Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260493 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1117
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Using officially registered weekly death data, we estimate a baseline count of excess deaths during 2020 in England and Wales. We break down this number by region, age, gender, place, and cause of death. Our results suggest that there were 82,428 excess deaths in 2020 after the pandemic onset. Almost 90% of these excess deaths were due to COVID-19, suggesting that non-COVID-19 excess mortality may have been slightly higher that what has been previously estimated. Regarding deaths not due to COVID-19, individuals older than 45 years old who died at their homes, mainly from heart diseases and cancer, were the most affected. Supported by regional panel event estimates, our results highlight how measures to mitigate the pandemic spread and ease the pressure on healthcare service systems may adversely affect out-of-hospital mortality from other causes.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
Excess mortality
Lockdown
JEL: 
I10
I18
J10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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