UK mortality statistics for deaths due to or involving the COVID-19 vaccination

FOI Ref: FOI/2022/4144

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This email is to request for the latest figures on deaths due to COVID-19 vaccination in the UK.

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Thank you for your enquiry.

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.

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.

The following publication provides the information requested for England and Wales and is updated on a monthly basis: Monthly mortality analysis, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) .

Table 12 of this publication shows deaths either due to or involving the COVID-19 vaccination. Table 13 shows an age breakdown of these deaths. The latest available data is for March 2022. April 2022 will be published on 20 May 2022.

You may also be interested in information regarding the difference in our (ONS) data and the Yellow Card scheme data, which can be found in the following blog post: How many people have died as a result of a COVID-19 vaccine? | National Statistical (ons.gov.uk)

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