"Figure 4: The number of deaths in 2020 exceeded the five-year average in age groups aged 15 years and over","" "Number of deaths registered by week and age group, England and Wales, 28 December 2019 to 20 November 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures include deaths of non-residents. 2. Based on date a death was registered rather than occurred. 3. All figures for 2020 are provisional. 4. The International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition (ICD-10) definitions are as follows: coronavirus (COVID-19) (U07.1 and U07.2). 5. Individual weeks may not sum to the year-to-date analysis as previous weeks have been recalculated to have the most up-to-date figures. 6. Does not include deaths where age is either missing or not yet fully coded." "Unit","Number of deaths" "","" "","All deaths – 2020","All deaths – Five-year average","COVID-19" "85 years and over","215854","191020","26589" "75 to 84 years","156862","135852","20953" "65 to 74 years","88458","79383","9642" "45 to 64 years","64533","56928","5987" "15 to 44 years","13848","13421","675" "1 to 14 years","735","868","4" "Under 1 year","2150","2415","2"