"Figure 9: The age-standardised COVID-19 mortality rate in the most deprived areas was nearly twice as high as that in the least deprived areas","" "Age-standardised mortality rates, all deaths and deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), Index of Multiple Deprivation, Wales, 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. Deprivation quintiles are based on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, version 2019 (WIMD 2019). 6. 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. 7. Figures are provisional." "Unit","Rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Quintile","Rate","Lower CI","Upper CI" "1 (most deprived)","109.5","100.2","118.9" "2","78.5","71.4","85.7" "3","64.2","58.2","70.2" "4","50.5","45.4","55.6" "5 (least deprived)","57.5","52.1","63.0"