FOI/2021/2675
You asked
Please supply the average age of persons dying from COVID-19 in May 2021.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We have recently produced the information you have requested in the following dataset: Average age of death (median and mean) of persons whose death was due to COVID-19 or involved COVID-19, by sex, deaths registered in March 2020 to June 2021, England and Wales.
| Involving COVID-19 | Due to COVID-19 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | ||
| May 2021 | People | 76 | 73.7 | 74 | 72.9 |
| Males | 74 | 71.6 | 73 | 70.7 | |
| Females | 79 | 76.7 | 78 | 75.8 | |
Download this table Table 1: Average age of death (median and mean) of people whose death was due to COVID-19 or involved COVID-19, by sex, deaths registered monthly from March 2020 to June 2021, England and Wales
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