Deaths due to COVID-19 vaccine and average COVID-19 deaths

You asked

What information have you got on Covid19 deaths since the vaccination program started?

What information have you got on how many people have died from covid19 after the vaccination?

Whats the average age of the people dying from covid19 from February 2020?

Whats the average age of the people dying from covid19 since February 2021?

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Thank you for your enquiry.

1. COVID-19 deaths since vaccination program began

We are currently developing our analytical plans with an intention to publish detailed vaccination statistics soon. Once we have finalised these plans a publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.

As such, the information you have requested is considered exempt under Section 22(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, whereby information is exempt from release if there is a view to publish the information in the future. Furthermore, as a central government department and producer of official statistics, we need to have the freedom to be able to determine our own publication timetables. This is to allow us to deal with the necessary preparation, administration and context of publications. It would be unreasonable to consider disclosure when to do so would undermine our functions.

This exemption is subject to a public interest test. We recognise the desirability of information being freely available and this is considered by ONS when publication schedules are set in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The need for timely data must be balanced against the practicalities of applying statistical skill and judgement to produce the high quality, assured data needed to inform decision-making. If this balance is incorrectly applied, then we run the risk of decisions being based on inaccurate data which is arguably not in the public interest. This will have an impact on public trust in official statistics in a time when accuracy of official statistics is more important to the public than ever before.

You can find deaths involving COVID-19 and all cause deaths are split by five-year age bands in in our weekly deaths dataset. This data set is updated every Tuesday.

2. COVID-19 deaths after receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine.

Please see attached FOI response which will answer your enquiry.

Deaths following receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine by age, underlying conditions and location - Office for National Statistics

3. COVID-19 average age of death

The age distribution of deaths involving COVID-19, all deaths, and the five-year average for all deaths can be found in the following publication: Weekly death registrations publication. There is also information on mortality rates by age group in the following publication: Monthly mortality analysis dataset.

We have published an ad hoc statement showing that the mean and median averages by sex, distinguishing between deaths due to COVID-19 and all those involving COVID-19, are as follows:

4. COVID-19 average age of Death January 2021- February 2021.

The age distribution of deaths involving COVID-19, all deaths, and the five-year average for all deaths can be found in the following publication: Weekly death registrations publication. There is also information on mortality rates by age group in the following publication: Monthly mortality analysis dataset.

This information can be found in our Average age of persons whose death involved COVID-19, by sex, England and Wales: weeks ending 8 January to 19 February 2021 - Office for National Statistics release.