Table 2

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

	Healthcare professionals			Healthcare associate professionals			Medical support staff			Social care
	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	33	−3	−7.3	144	1	0.6	77	4	4.9	369	−5	−1.3
February	29	−4	−11.0	130	0	−0.2	68	1	1.6	314	−16	−4.8
March	38	5	15.9	174	45	35.1	91	13	17.0	422	64	17.9
April	72	40	125.0	227	93	69.7	143	76	113.4	551	218	65.4
May	46	15	47.4	185	54	41.7	89	28	46.4	376	28	7.9
June	31	−1	−2.5	121	−5	−3.8	95	31	49.4	307	−14	−4.4
July	37	3	7.6	125	−7	−5.2	79	10	14.5	335	7	2.0
August	25	−7	−22.4	131	7	5.8	90	26	40.2	337	3	1.0
September	21	−9	−29.1	110	−6	−5.0	82	14	20.2	332	10	3.2
October	39	8	26.6	131	0	0.3	76	6	8.9	358	3	0.8
November	22	−13	−36.4	135	6	4.8	86	13	17.8	412	64	18.5
December	21	−8	−28.1	101	−34	−25.2	50	−35	−41.3	320	−46	−12.6
Total	414	27	7.0	1714	156	10.0	1026	187	22.3	4433	316	7.7

*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.