FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4281
You asked
I found this on your website https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/suddenadultdeaths2016to2021
I'm looking for similar statistics on the number of fatalities resulting in sudden adult death syndrome during 2021 and the first 6 months of 2022 please?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry
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 World Health Organisation (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
In England and Wales, deaths where "Sudden Adult Death Syndrome" or "Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome" are mentioned on the death certificate are recorded with an ICD-10 code of R96 or I49.9 respectively.
The information you have requested part of our explorable dataset available on our NOMIS webservice
- Select the geography (England and Wales, regional or by local authority).
- Select Age -- All ages or 5-year age bands.
- Select Gender -- Total or Male/Female
- Select rates -- All deaths, rates or percentage of population for example.
- Select cause of death (ICD10 code search is available).
- Select format (Excel or CSV for example)
| Year | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cause of death | R96 Other sudden death, cause unknown | |
| Age | Total mortality | |
| total (all ages) | 100 | |
| Aged 1 to 4 | 5 | |
| Aged 5 to 9 | 1 | |
| Aged 10-14 | 1 | |
| Aged 15-19 | 5 | |
| Aged 20-24 | 12 | |
| Aged 25-29 | 18 | |
| Aged 30-34 | 11 | |
| Aged 35-39 | 15 | |
| Aged 40-44 | 11 | |
| Aged 45-49 | 8 | |
| Aged 50-54 | 1 | |
| Aged 55-59 | 6 | |
| Aged 60-64 | 3 | |
| Aged 65-69 | 0 | |
| Aged 70-74 | 1 | |
| Aged 75-79 | 1 | |
| Aged 80-84 | 0 | |
| Aged 85-89 | 0 | |
| Aged 90 and over | 0 |
Download this table
.xls .csv
| Year | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cause of death | I46.1 Sudden cardiac death, so described | |
| Age | Total mortality | |
| total (all ages) | 26 | |
| Aged 1 to 4 | 0 | |
| Aged 5 to 9 | 0 | |
| Aged 10-14 | 0 | |
| Aged 15-19 | 4 | |
| Aged 20-24 | 1 | |
| Aged 25-29 | 4 | |
| Aged 30-34 | 2 | |
| Aged 35-39 | 2 | |
| Aged 40-44 | 0 | |
| Aged 45-49 | 1 | |
| Aged 50-54 | 1 | |
| Aged 55-59 | 1 | |
| Aged 60-64 | 3 | |
| Aged 65-69 | 0 | |
| Aged 70-74 | 3 | |
| Aged 75-79 | 0 | |
| Aged 80-84 | 3 | |
| Aged 85-89 | 1 | |
| Aged 90 and over | 0 |
Download this table
.xls .csvWe have not yet conducted analysis of 2022 data for this specific cause of death. This is to allow the inclusion of late registrations which are deaths which have been referred to Coroner for investigation.
If you would like to request a special extract of mortality data, this can be ordered through the HALE Customer Services Team. Special extract and tabulations of mortality data are subject to disclosure control, legal frameworks, resources and agreement to costs under the ONS Charging policy. If you would like to receive a quote for this work, please contact the Customer Services team on Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.
For further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk