The ONS has released figures showing that in England and Wales, Men die of COVID-19 at twice the rate of Women
Men died of coronavirus at twice the rate of women in England and Wales in March, according to statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
The data, that also looked into other factors such as age and gender, as well as pre-existing conditions of those who died after contracting COVID-19, shows that men had a significantly higher rate of death from the coronavirus than women in all of the older age groups.
20% of all Covid-19 deaths in the UK occurred in people between the ages of 80 and 84, and a further and 18% were aged between 85 and 89.
COVID-19 was the third most frequent underlying cause of death for deaths occurring in March.
There had not been any deaths among those aged 14 or under at the period of time covered by the ONS data.
Of the 3,912 reported deaths involving coronavirus in the month of March, COVID-19 was found to be the underlying cause of death in 86%.
The UK has now surpassed 100,000 cases of infection of COVID-19, with 103,093 people having contracted the disease, there has also been a reported number of 13,729 death due to the coronavirus in the country.
The ONS found that the mortality rate was significantly higher in England, at 69.7 deaths for every 100,000 people, than the rate in Wales, 44.5 deaths for every 100,000 people.
The data also gives the scientific and medical communities more insight into the proportion of victims in the UK with underlying health conditions.
Of the 3,912 people who died from having COVID-19 or who had it at the time they died, potentially being a contributing factor, 91% had at least one pre-existing condition. On average those who died had 2.7 existing conditions.
Ischaemic heart disease was the most common main pre-existing condition found among deaths involving COVID-19 and was involved in 541 of those deaths.
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