Causes of Death

Guidance notes and metadata for ONS's Health and Life Events statistics including conceptions, births, mariages and divorces, deaths and mortality

Infant death figures reported in these tables represent babies born in 2010 who died before their first birthday: the 2010 birth cohort for infant deaths. They also contains additional analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting infant deaths, including age of mother and birthweight.

Presents data on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales. Also contains data on cause of death, sex and age-group plus analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting stillbirths and infant deaths including age of mother and birthweight.

Pre-release access list for Child Mortality Statistics

These tables provide annual data for a selection of key statistics under the following themes: births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions. Figures for the latest years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available

These tables provide quarterly conceptions data. Figures for the latest quarters and years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available.

Presents annual data on deaths from injury and poisoning in England and Wales using a matrix of mechanism by intent developed by the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on injury statistics.

Presents annual data on the main causes of death from injury and poisoning in England and Wales in 2011. The data are classified by mechanism and intent using the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on injury matrix which uses standard groups of ICD codes.

This annual bulletin presents alcohol-related death figures and age-standardised rates for the UK, England, Wales and regions of England for 2011. Country-level figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are not presented separately here. Figures for 2002 to 2010 are presented for comparison purposes.

A review of gender and age differences show men and women age 55-59 were most at risk in 2011

This bulletin presents the latest suicide statistics for the UK, England (including figures for regions) and Wales. New figures are presented for 2011 with a back series of data covering 1981 to 2010 to allow comparison. The potential impact of the use of narrative verdicts by coroners on suicide rates at regional level in England, and in Wales, is also presented. A brief discussion of registration delays in relation to suicide statistics is also included.

Presents data on death registrations in the UK by area of usual residence. The release contains a summary table providing key mortality measures (numbers and rates including age standardised mortality rates) and a table providing numbers of deaths by age and sex for England and Wales.

Pre-release access list for Mortality Statistics: Deaths registered in England and Wales by area of usual residence, 2011

This bulletin presents provisional estimated figures of excess winter mortality (EWM) for the winter period 2011/12, and final figures for the winter period 2010/11, in England and Wales. Historical trends from 1950/51 onwards are also presented for comparison purposes.

This document lists all persons who have been granted pre-release access, 24 hours before the date of publication.

These tables provide annual data for a selection of key statistics under the following themes: births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions. Figures for the latest years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available.

These tables provide quarterly conceptions data. Figures for the latest quarters and years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available.

These reference tables are part of the 'Death certification reform: A case study on the potential impact on mortality statistics' release.

Presents mortality statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales by age-group, sex and underlying cause of death and by other selected information collected at the time of registration.

These tables provide numbers of deaths by age, sex and underlying cause in England and Wales. Figures are based on deaths registered in 2011. The ICD-10 codes shown are those where at least one death was coded to that underlying cause during the relevant reference period.

PDF download of Health and life events - metadata for ONS's mortality statistics, 2012

Present data on death registrations in England and Wales. They contain data for death rates, cause of death data by sex and age and death registrations by area of residence. These tables are laid before Parliament before publication. Consequently, figures will not be released until 11.00 am.

Pre-Release Access List for Births and Deaths in England and Wales, 2011 (Final)

Pre-release list for the Vital Statistics: Population and Health Reference Tables August 2012