Mortality data for Cramlington, Northumberland, from 1960 to 2020

You asked

Please provide the following information:

1. How many people died in Cramlington Northumberland, UK per year since 1960 to present.

2. How many were male for each year and how many were female.

3. How many for each year, was the cause of death suicide.

4. How many for each year, was the cause of death Cancer.

5. How many for each year, was the cause of death unknown.

For each year, could I have a breakdown of the ages of each death?

Would it be possible to get the same information for the UK?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide you with the requested breakdown of mortality data for Cramlington from 1960 to present. In order to fulfil this request, we would need use a high level of statistical skill and judgement in order to create bespoke analysis for you. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.

However, information on deaths in Cramlington, Northumberland from 1960 – 2019 may be available to commission as bespoke analysis. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there will be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.

Please see the following publications relating to your request, which may of interest to you.

The following publication, Death registrations and occurrences by local authority and health board, provides provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, including deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), by local authority, health board and place of death in the latest weeks for which data are available. This data set also reports deaths occurring in hospitals, care homes, private homes, hospices and other communal establishments. This will provide 2020 data for this area.

We also have some user requested data sets available:

Deaths by Local Authority, England, 2016: This provides the number of deaths from all causes, by sex and 5-year age group, local authority areas in England, deaths registered in 2016.

Deaths registered by Local Authority, England, 2014 to 2015: This provides the number of deaths by sex, 5-year age group and local authority area in England. Based on death registrations in 2014 and 2015.

Deaths by date of death and local authority, 2010 to 2014 occurrences: This provides the number of deaths occurring between 2010 and 2014 by date of death and local authority of usual residence.

Deaths by sex, age group, cause and local authority, England, deaths registered 1993 to 2013: This provides the number of deaths by sex, age group and cause chapter (in line with the International Classification of Diseases) for local authority areas in England, for deaths registered between 1993 and 2013.