FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3603
You asked
I would like to request information, all available statistics on Flu alone deaths with no underlying health issues and conditions between November 2019 to December 2021?
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold analysis of the number of deaths due to influenza where there was no pre-existing condition was recorded on the death certificate.
To fulfil your request, we would need to create bespoke analysis. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. This information is therefore not held for FOI purposes.
However, this information may be available to order as bespoke analysis. Bespoke 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.
In case it is of interest, we publish provisional numbers of deaths where influenza & pneumonia was recorded as the underlying cause of death, but these counts include deaths with mentions of other contributory causes on the death certificate. These figures are available for England and Wales, 2021 and 2022, in our weekly deaths publication. You can view the datasets here.
Numbers of deaths registered where influenza was the underlying cause, for England and Wales, 2013 to 2020, are available via NOMIS. These numbers are shown in the table below.
| Registration Year | Deaths |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 161 |
| 2014 | 118 |
| 2015 | 284 |
| 2016 | 430 |
| 2017 | 458 |
| 2018 | 1,598 |
| 2019 | 1,223 |
| 2020 | 511 |
Download this table Number of death registrations due to influenza, England, and Wales, 2013 to 2020
.xls .csvUnderlying cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes J09 to J11.
Figures are for England and Wales and include deaths of non-residents.
Figures are based on deaths registered between 2013 and 2020. Figures include deaths that were registered by 31 Dec 2020, so may be an underestimate due to registration delays.
If you wish to make a request for data or discuss this further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.