Annualised age-standardised mortality rates for death involving COVID-19 per 100 000 adults aged 40 to 64 years, by sex and occupation
| Occupation | Men | Women |
| Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs | 119.7 (98.0 to 141.4) | – |
| Other elementary occupations | 106.5 (84.5 to 132.4) | 36.5 (29.1 to 45.3) |
| Care workers and home carers | 99.2 (74.5 to 129.4) | 39.4 (32.7 to 46.1) |
| Secretarial and related occupations | 96.2 (57.0 to 152.0) | 15.6 (12.0 to 19.9) |
| Elementary security occupations | 93.8 (74.7 to 116.2) | 40.5 (28.3 to 56.2) |
| Bus and coach drivers | 90.8 (69.0 to 117.2) | – |
| Cleaners and domestics | 84.2 (62.2 to 111.4) | 40.0 (32.7 to 47.3) |
| Customer service occupations | 75.2 (52.2 to 104.8) | 25.3 (17.3 to 35.7) |
| Van drivers | 71.6 (57.5 to 85.8) | – |
| Caring personal services | 69.1 (45.0 to 101.3) | 23.0 (16.5 to 31.2) |
| Process operatives | 65.2 (51.2 to 81.8) | 46.9 (30.3 to 69.2) |
| Food preparation and hospitality trades | 64.3 (50.4 to 81.0) | 28.2 (19.0 to 40.1) |
| Sales occupations | 63.8 (51.7 to 75.9) | 30.4 (25.9 to 34.9) |
| Elementary storage occupations | 63.5 (51.4 to 75.6) | 37.8 (20.6 to 63.4) |
| Mobile machine and other drivers | 59.3 (46.4 to 74.5) | – |
| Health and social care associate professionals | 59.2 (38.2 to 87.5) | 20.1 (13.1 to 29.4) |
| Health professionals | 54.2 (41.7 to 69.2) | 18.7 (14.8 to 23.2) |
| Elementary trades and related occupations | 53.3 (43.2 to 64.9) | 45.2 (32.4 to 61.3) |
| Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations | 53.2 (38.5 to 71.7) | 22.8 (16.7 to 30.5) |
| Elementary administration occupations | 52.0 (38.2 to 69.3) | – |
| Administrative occupations | 51.2 (42.6 to 59.8) | 17.0 (14.4 to 19.6) |
| Elementary cleaning occupations excl. cleaners and domestics | 48.9 (32.7 to 70.1) | 51.7 (27.5 to 88.4) |
| Textiles, printing and other (excl. food prep and hospitality) skilled trades | 48.8 (35.0 to 66.2) | 23.0 (11.4 to 41.2) |
| Assemblers and construction operatives | 48.2 (37.9 to 60.4) | 36.7 (24.0 to 53.2) |
| Large goods vehicle drivers | 47.3 (36.3 to 60.5) | – |
| Plant and machine operatives | 45.3 (34.6 to 58.2) | 77.2 (43.1 to 126.8) |
| Science, engineering and technology associate professionals | 44.3 (33.8 to 57.1) | 20.1 (10.4 to 35.2) |
| Managers and directors in retail and wholesale | 43.9 (33.4 to 56.7) | 23.6 (15.0 to 35.5) |
| Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades | 40.4 (34.9 to 45.9) | – |
| Other managers and proprietors | 37.9 (31.0 to 44.8) | 20.5 (15.3 to 26.9) |
| Caring personal service occupations excluding care workers and home carers | – | 15.4 (11.9 to 19.7) |
| Skilled construction and building trades | 31.5 (26.7 to 36.2) | – |
| Business, media and public service professionals | 27.3 (22.0 to 32.6) | 17.2 (12.6 to 23.1) |
| Teaching and educational professionals | 26.0 (18.9 to 34.8) | 11.2 (8.3 to 14.9) |
| Culture, media and sports occupations | 25.8 (17.3 to 36.8) | – |
| Corporate managers and directors excl. those in retail and wholesale | 25.6 (21.5 to 29.7) | 12.5 (8.5 to 17.7) |
| Business and public service associate professionals | 25.6 (20.8 to 30.4) | 14.0 (10.4 to 18.6) |
| Skilled agricultural and related trades | 23.4 (15.3 to 34.0) | – |
| Science, research, engineering and technology professionals | 20.9 (16.8 to 25.6) | 10.3 (5.0 to 18.7) |
| Protective service occupations | 19.5 (12.5 to 28.8) | – |
Deaths involving COVID-19 occurring between 24 January 2020 and 28 December 2020. Ninety-five per cent CIs are reported. Mortality rates are standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population and annualised. Occupation classification and associated SOC 2010 codes are given in online supplemental table S2).
Data are not reported if there were 10 or fewer deaths.
SOC, Standard Occupation Classification.