FOI REF: FOI/2023/4767
You asked
I would like to know the number of flu deaths during 2020.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We hold analysis of deaths registered where influenza is the underlying cause of death in England and Wales on our interactive webservice NOMIS for 2013 to 2021.
Our mortality data comes from the information collected at death registration.
All the conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). From all of these causes an underlying cause of death is selected using ICD-10 coding rules.
The underlying cause of death is defined by WHO as:
a) the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death, or
b) the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the fatal injury
The ICD-10 cause code for influenza is J09 – J11
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We have also produced the following user requested data set: Deaths due to and involving influenza or pneumonia, England and Wales: 2001 to 2021 registrations.
Using the above dataset there were 511 deaths due to Influenza in England and Wales in 2020. If you have any further questions, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.