Deaths due to COVID-19 only from January 2020 to May 2021

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14 July 2021

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Please can you supply the data for how many deaths were recorded with COVID-19 as the only cause of death, per month, from January 2020 to May 2021.

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Thank you for your enquiry.

Please note, we are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Should you wish to obtain this data from NRS and NISRA, they can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

COVID-19 deaths and pre-existing conditions

We hold analysis showing deaths from COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions for each quarter of 2020 and 2021 so far in Table 2 of the following publication: Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics. We have also pasted this information in the following tables:

England - 2020
Number of
PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS		January to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020January to December 2020
​Aged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and over
0271379494,620592134062,2381,4417,208
1673361,32911,712704335885,6152,05418,096
2443661,08510,219474475075,7541,68316,786
3462986556,734283383224,1231,05111,493
4121303173,147151631341,9074785,347
5 or more11911601,9157133781,0932563,232
Proportion with
no pre-existing
conditions		13.00%10.10%21.10%12.00%26.10%12.30%20.00%10.80%20.70%11.60%
Mean number of
pre-existing
conditions		1.922.21.71.971.552.171.732.091.712.02

Download this table England - 2020

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Wales - 2020
Number of
PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS		January to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020January to December 2020
​Aged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and over
0175633921249285108643
132359653428506171161,321
2015514702273847791989
306252941192427550594
4031111919914321274
5 or more145730467212153
Proportion with no
pre-existing
conditions		20.0%12.1%27.1%17.4%20.0%12.1%27.8%15.2%27.1%16.2%
Mean number of
pre-existing
conditions		1.81.791.491.731.52.051.51.811.51.77

Download this table Wales - 2020

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Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, England and Wales
Number of
pre-existing
conditions		Aged 0-64 yearsAged 65 and overAll ages
01,5604,9236,483
11,84012,01613,856
21,49511,71513,210
39288,1849,112
44043,9254,329
5 or more2142,2612,475
Proportion with no
pre-existing
conditions		24.2%11.4%13.1%
Mean number of
pre-existing
conditions		1.62.12.0

Notes

  1. Based on non-neonatal deaths due to COVID-19; see the Definitions tab for information on our definition of COVID-19.
  2. Numbers exclude one record with ordering anomalies that affect judgement on whether condition pre-existed.
  3. Figures for England and Wales (combined) include deaths of non-residents. However, all other geographical breakdowns exclude deaths of non-residents and boundaries are based on the most up-to-date information available at time of publication.
  4. Figures are for deaths registered in quarter 1 (January to March) 2021. There is a delay between a death occurring and it being registered; for more information see our impact of registration delays bulletin. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/impactofregistrationdelaysonmortalitystatisticsinenglandandwales/2019

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, England and Wales

.xls .csv

Quarter 2 will be published shortly. Once we have finalised these plans a publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.

We do not hold this analysis broken down on a monthly basis. In order to fulfil this request, we would need to create bespoke analysis. 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.

If you have any questions regarding these datasets, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

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