Deaths due to influenza in 2020

Release date:
12 January 2022

FOI Ref: ​FOI/2021/3346

You asked

Please supply the number of deaths in 2020 from influenza.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry request deaths due to influenza in 2020.

Annual mortality data by cause from 2013-2020 is available as part of our explorable dataset on our NOMIS webservice. This explorable dataset can be used to search for deaths by ICD code J09 - J11 Influenza.

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Table showing 2020 deaths from J09-J11 influenza
A00-R99,
U00-Y89
All causes,
all ages		J09-J11 Influenza
Total mortality607,922511
England569,700483
Wales37,39927
England and Wales607,099510
Resident outside
England and Wales		8231

Download this table Table showing 2020 deaths from J09-J11 influenza

.xls .csv

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