Table 1

Number of deaths from all causes in 2020, and number (%) of excess deaths*, adults aged 20–64 years, by broad essential worker occupational group, January 2020–December 2020

	All occupational groups			Healthcare workers			Social and education workers			Other essential workers			Non-essential workers			Unknown/unemployed
	Deaths in 2020	Excess deaths		Deaths in 2020	Excess deaths		Deaths in 2020	Excess deaths		Deaths in 2020	Excess deaths		Deaths in 2020	Excess deaths		Deaths in 2020	Excess deaths
	Deaths in 2020	No	(%)	Deaths in 2020	No	(%)	Deaths in 2020	No	(%)	Deaths in 2020	No	(%)	Deaths in 2020	No	(%)	Deaths in 2020	No	(%)
January	6879	−371	−5.1	254	2	0.7	524	−21	−3.8	1130	−49	−4.2	3342	−199	−5.6	1629	−104	−6.0
February	5907	−411	−6.5	227	−2	−1.0	447	−32	−6.7	989	−50	−4.8	2828	−248	−8.0	1417	−80	−5.3
March	7657	921	13.7	303	64	26.6	599	82	15.8	1256	196	18.5	3609	312	9.4	1890	268	16.5
April	9782	3439	54.2	442	209	89.9	764	273	55.7	1778	750	73.0	4454	1351	43.5	2344	855	57.4
May	6767	452	7.2	320	97	43.8	536	34	6.7	1173	171	17.1	3227	136	4.4	1511	14	0.9
June	5722	−254	−4.3	247	26	11.7	433	−35	−7.5	979	23	2.4	2755	−204	−6.9	1308	−64	−4.7
July	5643	−504	−8.2	241	6	2.5	445	−34	−7.1	970	−24	−2.4	2801	−229	−7.6	1186	−223	−15.8
August	5642	−442	−7.3	246	26	11.7	495	14	2.9	957	−27	−2.7	2722	−276	−9.2	1222	−179	−12.8
September	5247	−698	−11.7	213	−1	−0.3	467	4	0.9	908	−64	−6.6	2571	−326	−11.2	1088	−312	−22.3
October	5776	−545	−8.6	246	15	6.4	493	−12	−2.4	983	−40	−3.9	2866	−207	−6.7	1188	−301	−20.2
November	6006	−333	−5.3	243	7	2.8	569	68	13.6	1062	68	6.9	2937	−196	−6.2	1195	−280	−19.0
December	4873	−2092	−30.0	172	−77	−31.0	445	−87	−16.3	917	−201	−17.9	2329	−1046	−31.0	1010	−682	−40.3
Total	75 901	−840	−1.1	3154	371	13.3	6217	254	4.3	13 102	753	6.1	36 441	−1131	−3.0	16 988	−1086	−6.0

*The total number of deaths in each month of 2020 compared with the average number of deaths occurring in the same month for the previous 5 years. The percentage of excess deaths is the total number of excess deaths expressed as a percentage of the 5-year average.