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. 2021 May;27(5):1468–1471. doi: 10.3201/eid2705.203524

Table. Coronavirus disease cumulative mortality rates among adults, by age group, sex, region, ethnicity, and residence-based socioeconomic deprivation score, England, UK, March 2–December 3, 2020*.

Characteristic Age group, y
18–59
>60
No. cumulative deaths Population† Cumulative mortality rate§ No. cumulative deaths Population† Cumulative mortality rate§
Sex
F 1,406 15,399,252 9.1 23,809 7,081,746 336
M
2,497
15,399,681
16.2

30,473
6,141,881
496
Region
London 868 5,266,170 16.5 6,959 1,437,281 484
South East 368 4,554,266 8.1 6,399 2,217,002 289
East of England 371 3,313,330 11.2 5,332 1,646,457 324
West Midlands 479 3,059,310 15.7 6,696 1,405,816 476
Yorkshire and Humber 399 2,854,445 14.0 6,494 1,324,798 490
East Midlands 299 2,486,593 12.0 4,844 1,201,199 403
North West 727 3,803,145 19.1 10,708 1,765,241 607
North East 182 1,377,087 13.2 3,652 686,963 532
South West
156
2,797,918
5.6

2,777
1,568,870
177
Ethnicity
White 2,625 25,429,023 10.3 48,054 12,384,629 388
Black or Black British 407 1,299,892 31.3 1,523 202,902 751
Asian or Asian British 561 2,920,985 19.2 3,163 510,845 619
Mixed 56 750,086 7.5 241 66,357 363
Other
187
398,948
46.9

866
58,894
1,470
IMD score
1 (most deprived) 1,299 6,214,331 20.9 13,633 1,934,761 705
2 985 6,414,752 15.4 11,601 2,314,652 501
3 651 5,925,517 11.0 10,226 2,777,687 368
4 537 5,619,071 9.6 9,824 2,965,692 331
5 (least deprived)
377
5,263,233
7.2

8,577
3020639
284
Total* 3,904 30,798,933 12.7 54,282 13,223,627 410

*IMD, Indices for Multiple Deprivation.
†Deaths with missing information are excluded: 476 for region, 503 for ethnicity, and 476 for IMD. Population denominator is from 2018 except for IMD. For IMD (3), population denominator is 20–59 and >60 year age groups only, and is from 2017.
§Deaths/100,000 population.