Care home deaths 2015 to 2021

You asked

​​Under FOI, can I have the data sheet on care home deaths in the UK for years 2015 to 2021 please?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively

The number of deaths in England and Wales in care homes can be found in the following publications:

Deaths registered in England and Wales: Table 11 of this dataset provides deaths occurring in care homes from 2015 to 2019.

Monthly mortality Analysis: Tables 11 and 12 in this dataset provide deaths occurring in care homes by month from January 2020 to January 2021.

Our Deaths Registered Weekly publication also has the following accompanying datasets, showing care home deaths registered per week in 2020 and 2021:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional