Deaths of people in working age group for UK due to COVID-19 only

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13 July 2021

You asked

How many people in the UK of working age, without underlying co-morbidities, have died from COVID-19 from Jan 2021 - June 2021?

We said

​Thank you for your enquiry

We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Therefore, we do not hold the requested data for the whole of the UK. Should you wish to obtain this data from NRS and NISRA, they can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

However, we do hold analysis similar to the requested information for England and Wales in the following publication: Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics. Table 2 of this publication shows deaths from January 2020 to December 2020 in two broad age-groups. Quarter 1 data for 2021 data is also available in table 2 and has been pasted in the following table:

Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, England and Wales
Number of
pre-existing
conditions		Aged 0-64 yearsAged 65 and overAll ages
01,5604,9236,483
11,84012,01613,856
21,49511,71513,210
39288,1849,112
44043,9254,329
5 or more2142,2612,475
Proportion with no
pre-existing
conditions		24.2%11.4%13.1%
Mean number of
pre-existing
conditions		1.62.12.0

Notes

  1. Based on non-neonatal deaths due to COVID-19; see the Definitions tab for information on our definition of COVID-19.
  2. Numbers exclude one record with ordering anomalies that affect judgement on whether condition pre-existed.
  3. Figures for England and Wales (combined) include deaths of non-residents. However, all other geographical breakdowns exclude deaths of non-residents and boundaries are based on the most up-to-date information available at time of publication.
  4. Figures are for deaths registered in quarter 1 (January to March) 2021. There is a delay between a death occurring and it being registered; for more information see our impact of registration delays bulletin. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/impactofregistrationdelaysonmortalitystatisticsinenglandandwales/2019

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, England and Wales

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Data for Quarter 2 of 2020 will be published shortly. Once we have finalised these plans a publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.

If you have any further enquiries please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk

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