Percentage of deaths where Covid-19 is listed as the first cause of death on the death certificate

FOI Reference: FOI/2022/3513

You asked

Please provide the percentage of deaths where Covid-19 is listed as the first cause of death-on-death certificates since Covid-19 was first detected in England?

We said

Thank you for your request.

Unfortunately, we have not conducted analysis of deaths due COVID-19 for England only. We do however, hold Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19 as part of our Monthly Mortality Analysis which covers England and Wales, which may be of interest to you. This shows COVID-19 deaths where there are no pre-existing conditions listed on the death certificate.

If this does not meet your needs, we can produce this for you as a bespoke data set.

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.

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.