Latest on mortality numbers and rates for England and Wales, including all-cause and specific causes as defined by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
Publications
Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom, England and Wales, and government office regions in England.
Finalised data for all births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and divorces along with population data for the year in question.
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation for England combine a number of areas, chosen to cover a range of economic, social and housing issues into a single deprivation score for each Lower Layer Super Output Area in England. The Atlas of Deprivation allows a map visualisation of the overall LSOA deprivation score (rank) and the score (rank) for each of the seven domains by local authority.
Presents data on infant deaths that have been linked to their corresponding birth record. These birth cohort tables relate to deaths among infants born in a given calendar year.
Presents statistics on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales. Also contains data on cause of death, sex and age-group plus analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting stillbirths and infant deaths including age of mother and birthweight.
Death registrations by single year of age for the United Kingdom and England and Wales.
Present data on death registrations in England and Wales. They contain data for death rates, cause of death data by sex and age and death registrations by area of residence.
Deaths registered in Northern Ireland during the registration year.
This release presents figures for deaths where Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) was mentioned on the death certificate: by sex, age group and place of death, in England and Wales. National data are available for 1999 and for 2001 onwards.
This release presents figures for deaths where meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was mentioned on the death certificate: by sex, age group and place of death, in England and Wales. National data are available from 1993 onwards.
Contains data on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 onwards, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.
A measure of the increase in winter mortality, provided on an annual basis, in the form of the excess winter mortality figure.
Presents data on excess winter deaths in Wales, based on figures produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This volume builds on the tradition of undertaking in-depth analyses of mortality by area in decennial supplements to annual statistical publications. It covers the 1990s and, for the first time, takes a broader view of health outcomes than are reflected by mortality alone. It includes reviews of variations in congenital anomalies, cancer incidence, adult and infant mortality, births, conceptions and abortions. Data are presented for the UK and constituent countries, regions, and local areas.
Following the publication of the period and cohort life expectancy tables ONS prepares databases for the UK and each of the constituent countries containing mortality data used in the calculation of historic and projected life tables. Published for the first time in this release are tables of historic and projected qx (probability of dying at each age) and lx values (numbers of people surviving at each age) for the UK, on a period and cohort basis for each year 1951 to 2060.
The difference between the number of deaths in the four-month 'winter' period and the average of the previous and subsequent four-month periods.
Report on infant and perinatal mortality by social and biologial factors including father's occupation, mother's country of birth, birthweight, mother's age. Please note this publication has been discontinued and the data are now included within Child mortality statistics: childhood, infant and perinatal. The last volume to be published was Infant and perinatal mortality in England and Wales by social and biological factors, 2011. Further information about planned changes to child mortality outputs can be found on the ONS website.
Present data on infant deaths registered in England and Wales by health areas. This publication has been discontinued. The data for 2010 onwards is now available in Table 6 of the Deaths registrations summary tables, England and Wales. The birthweight data are published separately in detailed statistics on birthweight for the same regional breakdown in the Characteristics of Birth 1 output.
Presents annual data on deaths from injury and poisoning in England and Wales using a matrix of mechanism by intent developed by the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on injury statistics.
Leading causes of death by age group and sex
This report presents a range of statistical targets and indicators in support of the Northern Ireland Executive’s anti poverty and social inclusion strategy ‘Lifetime Opportunities'. The monitoring framework is structured around 3 ‘layers’: • Child poverty targets • Poverty and social inclusion indicators • Public service agreement targets Analyses of statistics are on a lifecycle basis and are benchmarked against other jurisdictions when possible
Monthly death figures provide counts of the number of deaths registered by area of usual residence, England and Wales
Monthly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered by area of usual residence, England and Wales. This publication has been discontinued and releases of provisional monthly data are now included within Monthly Figures on Deaths Registered by Area of Usual Residence, England and Wales so that all monthly data can be found in one place. The last edition published was August 2012.
This publication has been discontinued following a consultation on restructuring ONS mortality statistics. The last volume published was Mortality statistics: Cause, 2005 (Series DH2 No. 32). Presents statistics on deaths occurring annually in England and Wales.
Annual review of the Registrar General on childhood, infant and perinatal deaths, in England and Wales. This publication has been replaced with Child mortality statistics. The last DH3 volume to published was Mortality statistics: Childhood, infant and perinatal, 2007 (Series DH3 No. 40).
Presents mortality statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales, classified by sex and age and by other selected information collected at the time of registration.
