FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4269
You asked
Could I please have the data for FOI/2021/3309, regarding Sudden Adult Death Sydnrome revised to include 2021?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
The conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) . From all of these causes an underlying cause of death is selected using ICD-10 coding rules. The underlying cause of death is defined by World Health Organisation (WHO) as:
a) the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death, or
b) the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the fatal injury
In England and Wales, deaths where "Sudden Adult Death Syndrome" or "Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome" are mentioned on the death certificate are recorded with an ICD-10 code of R96 or I49.9 respectively.
A death certificate of an infant (under 1 year old) which mentions "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" are coded with ICD-10 code R95.
Sudden Cardiac Death is recorded with an ICD-19 code of I46.1.
The information you have requested part of our explorable dataset available on our NOMIS webservice.
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- Select Age – All ages or 5-year age bands
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- Select cause of death (ICD10 code search is available)
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| Age | Total mortality | |
|---|---|---|
| Total (all ages) | 26 | |
| Aged 1 to 4 | 0 | |
| Aged 5 to 9 | 0 | |
| Aged 10-14 | 0 | |
| Aged 15-19 | 4 | |
| Aged 20-24 | 1 | |
| Aged 25-29 | 4 | |
| Aged 30-34 | 2 | |
| Aged 35-39 | 2 | |
| Aged 40-44 | 0 | |
| Aged 45-49 | 1 | |
| Aged 50-54 | 1 | |
| Aged 55-59 | 1 | |
| Aged 60-64 | 3 | |
| Aged 65-69 | 0 | |
| Aged 70-74 | 3 | |
| Aged 75-79 | 0 | |
| Aged 80-84 | 3 | |
| Aged 85-89 | 1 | |
| Aged 90 and over | 0 |
Download this table Table showing deaths caused by 'I46.1 Sudden cardiac death' in 2021:
.xls .csv
| Age | Total mortality | |
|---|---|---|
| Total (all ages) | Total (all ages) | |
| 100 | 100 | |
| Aged 1 to 4 | 5 | |
| Aged 5 to 9 | 1 | |
| Aged 10-14 | 1 | |
| Aged 15-19 | 5 | |
| Aged 20-24 | 12 | |
| Aged 25-29 | 18 | |
| Aged 30-34 | 11 | |
| Aged 35-39 | 15 | |
| Aged 40-44 | 11 | |
| Aged 45-49 | 8 | |
| Aged 50-54 | 1 | |
| Aged 55-59 | 6 | |
| Aged 60-64 | 3 | |
| Aged 65-69 | 0 | |
| Aged 70-74 | 1 | |
| Aged 75-79 | 1 | |
| Aged 80-84 | 0 | |
| Aged 85-89 | 0 | |
| Aged 90 and over | 0 |
Download this table Table showing deaths caused by 'R96 Other sudden deaths, cause unknown' in 2021:
.xls .csvThis is also published as part of our 21st century mortality, which contains all-cause mortality data by ICD code, age and sex, 2001-2021, England and Wales. You can filter on 'column A' for each year and filter on ICD-10 R96, I49.9 and I46.1.
For further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk