Quote Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
I understand that the most relevant comparator of the impact of Covid-19 is the excess death rates against a 5 year average, which takes out any differences in methods of recording a Covid death of the type you describe.

The ONS has recently published an analysis of the all-cause mortality across European countries which includes breakdown for the different parts of the UK. Table 4 shows the percentage increase between England and Wales which is significant and help understanding of the relative success in managing the virus across the UK.


https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...uarytojune2020
It might help the understanding but is it valid as we are looking at 5% v the other 95%.