You asked
Please provide deaths in Bradford for the years 2001 and 2011 - at Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level, broken down by sex and age and if possible, cause of death.
Additionally can the data for 2001 use the 2001 LSOA boundaries and the data for 2011 use the 2011 LSOA boundaries.
We said
Thank you for your request.
You have made a Freedom of Information Request asking for deaths in Bradford for the years 2001 and 2011 - at LSOA level, broken down by sex and age and if possible, cause of death.
The data you have requested are available free of charge, in the Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML). To obtain this data you will need to apply to become an approved researcher. For further information please follow the link to the ONS website: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/virtual-microdata-laboratory--vml-/index.html
To obtain access to the data please contact the VML team. Their contact details are:
Email: VML.Service.Desk@ons.gov.uk Telephone: 01329 447871.
Alternatively, information on deaths broken down by age, sex and cause of death at LSOA level for England and Wales can be obtained from the Mortality Analysis team. Special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries should be made to: mortality@ons.gov.uk. We recommend that you contact the Mortality Analysis team directly in order to discuss your data requirements in more detail.
As this information is already available to you via this route ONS considers that s.21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S.21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.