You asked
I would like data regarding deaths from Sudden Cardiac Death (SDC) in the UK between 2012 and the year of the most recent data available, including age groups.
In addition, how many people were given heart screenings through Government funding since 2012?
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We are responsible for publishing deaths by underlying cause of death for England and Wales, using the information supplied on the death certificate. The most recent year for which mortality statistics are available is 2017.
The information you requested is available in the 21st Century Mortality dataset, England & Wales 2001 to 2017 - https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/the21stcenturymortalityfilesdeathsdataset
Cause of death is coded using Version 10 of the International classification of diseases (ICD-10). Deaths with an underlying cause of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) would be assigned the ICD-10 code I461 - https://icd.who.int/browse10/2014/en#/I46.1
Other special extracts and tabulations of deaths data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). You can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk
For information regarding number of deaths from SCD in Scotland and Northern Ireland, please contact:
National Records of Scotland at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency at https://www.nisra.gov.uk/
We do not hold information on the number of people who have had a heart screening through government funding. NHS digital may hold this information and they can be contacted at this email address: enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk