Total deaths with ONLY SARS-CoV-2 on the death certificate with no pre-existing medical conditions for age 70 and under

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21 June 2021

You asked

Please could you provide the total figure of those who died with ONLY SARS-CoV-2 on the death certificate (no other cause of death), who had no pre-existing medical conditions and who were under the age of 70.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We have published Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics which provides deaths from January 2020 to December 2020 by two age groups in the dataset in table 2. This is the latest data available.

England
Number of
PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS		January to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020January to December 2020
​Aged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and over
0271379494,620592134062,2381,4417,208
1673361,32911,712704335885,6152,05418,096
2443661,08510,219474475075,7541,68316,786
3462986556,734283383224,1231,05111,493
4121303173,147151631341,9074785,347
5 or more11911601,9157133781,0932563,232
Proportion with no
pre-existing conditions		13.0%10.1%21.1%12.0%26.1%12.3%20.0%10.8%20.7%11.6%
Mean number of
pre-existing conditions		1.922.201.701.971.552.171.732.091.712.02

Download this table England

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Wales
Number of
PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS		January to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020January to December 2020
Aged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and overAged 1-64 yearsAged 65 and over
0175633921249285108643
132359653428506171161,321
2015514702273847791989
306252941192427550594
4031111919914321274
5 or more145730467212153
Proportion with no
pre-existing conditions		20.00%12.10%27.10%17.40%20.00%12.10%27.80%15.20%27.10%16.20%
Mean number of
pre-existing conditions		1.81.791.491.731.52.051.51.811.51.77

Download this table Wales

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Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) data for 2021 data is available in table 2 of the publication.

Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, England and Wales 1, 2, 3, 4
Number of
pre-existing conditions		Aged 0-64 yearsAged 65 and overAll ages
01,5604,9236,483
11,84012,01613,856
21,49511,71513,210
39288,1849,112
44043,9254,329
5 or more2142,2612,475
Proportion with no
pre-existing conditions		24.2%11.4%13.1%
Mean number of
pre-existing conditions		1.62.12.0

Notes

  1. Based on non-neonatal deaths due to COVID-19; see the Definitions tab for information on our definition of COVID-19.
  2. Numbers exclude one record with ordering anomalies that affect judgement on whether condition pre-existed.
  3. Figures for England and Wales (combined) include deaths of non-residents. However, all other geographical breakdowns exclude deaths of non-residents and boundaries are based on the most up-to-date information available at time of publication.
  4. Figures are for deaths registered in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021. There is a delay between a death occurring and it being registered; for more information see our impact of registration delays bulletin. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/impactofregistrationdelaysonmortalitystatisticsinenglandandwales/2019

Download this table Table 2: Average number of pre-existing conditions in deaths due to COVID-19 by broad age group, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021, England and Wales 1, 2, 3, 4

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Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide you with further disaggregation of COVID-19 deaths by age group with no-preexisting conditions. To fulfil this request, we would need to create a bespoke analysis or table. 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.

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