Excess deaths by cause

The change in excess deaths by cause. Negative graph shows where the number of deaths has decreased.

* Comparison against 5-year average 2015-2019; NB: + indicates the number of deaths ABOVE average, - indicates number of deaths BELOW average; as Covid did not exist before 2020, it is neither a + nor - cause of death, therefore number indicates TOTAL number of Covid deaths in each year, up to October 10 2021