FOI reference: FOI-2025-2524
You asked
Please can you provide the vaccine injuries and deaths caused by the MMR vaccines since it was introduced.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of mortality statistics for England and Wales. These are driven by information collected on the death certificate. We do not hold any information on injuries due to the MMR vaccine. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency may be able to provide this information. They can be contacted at info@mhra.gov.uk.
Our mortality data comes from the information collected at death registration. All 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 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
There is no specific ICD10 code for deaths due to or involving the MMR vaccine. ICD10 code Y59.0 is used to code death where an adverse effect to viral vaccines caused or contributed to the death. At this time, there are no deaths where ICD10 code Y59.0 s mentioned on the death certificate. This information covers deaths that have been registered from 2001 to present.