Acute CV deaths before and after 2 March 2020, by COVID-19 status
| Acute CV deaths before 2 March 2020 | Non-COVID-19 acute CV deaths after 2 March 2020 | COVID-19 acute CV deaths after 2 March 2020 | Acute CV deaths after 2 March 2020 | |
| Total | n=5 58 256 | n=27 489 | n=1480 | n=28 969 |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 288 834 (51.7) | 14 602 (53.1) | 855 (57.8) | 15 457 (53.4) |
| Women | 269 422 (48.3) | 12 887 (46.9) | 625 (42.2) | 13 512 (46.6) |
| Age category (years) | ||||
| 18–49 | 20 213 (3.6) | 1096 (4.0) | 57 (3.9) | 1153 (4.0) |
| 50–59 | 32 671 (5.9) | 1863 (6.8) | 124 (8.4) | 1987 (6.9) |
| 60–69 | 64 763 (11.6) | 3415 (12.4) | 212 (14.3) | 3627 (12.5) |
| 70–79 | 128 862 (23.1) | 6718 (24.4) | 379 (25.6) | 7097 (24.5) |
| 80+ | 311 747 (55.8) | 14 397 (52.4) | 708 (47.8) | 15 105 (52.1) |
| Region | ||||
| North East | 24 119 (5.1) | 1354 (4.9) | 61 (4.1) | 1415 (4.9) |
| North West | 65 446 (13.7) | 3671 (13.4) | 198 (13.4) | 3869 (13.4) |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 48 031 (10.1) | 2700 (9.8) | 136 (9.2) | 2836 (9.8) |
| East Midlands | 36 544 (7.7) | 2172 (7.9) | 91 (6.1) | 2263 (7.8) |
| West Midlands | 51 891 (10.9) | 3022 (11.0) | 193 (13.0) | 3215 (11.1) |
| East of England | 49 032 (10.3) | 2819 (10.3) | 136 (9.2) | 2955 (10.2) |
| London | 50 846 (10.7) | 2903 (10.6) | 268 (18.1) | 3171 (10.9) |
| South East | 71 515 (15.0) | 4169 (15.2) | 239 (16.1) | 4408 (15.2) |
| South West | 49 524 (10.4) | 3027 (11.0) | 78 (5.3) | 3105 (10.7) |
| Wales | 29 311 (6.2) | 1651 (6.0) | 80 (5.4) | 1731 (6.0) |
| Place of death* | ||||
| Home | 128 407 (23.5) | 8654 (32.2) | 105 (7.1) | 8759 (30.9) |
| Care home and hospice | 73 971 (13.5) | 4271 (15.9) | 174 (11.8) | 4445 (15.7) |
| Hospital | 345 087 (63.0) | 13 929 (51.9) | 1196 (81.1) | 15 125 (53.4) |
| Underlying acute CV cause of deaths† | ||||
| Stroke | 199 730 (35.8) | 7789 (36.2) | 501 (38.3) | 8290 (36.3) |
| Acute coronary syndrome | 140 316 (25.1) | 5256 (24.4) | 276 (21.1) | 5532 (24.2) |
| Heart failure | 122 138 (21.9) | 5048 (23.5) | 232 (17.8) | 5280 (23.1) |
| Pulmonary embolism | 50 744 (9.1) | 1844 (8.6) | 223 (17.1) | 2067 (9.1) |
| Cardiac arrest | 29 255 (5.2) | 954 (4.4) | 83 (6.4) | 1037 (4.5) |
| Aortic diseases | 28 446 (5.1) | 888 (4.1) | 4 (0.3) | 892 (3.9) |
| Infective endocarditis | 13 499 (2.4) | 648 (3.0) | 28 (2.1) | 676 (3.0) |
| Cardiogenic shock | 6596 (1.2) | 205 (1.0) | 13 (1.0) | 218 (1.0) |
| VT and VF | 2356 (0.4) | 73 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 76 (0.3) |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 480 (0.1) | 74 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) | 76 (0.3) |
*The numbers do not add up to the total deaths due to missingness (1.9%).
†Listed CV-related conditions may not add up to 100% because some deaths may have multiple CV-related conditions.
CV, cardiovascular; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.