You asked
Please provide the number of deaths in the United Kingdom from Covid-19 since February 2020 to September 2020, both with pre-existing medical conditions and without pre-existing medical conditions.
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.
We have been producing the following publication in the response to COVID-19: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales. This provides a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by pre-existing health conditions and no pre-existing health conditions.
COVID-19 deaths with underlying health condition
Figures for COVID-19 deaths with underlying health conditions from January to June 2020 are available on Table 5 of this publication. Main pre-existing causes are grouped using the ONS Leading Causes of Deaths list and International Classification of Disease version 10 blocks of causes.
- With pre-existing condition: England and Wales - 45,859
- With pre-existing condition: England - 43,640
- With pre-existing condition: Wales - 2156
COVID-19 deaths with no underlying health condition
Figures for COVID-19 deaths with no underlying health conditions from January to June 2020 are also available on Table 5. This means where no other underlying condition was listed on the death certificate. Here are the figures below:
- No pre-existing condition: England and Wales - 4476
- No pre-existing condition: England - 4169
- No pre-existing condition: Wales - 294
Please note, this publication has currently been paused, due to the decrease in COVID-19 deaths.
Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by pre-existing and no pre-existing condition for July to September 2020, as we do not hold analysis for this. In order to comply with this part of the request, we would need to create bespoke analysis for you. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obliged to create information in response to requests. We therefore consider a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by pre-existing and no pre-existing conditions from February to September 2020 to be information not held.
You may be interested in the following publication, Monthly Mortality Analysis. This shows provisional death registration data for England and Wales, broken down by sex, age and country. The publication also includes deaths due to COVID-19 and leading causes of death.
If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk