FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4063
You asked
Please can you tell me. Of the 607,922 people that died in total in 2020.
how many had died within 28 days of a positive cv19 test?
How many who died with covid 19 had more than 3 co-morbidities?
How many died of suicide?
How many died of heart attack?
How many died of stroke?
How many were under the age of 60?
How many died in care homes?
How many were under the age of 30?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
COVID-19 deaths in 2020 within 28 days of a positive test
Our mortality data are derived from the formal process of death registration. Deaths from COVID-19 may include cases where the doctor completing the death certificate diagnosed possible cases of COVID-19, for example, where this was based on relevant symptoms but no test for the virus was conducted. This differs to the data published on the GOV.UK website which are counts of all causes of death where a positive test for COVID-19 has been confirmed.
We do not hold the data on when the test was conducted as this is not recorded on the death certificate. Deaths with a positive test are coded using the ICD10 code U0.71 and those with suspected COVID-19 but no test has been conducted are coded with ICD10 U0.72.
However we do hold figures on deaths where COVID-19 has been registered as the underlying cause of death and in 2020 there were 73,766 deaths where COVID-19 was registered in England and Wales as the underlying cause of death. You can view these figures in table 8 of our Deaths registered in England and Wales dataset.
Covid 19 deaths in 2020 with 3 or more co-morbidities?
For mortality figures due to COVID-19 and information on co-morbidities, please see: Pre-existing conditions of people whose death was recorded with an underlying cause of COVID-19, this dataset can be found in section 8 of the Monthly mortality analysis bulletin. Please see table 2 for a breakdown of deaths due to COVID-19 and the number of pre-existing conditions in England and Wales in 2020.
Suicides in 2020
In 2020, there were 5224 deaths registered as suicide in England and Wales. Suicide mortality data can be found in our Suicides in England and Wales dataset.
Deaths in 2020 due to heart attack
We hold mortality data for deaths due to heart attack. We have previously published a response that addresses your query. Please see the following link to this information: Heart attack deaths in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Deaths in 2020 due to stroke
Mortality data for deaths due to stroke is available as part of the explorable dataset on our NOMIS webservice. Deaths due to cardiac arrest are coded to I64 and can be extracted by five-year age groups.
- 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). (I46)
- Select format (Excel or CSV for example)
We have extracted these figures for you from NOMIS, there were 13,806 deaths due to stroke registered in 2020.
Deaths in 2020 of people aged under 60
Deaths in 2020, England and Wales by age group can be found in table 6 of our Deaths registered in England and Wales dataset. You can view these figures by summing the sub totals in column B. There were 63,105 deaths registered for people aged under 60.
Deaths in care homes in 2020
Figures for deaths by place of occurrence in England and Wales can be found in table 10 of our Deaths registered in England and Wales dataset. There were 141,406 deaths registered in care homes in 2020.
Deaths in 2020 of people aged under 30
Deaths in 2020, England and Wales by age group can be found in table 6 of our Deaths registered in England and Wales dataset. You can view these figures by summing the sub totals in column B. There were 6,766 deaths registered for people aged under 30.
If you would like to discuss your enquiry further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.