COVID-19 deaths by ethnicity, socio-economics, age, co-morbidities, and weight category

Dyddiad y datganiad:
20 July 2020

You asked

​Please provide data for deaths related to COVID-19 by ethnicity, socioeconomics, age, comorbidities and by obesity. Specifically by weight category under-weight, within normal range, overweight, obese and morbidly obese.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of mortality statistics and our information is taken from the death certificate.

Please see the following publication: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales: deaths occurring in May 2020. This provides number of deaths registered each month in England and Wales, including deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), by age, sex and region. This publication will also show all comorbidities and will be updated on 17 July 2020.

Unfortunately, weight characteristics are not recorded on the death certificate, and therefore we do not hold the information you have requested.

However, you may find the following information related to your request useful:

If obesity or an eating disorder is recorded as an underlying cause of death for deaths involving COVID-19 deaths, this is included on the death certificate. We have provided Table 7a below, which provides COVID-19 deaths by sex, age, a pre-existing weight-related condition:

Table 7a: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 by all pre-existing conditions, sex and age, England and Wales, deaths occurring between March and May 2020
CountryPre-existing conditionMales
0 to 69 years		Males
70 years and over		Females
0 to 69 years		Females
70 years and over		Total
England and WalesObesity2175818671532
England and WalesEating disorders10113

Source: Office for National Statistics

Notes

  1. Figures include deaths of non-residents.
  2. Figures are provisional.
  3. Based on deaths involving COVID-19 (ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2) rather than deaths where COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death.
  4. Deaths occurring between March and May 2020 rather than deaths registered between March and May 2020.
  5. Pre-existing conditions are grouped using the ONS Leading Causes of Deaths list (see our Mortality Statistics User Guide) and International Classification of Disease version 10 blocks of causes.
  6. Deaths may be counted more than once as someone may have more than one pre-existing condition.
  7. Including deaths registered up until 6 June 2020.

Download this table Table 7a: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 by all pre-existing conditions, sex and age, England and Wales, deaths occurring between March and May 2020

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Unfortunately, ethnicity is not recorded on the death certificate, which is why ethnicity is not included in the table above.

However, we have undertaken as data linkage project with Census 2011, which provides COVID-19 deaths by ethnicity. This bulletin is available via the following link: Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths by ethnic group, England and Wales: 2 March 2020 to 15 May 2020.

For Socioeconomic information, our publication Deaths involving COVID-19 by local area and socioeconomic deprivation: deaths occurring between 1 March and 31 May 2020 will provide provisional counts of the number of deaths and age-standardised mortality rates involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) between 1 March and 31 May 2020 in England and Wales. Figures are provided by age, sex, geographies down to local authority level and deprivation indices.

Please check our Release calendar for updates to this publication.

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

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