FOI/2021/2639
You asked
How many people have died after receiving one or two doses of the COVID-19 vaccinations in England from the start of the vaccination roll out to the latest death records available on the 5 July 202? Please provide a breakdown by vaccine name, e.g. Pfizer, Astra Zeneca.
Please supply the information on deaths by categorising into age groups relevant to the vaccination programme. For instance, 0 to 19 years, 80 years and above.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Deaths involving the COVID-19 vaccination
You can find the number of deaths involving COVID-19 (not restricted to first or second vaccination) in table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset, these include figures for deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination. There are currently 4 deaths registered with the aligning ICD-10 codes for this (U12.9). The latest data available is June 2021. However, should this change, they will be updated in this table. This publication is due to be updated in August 2021.
Due to the low numbers we are unable to provide any further disaggregation of this data. This is consistent with the disclosure control methodology used for deaths. Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (SRSA) which renders it an offence to disclose information held by the Statistics Board for statistical purposes that would identify an individual or a body corporate. As we are prohibited by law from publishing statistics in which individual businesses or persons can be identified, we find that Section 44 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies. Section 44 is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.
Deaths within a period of time of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination
We are currently working on analysis on all aspects of the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and mortality, including:
- Information regarding deaths after 28 days of vaccination, from any cause.
- Information regarding deaths involving or due to COVID-19 after receiving COVID-19 vaccination.
This requires complex analysis linking vaccination records to death registrations. The provisional release date for these publications is September 2021. Once publication dates are finalised, they will be announced on our Release Calendar.
If you have any further enquiries, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk