You asked
With regards to COVID-19 deaths, your website states:
"Of the 33,841 deaths that occurred in March and April 2020 involving COVID-19 in England and Wales, 30,577 (90.4%) had at least one pre-existing condition, while 3,264 (9.6%) had none."
Please provide the age breakdown of the 9.6% of people who died with no pre existing conditions. If a breakdown is not possible, then please provide the average age.
And if these are not possible to tell, what percentage of deaths with no underlying conditions are above the age of 75?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Please see the following dataset: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales. The most recent dataset, for April 2020, provides deaths from COVID-19 with no pre-existing health conditions, broken down by age. This can be found on Table 6a in the dataset and is pasted below.
Sex | Age | Number of deaths |
---|---|---|
Persons | 0-44 | 75 |
Persons | 45 – 49 | 76 |
Persons | 50 – 54 | 99 |
Persons | 55 – 59 | 167 |
Persons | 60 – 64 | 180 |
Persons | 65 – 69 | 222 |
Persons | 70 – 74 | 319 |
Persons | 75 – 79 | 384 |
Persons | 80 – 84 | 532 |
Persons | 85 – 89 | 578 |
Persons | 90+ | 632 |
Download this table Number of deaths involving COVID-19 with no pre-existing health conditions by sex and age, England and Wales, deaths occurring in March and April 2020
.xls .csvIf you have any further enquiries, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk