FOI ref: FOI-2024-2072
You asked
I wish to request information regarding excess deaths in each constituency across the UK. I would also like to request information on the reason for each death.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold the requested information.
It is not currently possible to produce estimates of excess deaths by constituency because our statistical model does not include geographies lower than the four UK countries, or the nine former Government Office Regions of England for deaths registered in England and Wales among residents of England.
Individual deaths are not categorised as being ‘excess’ or ‘not excess’. Instead, the total number of excess deaths is estimated from aggregated death registration data using statistical modelling techniques, by comparing the total number of registered deaths with what would be expected. It is therefore not possible to investigate the cause of death for individual ‘excess’ death registrations.