Deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the UK 1990 to 2020 and population count

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Please could you provide me with statistics for the following areas for all of the United Kingdom?

Date range: 1990 - 2020

• Overall population year by year
• Overall death rate year by year
• Overall death rate by influenzas of all types including COVID 19 (not separated from the other flu statistics)
• Overall death rate by pneumonia

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Thank you for your enquiry.

Mortality statistics:

We hold headline mortality figures for the whole of the UK, which are available via the following publication: Vital Statistics in the UK and in the following table. This publication provides information up to 2019. This publication is created in collaboration with National Records Scotland (NRS), who are responsible for Scottish mortality data, and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), who are responsible for Northern Irish mortality data.

All three organisations have produced blogs with year-end mortality figures for 2020. These have been summed together to provide the 2020 row of the following table. Please note, the figures for 2020 are provisional and are subject to change until we publish the Deaths Registered Series in the summer of 2021. This to allow time for late registrations to be processed because of coroner's inquests.

England and Wales - https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/01/12/counting-deaths-involving-coronavirus-a-year-in-review/

Scotland - https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/annual-deaths-excess-deaths-1855-2020.xlsx

Northern Ireland - https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/monthly-deaths

Deaths involving Influenza and Pneumonia:

We do not hold the requested influenza, COVID-19 and pneumonia data for the whole of the UK. Should you wish to obtain this data for Scotland and Northern Ireland, NRS and NISRA can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

We do hold data showing deaths from COVID-19, and influenza and pneumonia in England and Wales. 2020 figures are available as part of our Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional 2020 publication.

As of 3 January 2020 to 1 January 2021 there were 80,830 deaths registered in England and Wales involving COVID-19.

From week ending 3 January 2020 to week ending 1 January 2021, there were 111,957 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia and 20,523 deaths registered due to influenza and pneumonia.

Deaths in England and Wales from influenza and pneumonia separately are available on our NOMIS Webservice from 2013 to 2019. This service will be updated with 2020 data once the data are finalised in the summer of 2021.

We also have the following user requested dataset, which provides deaths from influenza from 2001 to 2016: Number of deaths where influenza was the underlying cause of death or was mentioned on the death certificate, by five-year age group, England and Wales, 2001 to 2016

Further analysis of deaths from influenza and pneumonia in England and Wales would need to be created as bespoke analysis. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contacthealth.data@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.

Population statistics:

The UK population estimates, 1838 to 2019 dataset provides mid-year population estimates data for the UK by sex and single year of age from mid-1971 to mid-2019.

According to Table 3 of this dataset:

• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1990 was 57,237,493
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1991 was 57,438,658
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1992 was 57,584,530
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1993 was 57,713,889
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1994 was 57,862,145
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1995 was 58,024,799
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1996 was 58,164,374
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1997 was 58,314,249
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1998 was 58,474,943
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-1999 was 58,684,427
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2000 was 58,886,065
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2001 was 59,113,016
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2002 was 59,365,677
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2003 was 59,636,662
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2004 was 59,950,364
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2005 was 60,413,276
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2006 was 60,826,967
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2007 was 61,319,075
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2008 was 61,823,772
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2009 was 62,260,486
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2010 was 62,759,456
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2011 was 63,285,145
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2012 was 63,705,030
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2013 was 64,105,654
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2014 was 64,596,752
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2015 was 65,110,034
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2016 was 65,648,054
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2017 was 66,040,229
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2018 was 66,435,550
• It is estimated that the overall population of the UK in mid-2019 was 66,796,807

The Early indicators of UK population size and age structure: 2020 article, published on 16 April 2021, provides a provisional estimate of the UK population for mid-2020. According to this article, it is provisionally estimated that the population of the UK in mid-2020 was approximately 67,100,000.

Please note: This figure is a preliminary indication of the mid-2020 UK population. This statistic is not an official mid-year population estimate for mid-2020, which are planned for publication in summer 2021.

Alternatively, the National population projections: 2018-based statistical bulletin, published on 21 October 2019, provides 2018-based national population projections data by sex and single year of age. According to the principal projection provided in this bulletin, the population of the UK was projected to be 67,195,769 in 2020.