Excess Mortality in England by Sex and Age Group, March 2020 to December 2022

Cumulative adjusted and unadjusted excess mortality data for England, disaggregated by sex and age group. The dataset covers the period from 27 March 2020 to 30 December 2022 and is provided in a 5.5 KB XLS file. It was authored by Andrew Hughes and last updated on 8 May 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare adjusted versus unadjusted mortality estimates based on the cumulative excess mortality figures.
• Analyze sex-specific mortality patterns during the pandemic based on the sex disaggregation.
• Assess age-stratified mortality risk based on the age group breakdown.
• Model the temporal progression of excess mortality based on the multi-year coverage from 2020 to 2022.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 2.75-year period from March 2020 to December 2022.
• Provides both adjusted and unadjusted mortality estimates for comparison.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Andrew Hughes via figshare

Time Range

27 March 2020 to 30 December 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 17:42:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England