Deaths from all causes and from influenza and pneumonia in 2019 and 2020

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9 March 2021

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​Please provide how many deaths there were in 2019 compared to 2020 please, and how many from 2019 are flu and pneumonia related compared to 2020.

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Thank you for your enquiry.

2019 data for England and Wales is available on our NOMIS Webservice. Please see the following data extracted from this service.

Deaths from all causes and deaths from influenza and pneumonia in 2019:

Cause of deathTotal
mortality		England
and Wales		Resident outside
England and Wales
A00-R99,U00-Y89 All causes, all ages530,841529,5531,288
J09-J18 Influenza and pneumonia26,39826,34256

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2020 data

The total provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in 2020 can be found in the following link to our end of year blog: https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/01/12/counting-deaths-involving-coronavirus-a-year-in-review/

Deaths involving and due to influenza and pneumonia are published weekly in our Deaths Registered Weekly in England and Wales. Please see the downable datafile beneath Figure 2 to access this data.

We use the term due to Influenza and Pneumonia when referring only to deaths where that illness was recorded as the underlying cause of death. We use the term "involving Influenza and Pneumonia" when referring to deaths that had that illness mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not.

Deaths involving and due to influenza and pneumonia, England and Wales, deaths registered in 2020:

YearWeek no.Deaths involving
Influenza and
Pneumonia		Deaths due to
Influenza and
Pneumonia
2020Week 12,596821
2020Week 22,994931
2020Week 32,687809
2020Week 42,426716
2020Week 52,268648
2020Week 62,045536
2020Week 71,979528
2020Week 81,996563
2020Week 91,948562
2020Week 101,909510
2020Week 111,962532
2020Week 121,941580
2020Week 132,190571
2020Week 143,898702
2020Week 154,418611
2020Week 165,215541
2020Week 174,727480
2020Week 183,619400
2020Week 192,374278
2020Week 202,688314
2020Week 212,063299
2020Week 221,679251
2020Week 231,721312
2020Week 241,520250
2020Week 251,392278
2020Week 261,248233
2020Week 271,295269
2020Week 281,175227
2020Week 291,104207
2020Week 301,116244
2020Week 311,088219
2020Week 321,094237
2020Week 331,151255
2020Week 341,310292
2020Week 351,163231
2020Week 36969215
2020Week 371,257283
2020Week 381,250291
2020Week 391,305266
2020Week 401,341287
2020Week 411,425311
2020Week 421,619337
2020Week 431,719302
2020Week 441,922289
2020Week 452,267307
2020Week 462,537291
2020Week 472,605280
2020Week 482,693285
2020Week 492,619267
2020Week 502,598320
2020Week 512,760298
2020Week 522,578270
2020Week 532,494187

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