FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3497
You asked
Please supply the number of COVID-19 deaths in the UK for the entire period of the pandemic broken down by age group and by the following factors:
with no other illness
people that were considered healthy before dying of COVID-19 with no other illness, disability or any mitigating factor and did not have any other illness during the infection period
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.
We define a pre-existing condition here as the last health condition mentioned on the first part of the death certificate (the direct sequence of events leading to death) when it is recorded on a lower line to, and therefore clearly preceding the coronavirus (COVID-19); and all mentions in the second part, which are independent contributory factors in the death. Main pre-existing causes are grouped using the ONS Leading Causes of Deaths list and International Classification of Disease version 10 blocks of causes.
ONS publish deaths from COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions by broad age-bands (0-64 and 65 and over) for England and Wales in our monthly mortality analysis publication. You can access the figures directly here: Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales.
For further information about your request, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.