evidence: Similarly, in Scotland the number of deaths rose by 10% and the ASMR increased by 9% in 2020, taking the rate back to the 2009 level. Provisional estimates for Northern Ireland show that the total number of deaths in 2020 was 11.0% higher than the five-year average (2015 to 2019). [...] Figure 4: Improvements in life expectancy at birth were slightly greater in Northern Ireland than in the other constituent countries of the UK [...] Download this chart Figure 4: Improvements in life expectancy at birth were slightly greater in Northern Ireland than in the other constituent countries of the UK