FOI reference: FOI-2024-2323
You asked
Could you kindly provide me with data on deaths of West African Migrants pre and post COVID, and relevant comparisons from your holdings.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of Mortality statistics for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk .
Until September 2024, ethnicity has not been collected on the death certificate. However, we have linked death registration data to the 2011 and 2021 Censuses to produce the analysis linked below regarding deaths by ethnicity. Unfortunately, the ethnicity collected does not go to a level granular enough to stipulate West African descent, so we do not hold the information requested.
Please see the associated download for classifications of ethnic groups as collected in the Census.
The following existing publications showing deaths by ethnicity, in case this is helpful:
Mortality from leading causes of death by ethnic group, England and Wales
Updating ethnic contrasts in deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), England
Sociodemographic inequalities in suicides in England and Wales: 2011 to 2021
For further information, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk
Download associated with request
- Ethnic groups as collected in the Census (87.4 kB pdf)