Deaths as a result of COVID-19 in people with no comorbidities

Dyddiad y datganiad:
21 December 2021

FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3256​

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Please supply the total number of deaths to date as a result of COVID-19 in people with no comorbidities.

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For mortality figures where COVID-19 was the sole cause of death, please see: 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 that were due to COVID-19.

This publication will be updated quarterly. COVID-19 deaths involving pre-existing conditions is split by broad age groups between 1-64 and 65+.

Please see below for death registrations for 2020 and 2021 (provisional) that were due to COVID-19 and were recorded without any pre-existing conditions, England and Wales.

Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions by broad age group and quarter, 2020, England and Wales
Number of
pre-existing
conditions		Aged 0-64
years		Aged 65
and over		All ages
England01,4417,1998,640
​Proportion with
no pre-existing
conditions		20.7%11.6%12.5%
Wales0108642750
​Proportion with
no pre-existing
conditions		27.1%16.2%17.2%

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions by broad age group and quarter, 2020, England and Wales

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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
conditions		​Aged 0-64 yearsAged 65
and over		All ages
England and Wales01,5604,9236,483
​Proportion with
no pre-existing
conditions		24.2%11.4%13.1%

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, 2021 Q1, England and Wales

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Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, 2021 Q2, England and Wales
Number of
pre-existing
conditions		​Aged 0-64 yearsAged 65
and over		All ages
England and Wales0153193346
​Proportion with
no pre-existing
conditions		31.6%14.3%18.8%

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, 2021 Q2, England and Wales

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Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, 2021 Q3, England and Wales
Number of
pre-existing
conditions		​Aged 0-64 yearsAged 65
and over		All ages
England
and Wales		05126301,142

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, 2021 Q3, England and Wales

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For further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

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