You asked
Please can you send me total death rates for the whole country
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are 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 publish UK headline figures within our Vital statistics in the UK: births, deaths and marriages. The latest data available is 2018. UK data for 2019 will be published in early 2021.
| Year | United Kingdom | England and Wales | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 616,014 | 541,589 | 505,859 | 34,406 | 58,503 | 15,922 |
| 2017 | 607,172 | 533,253 | 498,882 | 33,248 | 57,883 | 16,036 |
| 2016 | 597,206 | 525,048 | 490,791 | 33,066 | 56,728 | 15,430 |
| 2015 | 602,782 | 529,655 | 495,309 | 33,198 | 57,579 | 15,548 |
Download this table Annual data: Deaths (numbers and rates: total, infant, neonatal)
.xls .csv
| Year | United Kingdom | England and Wales | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9 | 11 | 10.8 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 9.1 | 9 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 8.3 |
| 2015 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 8.4 |
Download this table Crude Death Rate (deaths per 1,000 population)
.xls .csv
| Year | United Kingdom | England and Wales | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 981.2 | 965.4 | 957.2 | 1058.7 | 1139.5 | 1012.2 |
| 2017 | 982.0 | 965.3 | 958.8 | 1035.6 | 1142.9 | 1036.9 |
| 2016 | 982.5 | 966.9 | 959.8 | 1045.7 | 1136.4 | 1015.9 |
| 2015 | 1010.0 | 993.2 | 986.6 | 1064.4 | 1177.3 | 1045.2 |
Download this table Age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR)
.xls .csv2019:
Data for 2019 is available for England and Wales as part of our Deaths Registered series
In 2019, there were 530,841 deaths registered in England and Wales, 496,370 total deaths in England and 33,183 total deaths in Wales.
2020:
Please see the following publication: Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional. This publication states that up to 18 December (week 51), there were 592, 525 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2020.