Mortality figures (expected, observed and excess deaths) in the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic from the 42nd week of 2020 to the 2nd week of 2021 resulted in excess deaths in comparison with that of the relevant period of 2014–2019 by DI quintile and the districts with the lowest and the highest representation of Roma population in Hungary
| DI quintile | Observed number of deaths | Expected number of deaths | Excess number of deaths | Excess death rate (per 100 000) | Observed number of COVID-19 deaths | Crude COVID-19 death rate (per 100 000) | Representation of deaths caused by COVID-19 among excess deaths (%) |
| I. Least deprived | 5919 | 4313 | 1606 (1494–1714) | 114.12 (108.60–119.84) | 1191 | 84.63 (79.89–89.58) | 74.16 (71.96–76.24) |
| II. | 13 460 | 9729 | 3731 (3564–3894) | 132.93 (128.70–137.27) | 3110 | 110.81 (106.95–114.77) | 83.36 (82.13–84.52) |
| III. | 15 392 | 11 093 | 4299 (4122–4473) | 137.69 (133.61–141.87) | 3712 | 118.89 (115.1–122.78) | 86.35 (85.29–87.34) |
| IV. | 9937 | 7000 | 2938 (2798–3074) | 161.94 (156.14–167.90) | 2319 | 127.82 (122.67–133.13) | 78.93 (77.42–80.37) |
| V. Most deprived | 3951 | 2740 | 1211 (1124–1295) | 158.07 (149.30–167.23) | 897 | 117.04 (109.51–124.96) | 74.07 (71.53–76.46) |
| Districts with lowest representation of Roma population* | 2396 | 1799 | 597 (443–545) | 102.52 (94.47–111.09) | 546 | 93.70 (86.00–101.90) | 91.39 (88.87–93.39) |
| Districts with highest representation of Roma population† | 1490 | 994 | 496 (443–545) | 185.67 (169.68–202.76) | 329 | 123.24 (110.28–137.31) | 66.33 (62.06–70.35) |
*Highlighted by light blue with dashed line on the maps.
†Highlighted by turquoise blue on the maps.
DI, Deprivation Index.