FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2907
You asked
I am looking to find information on COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths, filtered by ages groups that are 4-5 years apart, for example, 20 to 24-year-olds, 25 to 29-year-olds, 30 to 34-year-olds etc.
I would also like the dataset to be filtered by comorbidities columns ranging from no underlying conditions, one underlying condition, two underlying conditions, three underlying conditions, etc
If possible I would then also like the data to be structured into two separate tables, one to show deaths that are directly listed from COVID-19 and another table to compare in which the persons have tested positive in the last 28 days of their death.
If possible, I would want this data for the past 6 months. I want to see a large dataset to view the trends and patterns of COVID throughout each of the filters above.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
COVID-19 cases split by 5-year age-group
The COVID-19 infection survey (CIS) is a household survey which refers to the number of current COVID-19 infections within the community population; community in this instance refers to private residential households and it excludes those in hospitals, care homes or other institutional settings.
In the England dataset accompanying our latest bulletin, you can find on tab 1j the 14 day weighted estimates of the percentage of the population testing positive for COVID-19 for England broken down by age group. In the Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales datasets, you can find on tab 1e the modelled daily positivity rates for each nation broken down by single year of age.
The Department for Health and Social Care produce the number of confirmed daily cases in their dashboard here: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
For further information and an overview of all the data published across the ONS, please check our ONS COVID Insights Tool.
COVID-19 deaths, filtered by ages groups that are 4-5 years apart, for example, 20 to 24-year-olds, 25 to 29-year-olds, 30 to 34-year-olds etc
Confirmed COVID-19 deaths are coded with U07.1 as mentioned above. Complete figures for deaths registered in 2020 are available in our explorable dataset, on our NOMIS webservice. Here you can also filter on the age groups.
- Select the geography (England and Wales, regional or by local authority).
- Select Age - All ages or 5 year age bands.
- Select Gender - Total or Male/Female
- Select rates - All deaths, rates or percentage of population for example.
- Select cause of death (ICD10 code search is available). (U071)
- Select format (Excel or CSV for example)
We will update our NOMIS website with COVID-19 mortality data for 2021 once it has been finalised in July 2022.
We also hold a breakdown of deaths involving COVID-19 by age group in our weekly deaths bulletin, with statistics published up to week ending 10 September 2021.
Please download the 'Covid-19 - Weekly registrations' table in the 2020 and 2021 datasets for weekly deaths involving COVID-19 by five-year age groups. This includes deaths that where COVID-19 was either listed as the underlying cause, or as a contributing factor. These figures include COVID deaths that were coded as U071 (confirmed with a positive test) and U072 (suspected).
I would also like the dataset to be filtered by comorbidities columns ranging from no underlying conditions, one underlying condition, two underlying conditions, three underlying conditions, etc
We hold analysis showing COVID-19 deaths by pre-existing condition in the following publication: Pre-existing conditions of people whose death was recorded with an underlying cause of COVID-19. This dataset provides a greater insight into the leading pre-existing cause of death groups, for deaths occurring in England and Wales, in 2020 and the first two quarters of 2021 that were due to COVID-19.
This analysis is split by broad age groups between 1-64 and 65+. We do not hold this analysis split by multiple pre-existing conditions and five-year age groups as you have requested. Therefore, this would need to be created, and public authorities are not obligated to create information in response to FOI requests.
For context, we have not split this analysis into smaller age brackets, as this analysis would be disclosive, owing to the small numbers involved.
I would then also like the data to be structured into two separate tables, one to show deaths that are directly listed from COVID-19 and another table to compare in which the persons have tested positive in the last 28 days of their death
Our mortality data are derived from the formal process of death registration. Deaths from COVID-19 may include cases where the doctor completing the death certificate diagnosed possible cases of COVID-19, for example, where this was based on relevant symptoms but no test for the virus was conducted. This differs to the data published by Public Health England (PHE) on the GOV.UK website, which are counts of all causes of death where a positive test for COVID-19 has been confirmed.
Deaths with a positive test are coded using the ICD10 code U0.71 and those with suspected COVID-19 but no test has been conducted are coded with ICD10 U0.72.
Please refer to the data linked earlier in our response for deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
If the analysis mentioned in this response does not meet your specific needs, you may wish to contact our Health Data team to discuss the acquisition of bespoke analysis. Such services fall outside of FOI and would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.
If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.