Deaths from any cause within 28 days of a COVID-19 vaccine

Dyddiad y datganiad:
5 October 2021

FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2957

You asked

Could you please supply an update on your plans to produce statistics for the number of people who have died from any cause within 28 days of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Have you made any progress on this since March 2021? The following URL refers:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/deathsforanyreasonwithin28daysofthecovid19vaccine

We said

​Thank you for your enquiry requesting deaths and hospitalisations involving the COVID-19 vaccination.

We have recently published the following release: Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 2 January and 2 July 2021. The data are for England only, as vaccinations data for Wales is not yet available to be linked to the mortality dataset and the Public Health Data Assent (PHDA) covers England only. We therefore do not hold information for Wales. To note, this information has been produced showing deaths within and exceeding 21 days of vaccination, rather than 28 days. This is the timeframe whereby the vaccine is deemed to be most effective.

Table 1 shows count of deaths involving COVID-19 and percentage of all deaths by vaccination status, England, deaths occurring between 2 January and 2 July 2021
Vaccination statusDeaths
involving
COVID-19		Non-
COVID-19
deaths		Percent
of all
deaths
All deaths
regardless of
vaccination
status		51,281214,70119.3
Unvaccinated38,96465,17037.4
Deaths
within 21 days
of first dose		4,38814,26523.5
Deaths 21 days
or more after
first dose		7,28966,5339.9
Deaths within
21 days of
second dose		18211,4701.6
Deaths 21
days or more
after second
dose		45857,2630.8

Download this table Table 1 shows count of deaths involving COVID-19 and percentage of all deaths by vaccination status, England, deaths occurring between 2 January and 2 July 2021

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Source: Office for National Statistics – National Immunisation Management Service, NHS Test and Trace

This report does not cover deaths 'due to' vaccination. Number of deaths where adverse reaction to the vaccine was mentioned on the death certificate can be found in Table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset. There are currently 4 deaths registered with the aligning ICD-10 codes for this (U12.9). The latest data available is August 2021.

Public Health England also publish a weekly surveillance report looks at the impact on hospitalisations, infection, vaccine effectiveness and mortality.

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

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