COVID-19 deaths and vaccine deaths of 30 to 40 year olds with no pre-existing conditions in the UK

Dyddiad y datganiad:
16 July 2021

You asked

​FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2569

Could you please provide me with the following information:

  1. How many people between the age of 30-40 years old with no underlying health problems have died from COVID-19 in the UK?

  2. How many people between the age of 30-40 years old with no underlying health problems have died from having any COVID-19 vaccine in the UK?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry

We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Therefore, we do not hold the requested data for the whole of the UK. Should you wish to obtain this data from NRS and NISRA, they can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

However, we do hold the following analysis for England and Wales related to your request: Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics which provides deaths from January 2020 to December 2020 by two broad age groups in the dataset in table 2. This has also been pasted in the following tables. Unfortunately, we do not hold the age breakdown of this data requested. In order tor provide this for England and Wales, we would need to create bespoke analysis, which we are not obligated to do under the Freedom of Inforamtion Act 2000 (FOIA).

England

Number of PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONSJanuary to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020January to December 2020
​Aged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and over
0271379494,620592134062,2381,4417,208
1673361,32911,712704335885,6152,05418,096
2443661,08510,219474475075,7541,68316,786
3462986556,734283383224,1231,05111,493
4121303173,147151631341,9074785,347
5 or more11911601,9157133781,0932563,232
Proportion with no pre-existing conditions13.00%10.10%21.10%12.00%26.10%12.30%20.00%10.80%20.70%11.60%
Mean number of pre-existing conditions1.922.21.71.971.552.171.732.091.712.02

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Wales

Number of PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONSJanuary to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020January to December 2020
​Aged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and over
0175633921249285108643
132359653428506171161,321
2015514702273847791989
306252941192427550594
4031111919914321274
5 or more145730467212153
Proportion with no pre-existing conditions20.00%12.10%27.10%17.40%20.00%12.10%27.80%15.20%27.10%16.20%
Mean number of pre-existing conditions1.81.791.491.731.52.051.51.811.51.77

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Quarter 1 data for 2021 data is available in table 2 of the publication.

Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, 2021 Q1, England and Wales
Number of pre-existing conditionsAged 0-64 yearsAged 65 and overAll ages
01,5604,9236,483
11,84012,01613,856
21,49511,71513,210
39288,1849,112
44043,9254,329
5 or more2142,2612,475
Proportion with no pre-existing conditions24.20%11.40%13.10%
Mean number of pre-existing conditions1.62.12

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Notes:
  1. Based on non-neonatal deaths due to COVID-19; see the Definitions tab for information on our definition of COVID-19.
  2. Numbers exclude one record with ordering anomalies that affect judgement on whether condition pre-existed.
  3. Figures for England and Wales (combined) include deaths of non-residents. However, all other geographical breakdowns exclude deaths of non-residents and boundaries are based on the most up-to-date information available at time of publication.
  4. Figures are for deaths registered in quarter 1 (January to March) 2021. There is a delay between a death occurring and it being registered; for more information see our impact of registration delays bulletin. 

Deaths caused by the COVID-19 vaccine in England and Wales

You can find the number of deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination in table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset. There are currently 3 deaths registered with the aligning ICD-10 codes for this (U12.9). The latest data available is June 2021. This publication is due to be updated later in July 2021.

Due to the small numbers involved, we would be unable to release a breakdown of pre-existing conditions or age. Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (SRSA) which renders it an offence to disclose information held by the Statistics Board for statistical purposes that would identify an individual or a body corporate.

In case it is also of interest, we are currently working on analysis on all aspects of the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and mortality. This requires complex analysis linking vaccination records to death registrations. Once we have finalised these plans a publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.

You may also be interested in the figures produced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) here.

If you have any further enquiries please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk

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