"Figure 7: Year-to-date excess deaths in 2022, in England, were lower using the 2016 to 2019 and 2021 average than the 2015 to 2019 average, because of the second wave of COVID-19 in 2021","" "Excess deaths compared against the 2015 to 2019 and 2016 to 2019 and 2021 five-year average, England, deaths registered in January to April 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are for deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in each period. 2. Figures for 2021 and 2022 are based on provisional mortality data. 3. Figures exclude non-residents. 4. The 2016 to 2019 and 2021 five-year average provides an up-to-date comparison (rather than 2015 to 2019) of the number of deaths expected per month in a usual (non-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic) year. 5. The individual months figures are not refreshed each month and therefore may not sum to the year-to-date figure, which is updated every month." "Unit","Excess deaths" "","" "Month","Compared to average of 2015 to 2019","Compared to average of 2016 to 2019 and 2021" "Jan","-3304","-5655" "Feb","-987","-3338" "Mar","1291","1141" "Apr","1522","2200" "Jan to Apr","-1481","-5655"