FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3278
You asked
This dataset does not break down the causes of death. Please supply a dataset that breaks down the causes of death over the last calendar year, and also mentions the deceased vaccination status.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Our recent publication Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 1 January and 31 October 2021 contains further analysis of reasons for higher non-COVID mortality rates in some vaccination status groups at different times of the year.
We are unclear how far you would like the breakdown of deaths as there are different levels of granularity to causes of death. If you are requesting deaths by vaccination status in England broken down by every cause of death for every calendar year, then we would be unable to provide this due to this having such low numbers which cause a disclosure risk. We are prohibited by law from publishing statistics in which individual businesses or persons can be identified. This includes disclosure of information that can be linked with other information in the public domain to identify an individual. Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (SRSA) which renders it an offence to disclose information held by the Statistics Board for statistical purposes that would identify an individual.
However, if our interpretation of what you have requested is incorrect then the information you have requested may be available to commission as bespoke analysis. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources, and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.