Deaths Involving Coronavirus Covid-19 In Scotland

22nd January 2023

Deaths involving COVID-19, weekly registrations
• As at the 15th of January 2022, there have been a total of 16,568 deaths registered in Scotland where the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate. In the latest week there were 101 deaths, 17 more than the previous week.

• Of deaths involving COVID-19 in the latest week:
̶ 58 were female, 43 were male. 82 were aged 75 or older, 14 were aged 65 to 74 and 5 were under 65.

̶ There were 10 deaths in Fife, 9 in Glasgow City and 8 in each of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. In total 28 council areas (out of 32) had at least one death involving COVID-19 last week.

̶ 76 were in hospitals, 19 were in care homes, and 6 at home or a non-institutional setting.

Deaths from all causes, weekly registrations

• The total number of deaths registered in Scotland in week 2 of 2023 was 2,020. This was 450 deaths more than the five year average for week 2 (29% above average).

• In week 2 there were 162 excess deaths at home or in non-institutional settings (36% above average), 162 excess deaths in hospitals (21% above average), and 123 excess deaths in care homes (35% above average) compared to the five-year average.

• There were 450 more deaths across all locations for the latest week. Respiratory deaths were 176 above average, cancer deaths were 88 above average, circulatory deaths were 51 above average and dementia and Alzheimer's deaths were 50 above average. There were 97 excess deaths from other causes. The number of deaths where COVID-19 was the underlying cause was 74.

• Deaths involving influenza have risen in recent weeks. There were 121 deaths where influenza was mentioned on the death certificate in week 2, up from 91 in the previous week. This is the highest weekly number of flu deaths registered in over twenty years.
Monthly mortality analysis, deaths occurring up to 30th December 2022.

• The age standardised death rate for deaths involving COVID-19 rose in December 2022 (59 per 100,000) compared to November 2022 (40 per 100,000). The difference between the last two months was not statistically significant. Throughout the pandemic, the highest rate was 585 deaths per 100,000 people in April 2020.

• After adjusting for age, people living in the most deprived areas were 2.4 times as likely to die with COVID-19 as those in the least deprived areas. The size of this gap slowly widened over the period of the pandemic but has narrowed since January when the gap was 2.5.

• Of the 16,455 deaths involving COVID-19 between March 2020 and December 2022, 93% (15,383) had at least one pre-existing condition. Just over one fifth of people whose death involved COVID-19 had dementia or Alzheimer's disease. This was the
most common main pre-existing condition.

• There have been 9 deaths in Scotland in which the underlying cause of death was due to the adverse effects of vaccination against COVID-19 and four further deaths where an adverse effect was mentioned on the death certificate. There has been no change
since last month's figures. The latest available statistics show that 4.56 million people in Scotland have received at least one vaccine dose.

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