COVID-19 deaths with no underlying illnesses and those with pneumonia, broken down by age

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19 October 2020

You asked

Please provide:

  1. The number of COVID-19 deaths, since you began recording them, that show the sole cause of death on the certificate to be COVID-19 with no other associated or underlying illness

  2. How many show COVID-19 and Pneumonia to be the cause, again with no other cause or illness.

  3. Also please supply how many of that total are aged under 50.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry. Please see the following answers to your questions:

1 - The number of COVID-19 deaths, since you began recording them, that show the sole cause of death on the certificate to be COVID-19 with no other associated or underlying illness

From March to June 2020, there were 4,476 deaths involving COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions in England and Wales. This information can be viewed in the following publication: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales. Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide this analysis from July 2020 to present, as analysis assessing underlying health conditions has been suspended, owing to the decrease in deaths from COVID-19. Therefore, in order to fulfil this request, we would need use a high level of statistical skill and judgement in order to create a bespoke analysis or table. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.

2 - How many show COVID-19 and Pneumonia to be the cause, again with no other cause or illness.

Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide you with analysis showing deaths from COVID-19 and pneumonia only. In order to fulfil this request, we would need use a high level of statistical skill and judgement in order to create a bespoke analysis or table. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.

However, we can confirm that, between March and June 2020, there were 4,582 COVID-19 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia in England and Wales.

3 - Also please supply how many of that total are aged under 50.

For under 50's, there have been 999 deaths in the 0 – 49 age bracket involving COVID-19.

Of these, 193 had no pre-existing conditions and 163 had influenza and pneumonia as a pre-existing condition.

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