You asked
Please provide:
- Total excess deaths for 2020 U.K.
- Total excess deaths to date 2021 U.K.
- Total excess deaths EU or reference where this can be obtained.
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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.
UK Excess Deaths 2020
Please see the following link to a previously published FOI, which will answer your enquiry: Excess deaths for UK for the year 2020 - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
UK Excess Deaths 2021
Using the most up-to-date data from Figure 3 of Deaths Registered Weekly in England and Wales, the number of deaths from the week ending 13 March 2020 up to 18 June 2021 in England was 735,439; of these,132,340 deaths (18.0%) mentioned COVID-19. This was 100,237 deaths above the five-year average
In Wales, the number of deaths for the same period was 47,714; of these, 7,899 deaths (16.6%) mentioned COVID-19. This was 4,906 deaths above the five-year average.
In table 1 of the corresponding dataset, you will find weekly comparisons of 2021 deaths against 2020 deaths and the five-year average (2015-2019), which will provide weekly excess deaths for 2021.
Excess Deaths in the EU
We do not hold mortality statistics for the whole of Europe. Please contact Eurostat for European statistics. Contact details can be found here.