FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2680
You asked
Please supply a table that shows the total United Kingdom death rates for the last 5 years - 2015 to 2020.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We are primarily responsible for the production of mortality data for England and Wales, 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.
In collaboration with NRS and NISRA, we have published headline figures for the UK as part of our Vital Statistics in the UK publication. Please see the below table for 2015 to 2019:
| United Kingdom | England and Wales | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 604,707 | 530,841 | 496,370 | 33,183 | 58,108 | 15,758 |
| 2018 | 616,014 | 541,589 | 505,859 | 34,406 | 58,503 | 15,922 |
| 2017 | 607,172 | 533,253 | 498,882 | 33,248 | 57,883 | 16,036 |
| 2016 | 597,206 | 525,048 | 490,791 | 33,066 | 56,728 | 15,430 |
| 2015 | 602,782 | 529,655 | 495,309 | 33,198 | 57,579 | 15,438 |
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.xls .csv2020 data
Our Deaths Registered in England and Wales publication reports that there were 607,922 deaths registered in 2020. 569,700 in England and 37,399 in Wales.
For any queries on this information for England and Wales, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.
2020 mortality figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found using the links below:
Scotland - Vital Events Reference Tables 2020
Northern Ireland - https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/monthly-deaths
Should you have any queries about this data, NRS and NISRA can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.