FOI reference: FOI-2024-2320
You asked
May I request that with the help of the ONS coherence team, you send me MS Excel files of:
a. The 'Total Number of Excess Winter Deaths (annually from 1950-2024) for (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland
Then may I request that you repeat each of the above files disaggregated by:
b. Sex (Male and Female)
c. Age (In ten year intervals)
d. Cause of Death (According to the World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Edition (ICD-10))
May I add a request for an additional category for 'still-births' to be added to all sections of my information request?
May I request that you additionally integrate the MS-Excel total population of each of the four countries for each year between 1950 to 2024?
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of mortality statistics for England and Wales, 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.
Stillbirths are not assigned an underlying cause of death. They are assigned a cause group. More information can be found in our User guide to child and infant mortality statistics methodology.
We also do not hold the full date of death in mortality data prior to 1970.
We have produced some analysis of excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales for the years 2011 to 2021. However, we do not hold any further information. Producing this would require the creation of new information, and public authorities are not required to do this to respond to FOI requests.
There is an option for you to access the granular data yourself in a secure environment, which will enable you to conduct your own analysis. More information on the Secure Research Service and how to access this as an accredited researcher can be found on our website.