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How many falls have resulted in mild injuries to death in the years 2002 and 2016.
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Thank you for your enquiry.
We are responsible for mortality statistics for deaths registered in England and Wales, using the information provided on the death certificate.
Cause of death is coded using version 10 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Deaths where the underlying cause was a fall, would be assigned the ICD-10 codes W00-W19.
For 2013-2017, statistics for number of deaths by underlying cause, sex and age are available from our explorable dataset: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=73
Prior to 2013 these figures can be obtained from our 21st century mortality files: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/the21stcenturymortalityfilesdeathsdataset
Special extracts and tabulations of deaths data for England and Wales, such as the number of deaths where falls were mentioned on the death certificate, are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). You can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk
We do not hold statistics on falls resulting in injuries, but Public health England or the Health and Safety Executive may be better placed to respond to your request and can be contacted using the links provided.