Table 2.

Average number of deaths from 2015 to 2019, number of deaths in 2020, and expected number of deaths in 2020 by age and sex in Italy for calendar weeks 8–26

Age groups (years)	Average number of deaths 2015–2019 (A)	Number of deaths observed in 2020 (B)	Number of deaths expected in 2020 (C)	Number of officially registered as death COVID-19 (D)	Number of observed deaths in 2020—expected (B − C)	Difference between number of observed deaths and average number of deaths (B − A)	Number of observed deaths in 2020—expected—officially death COVID-19 (B − C − D)
Male
0–29	1015	752	995	13	− 243	− 263	− 256
30–49	3201	2935	3047	255	− 112	− 266	− 367
50–59	6022	6542	6298	892	244	520	− 648
60–69	12,839	14,489	13,003	2597	1486	1650	− 1111
70–79	25,944	31,989	26,983	6194	5006	6045	− 1188
80+	55,825	70,930	60,888	9572	10,042	15,105	470
Total	104,845	127,637	111,215	19,523	16,422	22,792	− 3101
Female
0–29	555	416	541	7	− 125	− 139	− 132
30–49	1872	1700	1777	105	− 77	− 172	− 182
50–59	3660	3758	3811	281	− 53	98	− 334
60–69	7455	7793	7555	810	238	338	− 572
70–79	17,943	20,344	18,405	2706	1939	2401	− 767
80+	82,734	101,251	86,561	10,246	14,690	18,517	4444
Total	114,219	135,262	118,650	14,155	16,612	21,043	2457
Total
0–29	1570	1168	1537	20	− 369	− 402	− 389
30–49	5073	4635	4824	360	− 189	− 438	− 549
50–59	9681	10,300	10,109	1173	191	619	− 982
60–69	20,294	22,282	20,558	3407	1724	1988	− 1683
70–79	43,887	52,333	45,388	8900	6945	8446	− 1955
80+	138,559	172,181	147,449	19,818	24,732	33,622	4914
Total	219,064	262,899	229,864	33,678	33,035	43,835	− 643