Characteristics of the study population and those who died from a cause related to COVID-19
| Population | COVID-19 deaths | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 6 964 839 (48.72) | 2970 (65.25) |
| Female | 7 331 061 (51.28) | 1582 (34.75) | |
| Age | Mean (SD) | 52.19 (6.96) | 57.05 (5.84) |
| Ethnicity | Bangladeshi | 76 776 (0.54) | 77 (1.69) |
| Black African | 235 255 (1.65) | 191 (4.20) | |
| Black Caribbean | 179 185 (1.25) | 132 (2.90) | |
| Chinese | 82 158 (0.57) | 14 (0.31) | |
| Indian | 411 615 (2.88) | 282 (6.20) | |
| Mixed | 172 402 (1.21) | 51 (1.12) | |
| Other | 363 548 (2.54) | 214 (4.70) | |
| Pakistani | 210 678 (1.47) | 196 (4.31) | |
| White British | 11 762 187 (82.28) | 3218 (70.69) | |
| White other | 802 096 (5.61) | 177 (3.89) | |
| Occupation | Administrative occupations | 1 252 049 (8.76) | 302 (6.63) |
| Bus and coach drivers | 71 019 (0.50) | 67 (1.47) | |
| Business and public service associate professionals | 904 207 (6.32) | 159 (3.49) | |
| Business, media and public service professionals | 717 153 (5.02) | 148 (3.25) | |
| Care workers and home carers | 397 620 (2.78) | 188 (4.13) | |
| Caring personal service occupations | 470 906 (3.29) | 75 (1.65) | |
| Caring personal services | 218 019 (1.53) | 68 (1.49) | |
| Cleaners and domestics | 339 484 (2.37) | 170 (3.73) | |
| Corporate managers and directors | 871 555 (6.10) | 187 (4.11) | |
| Culture, media and sports occupations | 259 159 (1.81) | 39 (0.86) | |
| Customer service occupations | 198 344 (1.39) | 67 (1.47) | |
| Elementary administration and service occupations | 46 135 (0.32) | 19 (0.42) | |
| Elementary administration occupations | 133 518 (0.93) | 57 (1.25) | |
| Elementary cleaning occupations | 80 885 (0.57) | 42 (0.92) | |
| Elementary security occupations | 182 686 (1.28) | 120 (2.64) | |
| Elementary storage occupations | 212 772 (1.49) | 120 (2.64) | |
| Elementary trades and related occupations | 277 084 (1.94) | 141 (3.10) | |
| Food preparation and hospitality trades | 246 335 (1.72) | 105 (2.31) | |
| Health and social care associate professionals | 178 277 (1.25) | 51 (1.12) | |
| Health professionals | 579 622 (4.05) | 145 (3.19) | |
| Large goods vehicle drivers | 139 955 (0.98) | 69 (1.52) | |
| Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations | 299 868 (2.10) | 89 (1.96) | |
| Managers and directors in retail and wholesale | 254 033 (1.78) | 82 (1.80) | |
| Other elementary services occupations | 279 992 (1.96) | 145 (3.19) | |
| Other managers and proprietors | 549 931 (3.85) | 171 (3.76) | |
| Plant and machine operatives | 144 901 (1.01) | 78 (1.71) | |
| Process operatives | 167 785 (1.17) | 101 (2.22) | |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 225 487 (1.58) | 105 (2.31) | |
| Protective service occupations | 187 510 (1.31) | 27 (0.59) | |
| Sales occupations | 774 754 (5.42) | 284 (6.24) | |
| Science, engineering and technology associate professionals | 214 286 (1.50) | 72 (1.58) | |
| Science, research, engineering and technology professionals | 627 758 (4.39) | 103 (2.26) | |
| Secretarial and related occupations | 457 792 (3.20) | 86 (1.89) | |
| Skilled agricultural and related trades | 136 740 (0.96) | 32 (0.70) | |
| Skilled construction and building trades | 542 774 (3.80) | 171 (3.76) | |
| Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades | 522 167 (3.65) | 214 (4.70) | |
| Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs | 103 956 (0.73) | 124 (2.72) | |
| Teaching and educational professionals | 626 682 (4.38) | 93 (2.04) | |
| Textiles, printing and other skilled trades | 125 133 (0.88) | 52 (1.14) | |
| Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives | 132 163 (0.92) | 78 (1.71) |