Firefighter mortality statistics

Dyddiad y datganiad:
1 August 2022

FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4290

You asked

Will it be possible to provide us this dataset in Excel?

We are looking for:

  • firefighter employed by the UK government (I think, classified under 3313 and 1173 (but covering fire only, and excluding ambulance or prison) or SOC90: 1530 and 6110).

  • Will it be also possible to provide us with the extra column containing employer information (for example MOD or aviation firefighters work in a private sectors)?

  • results separated by the gender: male and female

  • geography code (region)

  • ICD codes (for cancers and diseases) (split for female and male)

  • results broken down by age ranges as specified below (separate for male and female)

  • data for each year from 2000-2021 (split by the gender and age)

  • can you also clarify if you include in your classification (SOC code) retained duty system firefighters (on-call) and fire control (operators)?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

Unfortunately, we have not conducted analysis on these specific occupation classifications

We hold deaths due to cancer within our 21st Century Mortality Data set, Deaths Registered Series and on our interactive webservice NOMIS.  Disaggregation by age and sex are available in these data sets.

Our NOMIS webservice provides a breakdown of deaths for ICD-10 code by requested geography, sex and age if you wish to look for a specific type of cancer.

Using the following instructions, you can request your own data breakdown.

  • 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)

We also hold the following user requested data sets which are not specific to your ICD-10- code request.

Deaths registered by occupation, code 5 year age group and sex 2020 in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

Deaths registered, by occupation code, 5 year age group and sex, 2019, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

Deaths Registrations by occupation code, 5 year age group and sex, 2018, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics

Deaths registered, by occupation code, 5 year age group and sex, 2011 to 2017, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

Deaths registered, by occupation code, 5 year age group and sex, 2011 to 2016, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

You can find SOCC codes by using our ONS Occupation Coding Tool (onsdigital.github.io) tool.  The above user requested data sets use the following code for Fire Service Personnel.

  • 1173: Senior offices in fire, ambulance, prison and related services
  • 3313: Fire Service officers (Watch manager and below)

The information you have requested is available to order from our Health Data Customer Service team. Such services are subject to legal frameworks, 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 will be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy. Please note that any data deemed to be disclosive will be suppressed as per our Disclosure Policies and will not be included in bespoke tabulations.

As this information is reasonably accessible via another route, even if only accessible on payment, Section 21(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.

If you would like further information, or to arrange a quote please contact Health.data@ons.gov.uk

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