We’ve published our monthly mortality analysis data for December 2020.

#COVID19 was the leading cause of death for the month, accounting for

20.8% of all deaths in England

27.4% of all deaths in Wales

http://ow.ly/v4vN50Db5J4 

52,676 deaths were registered in England in December 2020, 10,594 deaths more than the five-year average (2015 to 2019).

In Wales, there were 3,941 deaths registered; 1,075 deaths more than the five-year average http://ow.ly/PEOd50Db5N9 

Adjusting for age, the #COVID19 mortality rate in December was

233.6 deaths per 100,000 people in England
374.4 deaths per 100,000 people in Wales

http://ow.ly/HQm450Db5Q0 

#COVID19 was the most common cause for deaths registered in England and Wales from January to December 2020.

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease was the second most common http://ow.ly/9sLV50Db5UG 

We have published updated data on deaths due to #COVID19 by postcode from March to December 2020.

Explore our interactive map http://ow.ly/Zt0150Db64U 

Yorkshire and the Humber was the English region with the highest #COVID19 mortality rate in December, with 320.5 deaths per 100,000 people.

The South West had the lowest rate at 123.1 deaths per 100,000 people http://ow.ly/cRk250Db67s 

In England, the #COVID19 mortality rate was more than 2.5 times higher in the most deprived areas than the least deprived in December:

most deprived – 391.6 deaths per 100,000 people
least deprived – 152.3 deaths per 100,000 people

http://ow.ly/AMzT50Db69P 

Similarly in Wales the #COVID19 mortality rate in the most deprived areas was nearly twice the mortality rate in the least deprived areas in December:

most deprived – 560 deaths per 100,000 people
least deprived – 285.9 deaths per 100,000 people

http://ow.ly/eJuw50Db6cd