Deaths from influenza and pneumonia since the pandemic began

Dyddiad y datganiad:
3 February 2021

You asked

​Please provide data for deaths from influenza and pneumonia separately from the data from COVID-19 deaths since the out break of COVID-19

We said

Thank you for your request.

We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

Figure 2 of our Deaths registered weekly bulletin shows the number of deaths in 2020 due to Influenza and Pneumonia and the number of deaths involving Influenza and Pneumonia.

"Due to" refers only to deaths where Influenza and Pneumonia was recorded as the underlying cause of death and "involving" referring to deaths that had Influenza and Pneumonia mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not. Please see the 'download data' option at the bottom of Figure 2 for these statistics.

Please see the following summed influenza and pneumonia weekly mortality totals from week 1 of 2020, to week 2 of 2021.

  • Deaths involving Influenza and Pneumonia (underlying or secondary cause): 121,879
  • Deaths due to Influenza and Pneumonia (underlying cause): 21,284

If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

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