"Figure 7: Urban major conurbation had a significantly higher age-standardised mortality rate of deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) than any other Rural Urban Classification ","" "Age-standardised mortality rate of deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), Urban Rural Classification, deaths occurring between 1 March and 31 May 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Deaths occurring between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 and registered by 6 June 2020. 2. Figures exclude death of non-residents and are based on May 2020 boundaries. 3. Coronavirus (COVID-19) was the underlying cause or was mentioned on the death certificate as a contributory factor (ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2). 4. Rates have been standardised using European Standard Population 2013 (ESP 2013) and are expressed per 100,000 people. 5. Rates have not been adjusted to take into account the period of interest. They use the annual population as a base and may differ from rates presented in other publications. 6. Figures are provisional." "Unit","Rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Rural-Urban Classification Areas","March","April","May" "Urban major conurbation","17.6","84.0","21.9" "Urban minor conurbation","5.1","62.6","28.4" "Urban city and town","5.5","47.2","21.7" "Rural town and fringe","4.3","36.2","18.0" "Rural hamlets and isolated dwellings","3.8","34.8","15.2" "Rural village","3.8","30.7","13.5" "Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting","3.5","24.5","11.5" "Urban city and town in a sparse setting","3.2","20.8","12.5" "Rural village in a sparse setting","1.9","14.6","9.9" "Rural hamlets and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting","1.5","15.3","5.8"