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How many young people, under the age of 25, have died from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS), sometimes known as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, in Lincolnshire in 2016?
How many young people, under the age of 25, have died from SADS in the UK in 2016?
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You have made a Freedom of Information Request asking for the number of people aged under 25 who have died from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) in Lincolnshire and the UK in 2016.
The coding of sudden adult / arrhythmic death syndrome is not clearly defined in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10) and the term is not included in the alphabetical ICD index that is used to determine which code to assign. This makes it difficult to apply consistent coding rules.
In England and Wales we would normally code a death certificate which said "Sudden Adult Death Syndrome" to ICD 10 code R96. More information on the coding of SADS can be found on our website:
Figures for 2016 are not yet available, and we do not publish figures for the UK as a whole, but figures for deaths for 2013 - 2015 in England and Wales are available through our explorable data set:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=73
The below tables taken from our explorable dataset show that in 2015 there were no deaths coded to R96 in Lincolnshire compared to 94 in England and Wales.
Number of deaths coded to R96 in Lincolnshire, 2015
| Age | R96 Other sudden death, cause unknown |
| Total (all ages) | 0 |
| Aged under 1 | 0 |
| Aged 1 to 4 | 0 |
| Aged 5 to 9 | 0 |
| Aged 10 to 14 | 0 |
| Aged 15 to 19 | 0 |
| Aged 20 to 24 | 0 |
Download this table Number of deaths coded to R96 in Lincolnshire, 2015
.xls (17.9 kB)Number of deaths coded to R96, England and Wales (including non-residents) 2015
| Age | R96 Other sudden death, cause unknown |
| Total (all ages) | 94 |
| Aged under 1 | 0 |
| Aged 1 to 4 | 10 |
| Aged 5 to 9 | 2 |
| Aged 10 to 14 | 3 |
| Aged 15 to 19 | 7 |
| Aged 20 to 24 | 12 |
Download this table Number of deaths coded to R96, England and Wales (including non-residents) 2015
.xls (17.9 kB)Data for Scotland can be found at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths
Data for Northern Ireland can be found at http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp101.htm
Other special extracts and tabulations of deaths data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). If you would like any further information, please contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk