COVID-19 deaths with no pre-existing health conditions under 60

You asked

Please provide to date in the UK the number of deaths under the age of 60 where the cause of death was COVID-19 but where there were no previous underlying medical conditions.

We said

​Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the provision of mortality statistics for England and Wales. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.

The requested information up to June 2020 can be found in the following dataset: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales, and in the following table:

The latest data available is up to June 2020, as this publication has been now been paused, due to the decrease in deaths from COVID-19.

Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide an age breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by no pre-existing condition for July to September 2020, as we do not hold analysis for this. In order to comply with this part of the request, we would need to create bespoke analysis for you. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obliged to create information in response to requests. We therefore consider a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths by no pre-existing conditions and age from March to September 2020 to be information not held.

You may be interested in the following publication, Monthly Mortality Analysis. This shows provisional death registration data for England and Wales, broken down by sex, age and country. The publication also includes deaths due to COVID-19 and leading causes of death.

If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.