COVID-19 deaths in England December 2020 to January 2022

Dyddiad y datganiad:
1 February 2022

​FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3485

You asked

Please supply how many people have died in England OF Covid (not WITH), with no underlying heath conditions, by age group.

Time frame: 08.12.20 - 04.01.22.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

Deaths registered due to or involving COVID-19 in England with no pre-existing conditions

We publish the following analysis Pre-existing conditions of people who died due to COVID-19, England and Wales as part of our Monthly Mortality Analysis on a quarterly basis.

We use the term due to when COVID-19 is determined to be the underlying cause of death.

Using the 2020 data set, table 2 will provide deaths by quarter and broad age group for England with no pre-existing conditions.

Table 2: 2020 Quarterly deaths due to COVID-19, England with no pre-existing condition
January to March 2020April to June 2020July to September 2020October to December 2020
0-64 years65 and overAll ages0-64 years65 and overAll ages0-64 years65 and overAll ages0-64 years65 and overAll ages
271371649484,6035,551592122714072,2472,654

Download this table Table 2: 2020 Quarterly deaths due to COVID-19, England with no pre-existing condition

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2021 data

Table 2: Deaths due to COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions by broad age group, 2021 Q1, England
Number of
pre-existing
conditions		Aged
0-64 years		Aged
65 and over		All ages
Q101,4674,5986,065

Download this table Table 2: Deaths due to COVID-19 with no pre-existing conditions by broad age group, 2021 Q1, England

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Table 4: The number and proportion of death certificates where the death was due to COVID-19 that had no pre-existing conditions listed, 2021 Q2, Q3 and Q4, England
QuarterDeaths due
to COVID-19		of which, number of deaths
with no pre-existing conditions
Q21,776334
Q36,1811,062
Q48,3461,387

Notes

  1. Based on non-neonatal deaths due to COVID-19; see the Definitions tab for information on our definition of COVID-19 and method for determining pre-existing conditions.
  2. Figures for England and Wales as a whole include deaths of non-residents, other breakdowns exclude non-residents.
  3. Boundaries are based on the most up-to-date information available at time of publication.
  4. See the Definitions tab for method for determining pre-existing conditions.
  5. Figures are for deaths registered in each quarter. There is a delay between a death occurring and it being registered; for more information see our impact of registration delays bulletin https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/impactofregistrationdelaysonmortalitystatisticsinenglandandwales/2019

Download this table Table 4: The number and proportion of death certificates where the death was due to COVID-19 that had no pre-existing conditions listed, 2021 Q2, Q3 and Q4, England

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We have not completed analysis by age-band and individual constituent country for quarter 2 to 4 of 2021 and we do not hold analysis by the specific dates you have requested.

However, we can create this as a custom output. Special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries would fall outside of the Freedom of Information regime and can be made to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.

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