Influenza mortality statistics for 2019 and 2020

Release date:
27 September 2021

FOI Reference: FOI/2021/2908

You asked

Please provide the new separated figures for deaths caused by influenza for 2020?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry requesting deaths involving influenza for 2020.

Our NOMIS webservice provides deaths by ICD-10 code in England and Wales. Coding for cause of death is carried out according to the World Health Organization (WHO) International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and internationally agreed rules. This was updated with 2020 mortality data after the data were finalised in the summer of 2021.

Mortality statistics for Influenza J09-J11
Country20192020
Total mortality1,223511
England1,160483
Wales5327
England and Wales1,213510
Resident outside England and Wales101

Download this table Mortality statistics for Influenza J09-J11

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