Total UK deaths 2008 to 2013

Dyddiad y datganiad:
6 January 2021

You asked

Please provide me the total number of annual deaths, for all ages in the UK (including England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales) for the years

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

We said

​Thank you for your request.

We are primarily responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales. This is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. 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.

However, we do provide headline figures for the UK in collaboration with the aforementioned organisations within the following publication: Vital statistics in the UK: births, deaths and marriages. Please see the following table, taken from this publication.

Annual mortality data 2008-2013
YearNumber of deaths
​United KingdomEngland and WalesEngland⁴Wales⁴ScotlandNorthern Ireland
2013576,458506,790473,55232,13854,70014,968
2012569,024499,331466,77931,50254,93714,756
2011552,232484,367452,86230,42653,66114,204
2010561,666493,242461,01731,19753,96714,457
2009559,617491,348459,24131,00653,85614,413
2008579,697509,090475,76332,06655,70014,907

Notes

  1. For more information on these death statistics see Information page.
  2. Death figures are based on deaths registered rather than deaths occurring in a calendar year. For information on the impact of registration delays, see Impact of Registration Delays on Mortality Statistics.
  3. Figures for the United Kingdom, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland represent country of occurrence.
  4. For 1972 onwards, total deaths, infant deaths and neonatal deaths for England and for Wales represent the area of usual residence of the deceased. Deaths to individuals whose usual residence is outside England and Wales are included in the figures for England and Wales but are excluded from the separate figures for England and for Wales. Consequently, figures for England and for Wales will not sum to the England and Wales total for 1972 onwards. Prior to 1972, deaths were assigned to the area of usual residence of the deceased if that was within England and Wales; if not, to the country of occurrence.

Download this table Annual mortality data 2008-2013

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