 0.67 (0.57 to 0.78) | <0.001 | |
5–9 years | 243 | 197 | −46 (−87 to −5) | 0.81 (0.67 to 0.98) | 0.029 | |
10–14 years | 289 | 274 | −15 (−62 to 32) | 0.95 (0.80 to 1.12) | 0.527 | |
15–17 years | 342 | 339 | −3 (−54 to 48) | 0.99 (0.85 to 1.15) | 0.908 | |
Stratified by sex | 0.926 | |||||
Male | 1901 | 1683 | −218 (−335 to −101) | 0.89 (0.83 to 0.95) | <0.001 | |
Female | 1466 | 1304 | −162 (−265 to −59) | 0.89 (0.83 to 0.96) | 0.002 | |
Stratified by deprivation measure* | 0.912 | |||||
1/2 | 1134 | 1012 | −122 (−213 to −31) | 0.89 (0.82 to 0.97) | 0.008 | |
3/4 | 764 | 692 | −72 (−147 to 3) | 0.91 (0.82 to 1.00) | 0.059 | |
5/6 | 616 | 529 | −87 (−153 to −21) | 0.86 (0.76 to 0.96) | 0.010 | |
7/8 | 476 | 413 | −63 (−121 to −5) | 0.87 (0.76 to 0.99) | 0.035 | |
9/10 | 364 | 339 | −25 (−77 to 27) | 0.93 (0.80 to 1.08) | 0.346 | |
Stratified by region | 0.885 | |||||
East Midlands | 283 | 251 | −32 (−77 to 13) | 0.89 (0.75 to 1.05) | 0.166 | |
East of England | 339 | 278 | −61 (−110 to −12) | 0.82 (0.70 to 0.96) | 0.014 | |
London | 609 | 563 | −46 (−113 to 21) | 0.92 (0.82 to 1.04) | 0.179 | |
North East | 154 | 138 | −16 (−49 to 17) | 0.90 (0.71 to 1.13) | 0.349 | |
North West | 500 | 431 | −69 (−129 to −9) | 0.86 (0.76 to 0.98) | 0.024 | |
South East | 468 | 403 | −65 (−123 to −7) | 0.86 (0.75 to 0.98) | 0.028 | |
South West | 252 | 235 | −17 (−60 to 26) | 0.93 (0.78 to 1.11) | 0.441 | |
West Midlands | 451 | 436 | −15 (−73 to 43) | 0.97 (0.85 to 1.10) | 0.615 | |
Yorkshire and Humber | 367 | 332 | −35 (−87 to 17) | 0.90 (0.78 to 1.05) | 0.186 | |
Stratified by ethnic group | 0.153 | |||||
Asian or Asian British | 557 | 462 | −95 (−158 to −32) | 0.83 (0.73 to 0.94) | 0.003 | |
Black or black British | 252 | 247 | −5 (−49 to 39) | 0.98 (0.82 to 1.17) | 0.823 | |
Mixed | 188 | 156 | −32 (−68 to 4) | 0.83 (0.67 to 1.03) | 0.085 | |
Other | 94 | 65 | −29 (−54 to −4) | 0.69 (0.50 to 0.95) | 0.022 | |
White | 1855 | 1721 | −134 (−251 to −17) | 0.93 (0.87 to 0.99) | 0.025 |
Numbers are frequency counts or RR plus 95% CI as appropriate.
RR derived from Negative Binomial Model (all alpha values approximating to 0).
Bolded rows represent periods of national lockdown.
Some demographic data missing, so denominators may vary between analyses.
*Level one is most deprived area, 10 is least deprived.