​FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2686

You asked

In the dataset called 'Death registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional', there is a tab called 'Weekly figures by cause'. Row 11 is for 'Deaths involving respiratory disease (any mention on the death certificate). Up to week 26 of 2021, there are a total of 101,120 mentions.

Please can you provide the same figures for the years 2013 to 2020?

Annual figures for 2013 through to 2020 will suffice, if weekly or monthly figures are not readily available.

To clarify, I am solely requesting data for:

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99): Deaths involving respiratory disease (any mention on the death certificate) --

I am NOT requesting data for:

-- underlying cause--

or

--leading cause--

because this information is already published on Nomis and you have shared this before (your reference FOI/2021/1473)

We said

​Thank you for your enquiry.

Unfortunately, we do not hold analysis showing annual or weekly mortality data with respiratory disease mentioned anywhere on the death certificate from 2013 to 2020.

To fulfil this request, we would need to create bespoke analysis. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information to respond to FOI requests. However, we may be able to create this as a custom output for you via our bespoke services route. Information on registered deaths by ICD-10 code mention for 2013-2020, along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources and agreement of costs. If you would like to request this bespoke dataset, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy.