Table 2

COVID-19 related and total excess acute CV deaths

Excess acute CV deaths
COVID-19 relatedTotal*
Total1480 (+5%)2085 (+8%)
Sex
 Men855 (+6%)1182 (+8%)
 Women625 (+5%)948 (+7%)
Age category (years)
 18–4957 (+5%)176 (+17%)
 50–59124 (+7%)248 (+14%)
 60–69212 (+7%)468 (+15%)
 70–79379 (+6%)688 (+11%)
 80+708 (+5%)734 (+5%)
Region
 North East61 (+4%)70 (+5%)
 North West198 (+5%)159 (+4%)
 Yorkshire and the Humber136 (+5%)161 (+6%)
 East Midlands91 (+4%)117 (+5%)
 West Midlands193 (+6%)309 (+10%)
 East of England136 (+5%)153 (+5%)
 London268 (+9%)323 (+11%)
 South East239 (+5%)187 (+4%)
 South West78 (+3%)189 (+6%)
 Wales80 (+4%)55 (+3%)
Place of death†
 Home105 (+2%)2279 (+35%)
 Care home and hospice174 (+5%)1095 (+32%)
 Hospital1196 (+7%)50 (+0%)
Underlying acute CV cause of deaths
 Stroke562 (+6%)825 (+8%)
 Acute coronary syndrome318 (+5%)603 (+9%)
 Heart failure273 (+4%)552 (+9%)
 Pulmonary embolism251 (+11%)437 (+19%)
 Cardiac arrest93 (+6%)28 (+2%)
 Aortic diseases4 (+0%)25 (+2%)
 Infective endocarditis32 (+4%)92 (+11%)
 Cardiogenic shock14 (+4%)54 (+14%)
 VT and VF4 (+2%)23 (+12%)
 Deep vein thrombosis2 (+2%)20 (+23%)
  • *The excess death in subcategories may not add up to the total excess deaths due to estimation and rounding error when comparing to the respective historical average.

  • †The excess death in place of death do not add up to the total excess deaths due to setting those daily deaths below the expected historical average to zeros in the respective subgroup.

  • CV, cardiovascular; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.