FOI reference: FOI-2025-2580
You asked
Please provide the number of deaths where bedsore or pressure injury (classified as ICD-10 code L-89) was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales for the following years, organised by region. Please provide separate data for deaths in which bed sores were listed as a contributory cause of death and as the primary cause of death.
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
We said
Thank you for your request.
Some of the information you have requested is part of our explorable dataset available on our NOMIS webservice. You can use this service to extract the number of deaths where the underlying cause was classified as ICD10 code L89 for deaths registered between 2020 and 2023. Please see the following instructions:
- Select the geography (England and Wales, regional or by local authority).
- Select Age - All ages or 5-year age bands.
- Select Gender - Total or Male/Female.
- Select rates - All deaths, rates or percentage of population for example.
- Select cause of death (ICD10 code search is available).
- Select format (Excel or CSV for example) .
We have not produced any analysis on the number of deaths where pressure sores were mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. However, this information along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales is available to order. We can also provide provisional data for deaths registered in 2024. Please note these services are subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs in line with our charging policy.
Please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk for more information.