You asked
1. I would be grateful if you could supply me with UK figures of main cause of death covering 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 (to date) for the following;
Heart attack, Stroke, Cancers, Drug/Alcohol Related, Accidental, Criminal Acts, Coronavirus/Flu, COVID-19 (no underlying health issue), COVID-19 (with underlying health issue), other and overall total.
2. I would like the same information covering Scotland only.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
UK data
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 can provide the following information for England and Wales for 2017-2019.
Deaths involving Heart attack, stroke, accidental death, influenza, cancers, and all cause deaths
This information is available from the Deaths Registered in England and Wales Series or available from the NOMIS Webservice.
Cause of death is coded using Version 10 of the International classification of diseases (ICD-10). Deaths with an underlying cause of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) would be assigned as follows:
- Neoplasms (Cancers) – ICD-10 code C00 – D48
- Acute myocardial infarction (Heart attack) - ICD-10 code I21
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage (stroke) –ICD-10 code I60
- Cerebral infarction (stroke) – ICD-10 code I63
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction – ICD-10 code I64
- Influenza -ICD-10 code J09-J11
- Accidents – ICD-10 code V01 – X59
https://icd.who.int/browse10/2014/en#/I46.1
| Cause of death | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A00-R99,U00-Y89 All causes, all ages | 533,253 | 541,589 | 530,841 |
| C00-D48 II Neoplasms (Cancers) | 149,652 | 149,868 | 150,865 |
| I21 Acute myocardial infarction | 20,698 | 19,654 | 19,386 |
| I60 Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 1,715 | 1,714 | 1,713 |
| I63 Cerebral infarction | 3,061 | 3,092 | 3,017 |
| I64 Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction | 14,628 | 14,437 | 13,499 |
| J09-J11 Influenza | 458 | 1,598 | 1,223 |
| V01-X59 Accidents | 14,095 | 15,415 | 15,141 |
Download this table Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age
.xls .csvDrug and Alcohol related deaths
The latest drug related deaths can be found in this publication Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk).
Deaths Related to drug poisoning in England and Wales
2017 3,756 deaths registered.
2018 4,359 deaths registered.
2019 4,393 deaths registered.
The latest alcohol specific deaths can be found in this publication Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk).
| Year of registration | Number of deaths |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 7,565 |
| 2018 | 7,551 |
| 2017 | 7,697 |
Download this table Table 1: Alcohol-specific deaths in the United Kingdom, registered between 2017 and 2019
.xls .csvAs ONS data is taken from the death certificate, this does not show if a criminal offense has taken place prior to the death. However, the Home Office also hold data on crime statistics and may be able to answer your query. They can be contacted via email at foirequests@homeoffice.gov.uk.
2020/2021 Data
Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK is the latest publication available for 2020.
Within the Monthly Mortality analysis in England and Wales, we publish leading causes of death for 2020/2021 in table 11a and 11b. Further disaggregation of 2020 data will be available in NOMIS after the publication of the Deaths Registered Series in July 2021.
Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2020 registrations will be published in October 2021.
Scottish Data
As mentioned, we are only 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) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk.