COVID-19 deaths and all cause deaths in children August to November 2021

​FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3178

You asked

• How many deaths have been reported as being caused by, or contributed to, by the COVID-19 vaccination in 16-17 year olds since 1st August 2021 to date? Death to be counted from 1st day of vaccination.

• How many deaths have there been in 16-17 year olds from all causes?

• Can you give me the information requested above for 12-15 year olds. Date vaccine programme began in this cohort is 20th September.

• How many children in total have died that were vaccinated from 1st August 2021 to date in comparison to the previous 5 years for the same period broken down by year (2016 to 2020) ?

We said

Thank you for your request.

ONS mortality data comes from the information collected at death registration. All of the conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). From all of these causes an underlying cause of death is selected using ICD-10 coding rules. The underlying cause of death is defined by WHO as:

a) the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death, or

b) the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the fatal injury

How many deaths have been reported as being caused by, or contributed to, by COVID-19 vaccination in 16-17 year olds since 1 August 2021 to date? Death to be counted from 1st day of vaccination.

You can find the number of deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination in table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset. There are currently 13 deaths registered with the aligning ICD-10 codes for this (U12.9). The latest data available is for deaths registered between March 2020 and October 2021. These are deaths across all age groups since the rollout of the vaccination in December 2020. We can confirm that there are no deaths registered from this cause under the age of 35.

How many deaths have there been in 12 to 15 and 16 to 17 year olds from all causes?

Please see this information in following table. This provides deaths registered from 1 August to 19 November 2021 for deaths from all causes in the 12-15 and 16-17 year age groups.

How many children in total have died that were vaccinated from 1 August 2021 to date in comparison to the previous 5 years for the same period broken down by year (2016 to 2020)?

Unfortunately, we do not hold the requested analysis. However, we may be able to produce this for you as a bespoke request. Special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries would fall outside of the Freedom of Information regime and should be made to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

If you have any further queries, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.