The EU published their excess mortality data for July 2022.

Excess mortality in the EU climbed to +16% in July 2022 from +7% in both June and May. This was the highest value on record so far in 2022, amounting to around 53 000 additional deaths in July this year compared with the monthly averages for 2016-2019.

This information comes from data on excess mortality published by Eurostat September 16 based on a weekly deaths data collection. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained articles on excess mortality and weekly deaths.

Excess mortality continued to vary across the EU Member States, with eight Member States recording values above the EU average. The highest rates in July 2022, more than double the EU average, were recorded in

1. 🇮🇸 Iceland, + 55.8% 2. 🇪🇸 Spain +36.9% 3. 🇱🇮 Lichtenstein +35.8%

4. 🇨🇾 Cyprus +32.9% 5. 🇬🇷 Greece +31.2% 6. 🇵🇹 Portugal +28.8%7. 🇲🇹 Malta +26.4%

8. 🇨🇭 Switzerland +25.9% 9. 🇮🇹 Italy +24.9% 10. 🇦🇹 Austria +17.5%

11. 🇸🇮 Slovenia +16.5% 12. 🇮🇪 Ireland +16.3% 13. 🇩🇪 Germany +15.2%

14. 🇳🇴 Norway +14.8% 15. 🇳🇱 Netherlands +14.7% 16. 🇭🇷 Croatia +14.6%

17. 🇫🇷 France +14.1% 18. 🇪🇪 Estonia +12.3%19. 🇱🇺 Luxemburg +11.5%

20. 🇩🇰 Denmark +10.3% 21. 🇫🇮 Finland +9.4 22. 🇸🇰 Slovakia +7.7%

23. 🇵🇱 Poland +5.8% 24. 🇭🇺 Hungary +4.5% 25. 🇨🇿 Czechia +4.4%

26. 🇧🇪 Belgium +4.3% 27. 🇸🇪 Sweden +2.7% 28. 🇷🇴 Romania +2.4%

29. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria +1.4% 30. 🇱🇹 Lithuania +0.9% 31. 🇱🇻 Latvia -0.5%

Denmark last week announced that it would discontinue offering COVID vaccines and boosters for all under 50 years of age except for immuno-compromized persons. Meanwhile, only Latvia (-0.5%) registered no excess deaths, staying below the monthly averages for 2016-2019.