FOI/202300383855 · FOI · released
Age-adjusted excess death rates over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic: FOI release
Information requested
Any analysis (either in-house or external) held by the Scottish Government which compares the age-adjusted excess death rates, by UK nation, over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Response
I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested. Please see attached an analysis showing age-adjusted excess death rates for the four UK nations.
The latest publication of these figures is available from the Office for National Statistics:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/comparisonsofallcausemortalitybetweeneuropeancountriesandregions
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