Table 3

Comparison of the impacts of COVID and other causes on mortality indices

Age group (years)	UK	GB	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
Crude deaths
COVID-19 unmitigated	523 016	510 000	467 409	42 591	13 016
COVID-19 fully mitigated	20 510	20 000	18 330	1670	510
Drug poisonings	4460	4334	3483	850	126
Suicide	6038	5739	5039	701	298
Inequality-related	147 346	144 164	127 013	17 150	3182
Age-standardised mortality per 100 000
COVID-19 unmitigated	903	903	903	899	910
COVID-19 fully mitigated	35	35	35	35	36
Drug poisonings	7	7	6	16	7
Suicide	9	9	9	13	16
Inequality-related	253	254	245	346	210
Impact on life expectancy (years)
COVID-19 unmitigated	−5.96	−5.96	−6.03	−5.26	−5.76
COVID-19 fully mitigated	−0.33	−0.33	−0.34	−0.29	−0.32
Drug poisonings	−0.20	−0.20	−0.17	−0.45	−0.22
Suicide	−0.25	−0.25	−0.24	−0.34	−0.49
Inequality-related	−3.51	−3.53	−3.40	−4.73	−3.02