Thread by @ONS

Among the working age population (20 to 64 years) there was a total of 2,494 deaths involving #COVID19 in England and Wales (registered up to and including 20 April 2020) ow.ly/ANBy50zCpQ9

Nearly two-thirds of these were men (1,612 deaths) with the remaining deaths being women (882 deaths).

The rate of death involving #COVID19 is statistically higher in men (9.9 per 100,000) than in women (5.2 per 100,000) ow.ly/bHbq30qEWH0

Among men, those working in the lowest skilled occupations had the highest rate of death involving #COVID19, with 21.4 deaths per 100,000 males (225 deaths) ow.ly/ddg630qEWIk

Women in the caring, leisure and other service occupations had a mortality rate of 7.5 deaths per 100,000 (130 deaths.)

This is the only occupational group where the rate was statistically significantly higher than for women in the general population ow.ly/khbD30qEWJu

Men and women working in social care (a group including care workers and home carers) both had significantly raised rates of death involving #COVID19

▪️ Men: 23.4 deaths per 100,000 (45 deaths)
▪️ Women: 9.6 deaths per 100,000 females (86 deaths)

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Health care workers (including doctors and nurses) were not found to have higher rates of death involving #COVID19 when compared with the rate among those whose death involved COVID-19 of the same age and sex in the population ow.ly/f1zz30qEWO6

Men working as road transport drivers, including taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs, had some of the highest rates of death involving #COVID19 among men ow.ly/NF8S30qEWP3

While this analysis shows certain occupations had higher rates of death involving #COVID19 it does not prove conclusively that the observed rates of death involving COVID-19 are necessarily caused by differences in occupational exposure ow.ly/7kft30qEWPP