FOI Ref: FOI/2022/4466
You asked
For 2022 up to this date 18/09/2022, what is the percentage of deaths recorded in England and Wales out of all causes that represent people who have received any of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations in relation to the unvaccinated?
I would also like the figure for England and Wales of unexplained deaths in 2022 up to 18/09/2022.
I would also like the figures for unexplained deaths covering the years 2016 to 2021 in England and Wales.
I would like the figures for all heart attack deaths from 2016 to 18/09/2022 in England and Wales.
We said
Thank you for your request
Deaths by Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination status
We hold the following analysis Deaths by vaccination status, England which provides age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving Coronavirus (COVID-19), non-COVID-19 deaths and all deaths by vaccination status, broken down by age group.
Table 3 shows the 'ever-vaccinated' category totals for deaths involving COVID-19, deaths not involving COVID-19 and all cause deaths from 1 January 2021 to 31 May 2022.
This is the latest data available with an updated publication due for release in late 2022. The next publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.
As this information is reasonably accessible via another route, Section 21(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.
Unexplained deaths
We publish the following analysis, which provides annual data on sudden infant deaths in England and Wales and infant deaths for which the cause remained unascertained after a full investigation, with associated risk factors: Unexplained deaths in infancy, England and Wales.
If your query is regarding Sudden Adult Death Syndrome or Sudden Cardiac Deaths, please see previously published FOI relating to deaths from 2016 to 2022: SADS Mortality statistics for 2019 to 2022
Heart attacks in England and Wales to 2016 to 2022
When a death is registered, all the conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the 'International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision' (ICD-10) the coded mortality data available is coded to version 2014 of the ICD10 framework. Heart attack/Myocardial infarction under the ICD-10 code I21, I22 and for complications following a myocardial infarction I23.
We have published annual mortality data by cause from 2013 to 2021. This is available as part of our explorable dataset on our NOMIS webservice. This explorable dataset can be used to search for annual deaths by ICD codes I21, I22 and I23.
Please see the accompanying download, which provides data on the number of deaths with the above ICD-10 codes as the underlying cause of death for England and Wales (including non-residents).
Analysis of these ICD-10 codes for 2022 will be published next year. However, if you would like to obtain this information sooner, this can be produced as a bespoke output via our bespoke services route.
If you would like to request this, please consult our Health Data customer service team, who will be able to discuss your request further. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources, and agreement of costs. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.
If you have any questions about this data, please contact also health.data@ons.gov.uk.