Table 1

Summary of measures of COVID-19 mortality in Scotland, 2020 and 2021

Area deprivation fifth	2020			2021			2020–2021 change
	Deaths	YLL	YLL per death	Deaths	YLL	YLL per death	YLL		YLL per death
	Deaths	YLL	YLL per death	Deaths	YLL	YLL per death	N	%	N	%
Scotland	6163	94 871	15.4	4670	84 954	18.2	−9916	−10.5	+2.8	+18.2
(1) Most deprived fifth	1674	28 740	17.2	1410	28 563	20.3	−176	−0.6	+3.1	+18.0
(2)	1427	22 170	15.5	1133	20 928	18.5	−1242	−5.6	+2.9	+18.9
(3)	1156	17 076	14.8	832	14 297	17.2	−2779	−16.3	+2.4	+16.3
(4)	1031	15 030	14.6	732	12 385	16.9	−2645	−17.6	+2.3	+16.1
(5) Least deprived fifth	875	11 855	13.5	563	8781	15.6	−3074	−25.9	+2.0	+15.1

Numbers have been rounded, which could result in small differences in displayed totals and annual changes as these have been calculated from the source data.
N, number; YLL, years of life lost to premature mortality.