You asked

FOI/2021/2341

I would like excess deaths 2020 for U.K. compared with 5-year average. Please send me the above TOTAL not weekly format.

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Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

Excess deaths in England and Wales for 2020 can be found in our Excess deaths registered in 2020, England and Wales publication. Table 3 shows Excess deaths for England and Wales, England and Wales separately.