FOI reference: FOI-2025-3001
You asked
I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for detailed mortality data relating to deaths due to cardiovascular/circulatory causes in England and Wales.
Specifically, I would like to request:
- Death counts broken down by week of registration from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2023
- Geographic breakdown by region
- Cause of death coded by ICD-10 codes corresponding to cardiovascular/circulatory diseases (codes I00--I99)
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold analysis showing deaths due to cardiovascular or circulatory diseases broken down by region and week of registration, however, we have produced an ad-hoc publication based on the date of death, which covers deaths due to cardiovascular or circulatory diseases by week of occurrence between 2014 and 2023. We have also published the following ad-hoc bespoke tabulations based on deaths registered and cause:
- Deaths involving or due to selected causes that occurred between September 2003 and December 2022 by week and year of birth, England and Wales
- Deaths Registered involving or due to selected causes between September 2003 and December 2023 by week and year of birth, England and Wales
Further breakdowns can be created as a custom output. Information on deaths due to cardiovascular or circulatory diseases broken down by region and week of registration and cause, along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales, are available to order, subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs. Such enquiries can be made to Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.
As this information is reasonably accessible through another route, Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.