FOI ref: FOI/2023/4797
You asked
Can you please send me a graph table of the sudden death syndrome rates for the years 2020 to 2022?
We said
Thank you for your request
All of the conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). From all these causes, an underlying cause of death is selected using ICD-10 coding rules. The underlying cause of death is defined by 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 codes are:
- Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is R96
- Cardiac Arrythmia I49.9
- Sudden Cardiac Death I46.1
Please see the following table, created using NOMIS showing deaths registered with all three causes of death in 2019 to 2021:
| ICD-10 R96 Other Sudden Death | I49.9 Cardiac arrhythmia, unspecified | I46.1 Sudden cardiac death, so described | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Mortality | Non-Residents | Total Mortality | Non-Residents | Total Mortality | Non-Residents | |
| 2021 | 100 | 1 | 176 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2020 | 95 | 1 | 197 | 2 | 44 | 1 |
| 2019 | 64 | 1 | 223 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
Download this table Deaths registered in England and Wales where ICD-10 R96, I49.9 and I46.1 is the underlying cause of death.
.xls .csvTotal mortality shows deaths registered in England and Wales including non-residents. Non-Residents figures are included, which can be subtracted if just England and Wales data are required.
We have not conducted analysis deaths due to Adult Sudden Death Syndrome for 2022. 2022 data is still in provisional format to allow the inclusion of late registrations, which are deaths referred for Coroner investigation. This analysis will be published in July 2023 on our NOMIS Webservice and as part of the 21st Century Mortality publication.
However, we can provide this as a bespoke request for you using provisional data. User requested data sets are subject to disclosure control, legal frameworks, resources and agreement to costs under the ONS Charging policy.
If you would like to discuss this further, or to obtain a quote for this work please contact the Health Analysis and Pandemic Insight (HAPI) Customer Service team at Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.