Deaths

Publications related to Deaths

Statistical bulletins

• Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 4 July 2025

  Provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest weeks.

• Death registration summary statistics, England and Wales: 2024

  Number of deaths registered by year, sex, area of usual residence and Office for National Statistics (ONS) shortlist of cause of death code.

• Deaths registered in England and Wales: 2024

  Registered deaths by age, sex, selected underlying causes of death and the leading causes of death. Contains death rates and death registrations by area of residence and single year of age.

• Child and infant mortality in England and Wales: 2023

  Stillbirths, infant and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales, and associated risk factors.

• Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 1 April 2021 and 31 May 2023

  Age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19) by vaccination status, broken down by age group. Deaths occurring between 1 April 2021 and 31 May 2023 in England.

• Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2024 registrations

  Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 to 2024, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.

Articles

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  Causes of death over 100 years

  Explore and learn more about how the causes of death have changed over the last century.

• Analysis of death registrations not involving coronavirus (COVID-19), England and Wales

  Exploration of trends in non-COVID-19 deaths since 2 May 2020, how they compare with the five-year average, and how the nature of deaths from 2 May to 10 July may have changed from previous years when total numbers of non-COVID-19 deaths have returned to more expected levels.

• Where to find statistics on UK deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) and infection rates by country

  Links to statistics on coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and infection rates published by the different constituent countries of the UK.

• Deaths involving COVID-19 in the care sector, England and Wales

  Provisional figures on deaths registered involving coronavirus (COVID-19) during the first wave (14 March to 11 September 2020), the second wave (12 September 2020 to 11 June 2021) and the third wave (12 June 2021 to 21 January 2022) of the pandemic in care home residents, in England and Wales.

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths by ethnic group, England and Wales

  Comparison of deaths where the coronavirus (COVID-19) was mentioned on the death certificate by broad age group, sex and ethnic group, using linked census and mortality records on deaths registered up to 17 April 2020. Includes death counts, cause-specific mortality ratios and odds ratios to identify differential risks of COVID-19-related deaths.

• Changing trends in mortality in England and Wales

  An expansion of previous analysis of recent changes in the trends of mortality rates in England and Wales from 1990 to 2018 (Experimental Statistics).