Present data on death registrations in England and Wales. They contain data for death rates, cause of death data by sex and age and death registrations by area of residence.
This publication has been discontinued following a consultation on restructuring ONS mortality statistics. The last volume published was Mortality statistics: General, 2005 (Series DH1 No. 38). Contains key statistics of deaths and death rates in England and Wales by age, sex, marital status, place of death, birthplace and coroner involvement for the year.
This publication has been discontinued following a consultation on restructuring ONS mortality statistics. The last volume to published was Mortality statistics: Injury and poisoning, 2007 (Series DH4 No. 30). Contains detailed analyses of all deaths which were attributed to accidents, poisonings and violence, covering both the external cause and the nature of injury. These deaths are analysed by age and sex.
A summary of the trends in age-standardised mortality rates in the UK and constituent countries, 1980 to 2010.
The probability of survival to age 75 estimates the likelihood of a person surviving between birth and age 75. The probabilities of survival are based on the assumption that individuals would experience that year's age-specific mortality rates throughout their lives. The results are comparable over time and between areas.
Compendium of public health outcomes indicators presented at England and upper tier LA level. Indicators are split over 4 domains: improving the wider determinants of health; health improvement; health protection; healthcare, public health and preventing premature mortality.
Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships registered in Northern Ireland during each quarter.
Gives results of the ICD-10 v2010 bridge coding study, which shows the impact of the new ICD-10 software update on mortality statistics by cause of death.
Contains standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs) calculated for wards in England and Wales for deaths under age 85, based on mortality data from 1999-2003.
Suicides in the United Kingdom, England and Wales, and government office regions in England.
The 21st Century Mortality Files are a record of mortality in England and Wales from 2001 onwards. They are designed to complement the 20th Century Mortality Files, which are a record of mortality in England and Wales from 1901 to 2000. The files consist of an aggregated database of deaths by age-group, sex, year and underlying cause, and include populations for England and Wales.
These tables provide annual and quarterly data for a selection of key statistics under the following themes: population, demography and health. Figures for the latest quarters and years may be provisional, these will be updated to final figures when data is available.
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
Overview
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces mortality figures (numbers and rates) for all causes as specified in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), and for a range of grouped causes. These data cover England and Wales.
Technical Data
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Vital Statistics Outputs Branch (VSOB) produces an annual publication (Series DR) that contains mortality statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales, classified by sex and age and by other selected information collected at the time of registration.
Statistics for deaths in previous years are also included to show recent trends in mortality. This single publication replaces the annual reference volumes DH1, DH2 and DH4 and contains selected key tables previously included in these volumes. The tables are based on deaths registered in a calendar year whereas DH1, DH2 and DH4 reported on deaths occurring in a calendar year.
VSOB also produces a cause of death report for the Health Statistics Quarterly journal, an area report for the Population Trends journal, and the annual publication DH3 that contains detailed analyses of all stillbirths, infant and perinatal deaths and data on deaths of children under 16 by cause of death, sex and age group.
There are also analyses by some of the key risk factors affecting stillbirths and infant deaths, obtained by linking the baby's death record with the corresponding birth record; father's social class, age and country of birth of mother, previous children born within the marriage, and birthweight.
In addition, VSOB produces an estimate of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the previous week based on submissions of death records from register offices. An estimate of the number of deaths caused by respiratory disease is also produced. The estimates are used as a rapid surveillance tool for early warning signs of an upturn in the number of deaths. This may be caused, for example by a particularly cold weather spell, an influenza epidemic or a heatwave.
Glossary
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Accelerated registrations
The process by which a death can be registered at the time of adjournment of an inquest, instead of having to await the outcome of criminal proceedings.
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Annual extract
The data set taken from the main deaths database from which most mortality tabulations are derived.
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Assault
The ICD-10 terminology referring to homicide and injuries inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill, by any means (excluding deaths from legal intervention and operations of war).
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Automated Cause Coding Sytem (ACCS)
Automated cause coding system software developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
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Bridge coding
An exercise in which the same group of deaths are independently classified according to two different classifications or coding methods.
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CHALE
Centre for Health Analysis & Life Events (at the Office for National Statistics).
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Comparability ratio
A measure, expressed as a ratio, indicating the net effect of the change in classification (from ICD-9 to ICD-10) on a particular cause of death.
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Coroner
Public official responsible for the investigation of violent, sudden or suspicious deaths.
