Deaths from influenza and pneumonia 2015-2020

Release date:
30 November 2020

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Please could you provide the following data:

Number of deaths where pneumonia and/or influenza is mentioned on the death certificate.

By year and month for the following years:

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020 to end October

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Thank you for your enquiry.

Deaths involving Pneumonia and/or influenza is available through our the following link to our interactive webservice: NOMIS Webservice. This has annual data from 2013 to 2019.

Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age
England and Wales
Date	All causes	J09-J18 Influenza and Pneumonia	J09-J11 Influenza	J12-J18 Pneumonia
2015	528,507	29,847	282	29,565
2016	523,857	27,464	427	27,037
2017	532,130	27,595	458	27,137
2018	540,265	29,451	1,596	27,855
2019	529,553	26,342	1,213	25,129

Download this table Mortality statistics - underlying cause, sex and age

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Influenza and pneumonia Data for 2020 is available in our Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional. We use the term "due to Influenza and Pneumonia" when referring only to deaths where that illness was recorded as the underlying cause of death. We use the term "involving Influenza and Pneumonia" when referring to deaths that had that illness mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, whether as an underlying cause or not.

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