FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3639
You asked
Please supply deaths caused by side effects or adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines, where COVID-19 vaccines are listed as cause of death on the death certificate, broken down by age group and gender between February 2020 up to and including December 2021.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Deaths involving the COVID-19 vaccination
Our data is derived from the death certificate, using information received at the point of death registration. For the vaccine to be mentioned on the death certificate the medical professional certifying the death must have believed, to the best of their knowledge, that the vaccine was part of the events that led to the death. Deaths reported as due to or involving the COVID-19 vaccination are recorded using ICD-10 code U12.9.
We report deaths attributed to adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccination monthly within our Monthly Mortality Analysis. The latest data available is December 2021.