Table 3

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

	Education			Police and protective			Food			Transport
	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	%
January	155	−16	−9.3	306	−46	−13.2	424	−32	−7.1	400	29	7.9
February	133	−16	−11.0	291	−22	−6.9	410	13	3.1	288	−41	−12.3
March	177	18	11.2	372	59	19.0	449	30	7.3	435	106	32.2
April	213	55	35.2	534	236	79.0	651	256	64.7	593	259	77.3
May	160	6	3.9	357	58	19.3	457	76	19.9	359	38	11.7
June	126	−21	−14.3	300	13	4.6	347	−27	−7.3	332	37	12.5
July	110	−41	−27.0	283	−20	−6.5	385	−3	−0.7	302	−2	−0.5
August	158	10	7.0	314	26	9.0	337	−40	−10.6	306	−13	−4.1
September	135	−6	−4.4	261	−14	−5.1	363	−21	−5.6	284	−29	−9.2
October	135	−15	−10.0	274	−21	−7.1	393	−9	−2.3	316	−10	−3.1
November	157	4	2.5	307	22	7.8	374	−24	−5.9	381	70	22.4
December	125	−40	−24.4	242	−92	−27.5	403	−24	−5.7	272	−85	−23.7
Total	1784	−62	−3.4	3841	200	5.5	4993	193	4.0	4268	360	9.2

*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.