FOI Reference: FOI/2022/3789

You asked

Do you have the overall death rates for the UK for 2021?

We said

Thank you for your request for death rates in the UK for 2021.

ONS 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.

ONS have published provisional analysis for 2021 deaths and age-standardised mortality rates for England and Wales, this can be found in table 10 of our monthly mortality analysis dataset.

If you require further assistance with this enquiry, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.