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Mortality rates are significantly higher among people with pre-existing conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes Mortality rates rise sharply with age and are higher among men than women

People in some population groups have a higher risk of dying from Covid-19 than others: The first wave saw a surge in people dying in care homes, where there were almost 27,000 excess deaths compared with the 2015–19 average, almost half (45 per cent) of all excess deaths in England and Wales. Fewer non-Covid-19 deaths occurred in hospital, suggesting many people who died at home would in non-pandemic years have died in hospital. During the pandemic, significantly larger (by one-third) numbers of people died at home compared with preceding years only 3 per cent of these deaths at home were due to Covid-19.Covid-19 changed the health profile of England’s population radically by becoming the leading cause of death in 20.The number of people dying from Covid-19 exceeded the number of people dying from the most common killers in preceding years (eg, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke and lung cancer).However, from January to June 2022, the all-cause mortality fell and was lower than in any year since 2001, very likely because of people who died prematurely in 20 as a result of the pandemic. This caused the mortality rate from all causes in 20 to increase to levels of about a decade ago. The pandemic has resulted in about 139,000 excess deaths 1.Since then, the number of people dying from Covid-19 has been more moderate. The first and second waves between mid-March 2020 and March 2021 caused the most deaths. There have been several waves of Covid-19 deaths in England and Wales between 20, causing a surge in total and excess deaths compared with years preceding the pandemic.Overall, the number of people who have died from Covid-19 to end-July 2022 is 180,000, about 1 in 8 of all deaths in England and Wales during the pandemic.

The data relates to England, England and Wales, or the UK depending on data availability and relevance to the context.

Note: This report examines Office for National Statistics (ONS) (provisional) data on Covid-19 and overall deaths since 2020, when the pandemic started, to 29 July 2022.