Deaths in the UK by age group, gender and most common causes

You asked

I am looking for the number of recorded deaths in the UK in 2018, according to age group and gender. Also for recorded death by suicide rates for the same.

Are suicides recorded separately or are they grouped together with other preventable causes of death?

I am also looking for data related to the most common causes of deaths by age group and gender for the same period.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

You can find recorded deaths for 2018 as part of our Deaths Registered in England and Wales 2018 series.

You can find specific data for deaths recorded as Suicide as part of our Suicides in the UK data series. Our latest publication holds data for 2018.

Suicides in the UK presents statistics on the number of deaths, age-standardised and age-specific mortality rates for deaths from suicide. The output is based on the National Statistics definition of suicide, which includes deaths with an underlying cause of intentional self-harm (ages 10 years and over) and deaths with an underlying cause of event of undetermined intent (ages 15 years and over).

The recorded deaths included in the suicide definition are defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) for years 1981 to 2000 and International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) for years 2001 onwards. See Table 1 in the Concepts and definitions section for the exact cause of deaths codes included in the National Statistics definition of suicide.

With regards to your query for the most common causes of death by age and gender, we do not have the exact information you requested. Our NOMISWEB service holds mortality data from 2013-2018 which can be requested by region, county, or local authority and then by age, gender and cause of death.

We may be able to create a custom output. Information on deaths registered as suicide along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries would fall outside of the Freedom of Information regime and should be made to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk