You asked
I am aware of this data set: "Death registrations not involving coronavirus (COVID-19): England and Wales" https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathregistrationsnotinvolvingcoronaviruscovid19englandandwales
Could you please supply a complete set for the entirety of 2020:
"ALL" deaths registered in England and Wales, registrations by underlying cause of death using leading cause groupings.
Please supply the information in the same manner as the above example and 5 year average 2015-2019 for equivalent weeks.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We have discontinued the following dataset referenced in your request: Death registrations not involving Coronavirus in England and Wales.
This has been replaced by our Monthly Mortality analysis, which provides leading cause breakdown by month and year to date. The following table has been taken from this publication:
Cause: | Rank in year to date | Number of deaths | Rate per 100,000 population |
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Top ten leading causes of death in year to date 2020 | | | |
COVID-19 | 1st | 69,101 | 125.5 |
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease | 2nd | 66,060 | 119.5 |
Ischaemic heart diseases | 3rd | 51,979 | 94.9 |
Cerebrovascular diseases | 4th | 27,681 | 50.3 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 5th | 26,917 | 49.4 |
Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung | 6th | 26,571 | 48.4 |
Influenza and pneumonia | 7th | 18,656 | 34.0 |
Malignant neoplasm of colon, sigmoid, rectum and anus | 8th | 15,960 | 29.5 |
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions | 9th | 14,385 | 26.2 |
Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue | 10th | 11,109 | 20.2 |
COVID-19 in year to date 2020 | | | |
COVID-19 | 1st | 69,101 | 125.5 |
Download this table Table 11a: Age-standardised mortality rate for selected leading causes of death, per 100,000 people, England, deaths registered in December 2020 and year to date compared with the five-year average
.xls .csvIn order to provide all deaths registered in England and Wales in 2020 by underlying cause of death using leading cause groupings compared to the 5-year average, we would need to create a bespoke analysis. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.
Deaths by leading cause 2015-2019
Using the NOMIS webservice, you can request a breakdown of all deaths for 2015-2019 by leading causes or by ICD-10 broad cause chapter or by 3 digit ICD-10 breakdown.
Our Deaths Registered Series publications provide an annual breakdown of selected causes and leading causes. Data is available from 2012 to 2019. Please see the following datasets accompanying this series:
Deaths registered in England and Wales – 21st Century mortality: Annual data on the number of deaths registered in England and Wales by age group, sex, year and underlying cause of death, as defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.
Deaths registered series (dataset): Annual data on deaths registered by age, sex and selected underlying cause of death. Tables also provide both mortality rates and numbers of deaths over time.
Also, using the NOMIS webservice, you can request a breakdown of all deaths for 2015-2019 by leading causes or by ICD-10 broad cause chapter or by 3 digit ICD-10 breakdown
Please see the following instructions for using this service:
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 (ICD-10 code search is available)
Select format (Excel or CSV for example)
Our Deaths Registered Series and NOMIS services will be updated with mortality data for 2020 once the data are finalised in July 2021.
You may also find the following information useful:
The Leading causes of death, UK: 2001 to 2018 provides registered leading causes of death by age, sex and country.