FOI-2023-1576
You asked
Please be kind enough to supply the number of deaths attributed to influenza between 1 September 2021 and 1 September 2023?
Please inform me of the number of deaths attributed to influenza between 1 September 2019 and 1 September 2021?
Please inform me of the number of deaths attributed to influenza between 1 September 2017 and 1 September 2019?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Our mortality data comes from the information collected at death registration. All the conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). From all of these causes, an underlying cause of death is selected using ICD-10 coding rules.
The underlying cause of death is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as:
a) the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death, or
b) the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the fatal injury
The ICD-10 cause code for influenza is J09 -- J11.
We hold annual mortality information from 2017 to 2021 on our NOMIS webservice.
Please see the following instructions, which walk through how to use NOMIS:
Select Query data
Select mortality statistics
Select period -- 2017 to 2021
Select the geography (England and Wales, regional or by local authority)
Select Age -- All ages or 5-year age bands
Select Gender -- Total or Male/Female
Select rates -- All deaths, rates, or percentage of population for example.
Select cause of death (ICD10 code search is available).
Select format (Excel or CSV for example)
2022
Summary statistics for deaths registered in 2022 are available in Deaths registered summary statistics, England and Wales. 2022 data will be uploaded into NOMIS after Deaths registered in England and Wales: 2022 bulletin is published.
2023
We include provisional figures of deaths registered in 2023 in our 'Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional' bulletin. The dataset 'Deaths registered in England and Wales, provisional', contains figures on deaths due to Influenza or Pneumonia in Sheet 3.
Death registrations data for 2023 will be finalised next year to account for delayed registrations.
Information specifically on influenza deaths registered between September to August each year, along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order via our bespoke services route. These services are subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs in line with the ONS Charging Policy.
For further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk