Ons bridge 20216/19/2023 ![]() ![]() None of the 16 European countries with the highest peak excess mortality in the first half of 2021 were Nordic (a sub-region of Northern Europe comprising of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Data by age bands can be found in the accompanying datasets. This suggests that COVID-19 disproportionately impacted mortality rates for younger compared with older age groups in these countries in the first half of 2021. Compared with all ages, those aged up to 64 years in these countries saw worse mortality rates (higher rASMRs) relative to the average in some or all weeks. However, this trend has become less clear for some countries in the first half of 2021, most noticeably for the UK nations, Czechia and Hungary. This is because COVID-19 disproportionately affects people in older age groups (those aged 65 years and over). Spikes in excess mortality are generally characterised by higher peaks for all ages than for those aged 0 to 64 years. The 16 countries selected are the UK, constituent countries of the UK and the European countries with the highest weekly rASMR between the weeks ending 8 January 2021 and 18 June 2021 (the last week data was available for all countries).Relative age-standardised mortality rates (rASMRs) are expressed as the percentage change per week in 2020 or 2021 from the average expected age-standardised mortality rate in 2015 to 2019.Age-standardised mortality rates are standardised to the 2013 European standard population.Most other European countries are based on date of death. ![]() UK data are based on date of registration rather than date of death.Information about whether non-residents are included for countries outside the UK is not provided by Eurostat.However, the numbers of non-residents included are very small. For the UK countries, non-residents are excluded for figures from England, Scotland and Wales but are included for Northern Ireland.Relative age-standardised mortality rates, all ages, weeks ending 3 January 2020 to 18 June 2021, 16 selected European countriesĮmbed this interactive Copy Download the data Figure 1: Portugal had among the lowest peak excess mortality in 2020 but the highest in early 2021 In 2020, Portugal had one of the lowest peak excess mortality levels of all European countries (30.7% higher than the five-year average in week ending 17 July), but it then had the highest peak excess mortality in early 2021 (83.0% in week ending 22 January). In contrast, a positive value indicates a weekly ASMR above the five-year average.įigure 1 shows relative age-standardised mortality rates (rASMRs) for the UK, constituent countries of the UK and 11 European countries with the highest peak in excess mortality (rASMRs) in the first half of 2021. See the accompanying methods paper for details of how these are calculated.Ī negative value indicates a weekly 2020 or 2021 ASMR below what is expected, given the 2015 to 2019 five-year average for that week. They are expressed as the percentage difference per week in 2020 or 2021 from the average expected ASMR in 2015 to 2019. Relative age-standardised mortality rates (rASMRs) are measures of excess mortality. Relative age-standardised mortality ratesĪge-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) show the number of deaths observed per 100,000 people, taking into account differences in population age-structure between places and over time. ![]()
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