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  Comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries and regions: 2020 Comparison between spring and autumn in Europe By 26 June 2020, the UK had the highest cumulative excess mortality rate in Europe; the cumulative excess mortality rate for the UK was 7.2% above the five-year average by 18 December 2020. During the autumn and early winter months central and eastern European countries had the highest levels of excess mortality in Europe; western European countries still experienced some excess mortality but at lower levels than those experienced in the spring. Of all countries analysed, Poland had the greatest cumulative excess mortality (relative cumulative age-standardised mortality rates, (rcASMRs)) by 18 December 2020, at 11.6% above the five-year average.  The highest peak in weekly excess mortality (relative age-standardised mortality rates (rASMRs)) in the autumn was in Bulgaria, at 112.3% (week ending 27 November), but this was the second-highest peak in the year ov