Table 4.

COVID-19 mortality odds ratio (MOR) for occupational groups, by time period. adjusted for age, sex, deprivation, region, urban/rural classification and population density. Source: Office of National Statistics. [CI=confidence interval.]

Occupational classification	Time Period
	January 2020– September 2020	October 2020–May 2021	June 2021– October 2021
	MOR (95% CI)	MOR (95% CI)	MOR (95% CI)
Non-essential workers	Ref	Ref	Ref
Healthcare professionals and associates	1.85 (1.59–2.16)	1.08 (0.92–1.26)	0.84 (0.63–1.12)
Medical Support Staff	2.12 (1.73–2.61)	1.31 (1.04–1.65)	1.21 (0.85–1.73)
Social care	1.6 (1.42–1.8)	1.45 (1.31–1.6)	1.15 (0.97–1.36)
Education	1.17 (0.97–1.4)	1.02 (0.87–1.2)	1.09 (0.84–1.41)
Food retail and distribution	1.23 (1.07–1.41)	1.46 (1.31–1.62)	1.07 (0.89–1.29)
Food production	1.26 (0.97–1.65)	1.12 (0.89–1.4)	1.07 (0.73–1.57)
Taxi and cab drivers	2.42 (1.99–2.93)	3.15 (2.63–3.78)	1.7 (1.26–2.29)
Bus and coach drivers	1.84 (1.37–2.46)	2.44 (1.89–3.15)	1.42 (0.89–2.27)
Van drivers	1.1 (0.86–1.41)	1.33 (1.1–1.62)	0.78 (0.54–1.13)
Other transport workers	1.14 (0.96–1.34)	1.54 (1.35–1.77)	0.9 (0.7–1.14)
Police and protective services	1.03 (0.78–1.36)	1.03 (0.81–1.3)	0.99 (0.68–1.44)
Sanitary workers	1.06 (0.88–1.29)	1 (0.85–1.18)	0.95 (0.73–1.23)
Missing	0.64 (0.58–0.71)	1.26 (1.19–1.34)	0.95 (0.84–1.07)