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Declaration
The method by which an informant can register a death in a different district from that in which the death occurred.
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Dual coding
The coding of the same data twice, using different methods of coding in order to assess inconsistencies.
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Early neonatal deaths
Deaths at ages up to six completed days of life.
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Epidemiologist
A person concerned with the incidence and distribution of diseases and other factors, including the environment, relating to health.
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External cause
Death resulting from accident or violence. An alternative term for the underlying cause of death. ICD codes from Chapter XX (see Secondary causes).
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GRO
General Register Office, located in Southport, England.
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Hierarchical classification
The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’s) method for classifying the causes of neonatal deaths and stillbirths using groups of ICD codes referred to as ‘ONS cause groups’.
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HSQ
Health Statistics Quarterly journal (an Office for National Statistics ONS quarterly publication).
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Inquest
Inquiry into the cause of an unexplained, sudden or violent death held by a coroner.
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International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
The ICD is the international standard diagnostic classification for all general epidemiological, many health management purposes and clinical use. It is used to classify diseases and other health problems recorded on many types of health and vital records including death certificates and health records. In addition to enabling the storage and retrieval of diagnostic information for clinical, epidemiological and quality purposes, these records also provide the basis for the compilation of national mortality and morbidity statistics.
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KPVS
Key Population and Vital Statistics (publication).
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MCCD
Medical Certificate of Cause of Death.
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Modification rules
Rules used in ICD-10 applied rules to select the correct underlying cause of death.
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Mortality rate
The usual practice in Office for National Statistics (ONS) publications is to calculate age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.
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NCHS
National Center for Health Statistics, USA, who developed ACCS.
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Neonatal
Relating to infants aged under 28 days.
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NHSCR
National Health Service Central Register.
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Perinatal deaths
Stillbirths and deaths at ages up to six completed days of life (early neonatal).
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Population Trends
An Office for National Statistics (ONS) quarterly publication.
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Postneonatal deaths
Deaths of infants aged 28 days and over but under one year.
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Registrar
Statutory officer responsible for the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
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Registrar General
Statutory appointment with responsibility for the administration of the registration Acts in England and Wales, and other related functions as specified by the relevant legislation.
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Registration officer
Generic term for registrar, superintendent registrar and additional registrars.
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Reports
Short articles on cause of death using registration data soon after they are available (in the Health Statistics Quarterly and Population Trends journals).
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RON
Registration online. A web-based system that enables registrars to record births, stillbirths, deaths and civil partnerships online.
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RSS
Registration Service Software.
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Rule 3
One of the rules used to select the correct underlying cause of death; its different use in ICD-10 results in significant differences from ICD-9 for some causes (see Selection rules).
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Secondary cause
The nature of injury, or main injury, that caused death (where the underlying cause is assigned to an external cause from Chapter XX in ICD-10, V01 to Y89). Nature of injury codes are taken mostly from Chapter XIX (prefixes S and T).
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Selection rules
Rules used in the ICD to determine the correct selection of the underlying cause of death (see Rule 3).
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Sequela (sequelae)
A condition (or conditions) reported as the result of a previous injury, a ‘late effect’ (under ICD-9), or that occurs as a late effect one year or more after the originating event.
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Standardised mortality ratio (SMR)
An SMR is the ratio of the observed number of deaths in an area (for example, an electoral ward) to the number expected if that area had the same age-specific rates as a reference area (for example, England and Wales). If an SMR is less than 100, the number of deaths in an area was less than would have been expected. Conversely, if an SMR is greater than 100, the number of deaths was greater than expected.
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Standard population
Used in the calculation of the age-standardised death rates; an element of the population (such as age and sex) is ‘held constant’ to control its effect, for example, the European Standard.
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Stillbirth
Refers to the Stillbirth (Definition) Act 1992; a child born after 24 or more weeks completed gestation who did not show any signs of life at any time after being born.
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Superintendent registrar
Statutory officer with responsibilities relating to births, deaths, marriage and other registration functions, as specified in the relevant legislation.
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Underlying cause of death
The cause of death selected for primary tabulation based on ICD rules.
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VSOB
Vital Statistics Outputs Branch (at the Office for National Statistics (ONS)).
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WHO
World Health Organisation.
Contact Details
For statistical enquiries about this topic, please contact:
Vital Statistics Outputs Branch (VSOB)
Email: VSOB@ons.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1329 444 110
The Office for National Statistics Segensworth Road Titchfield Fareham PO15 5RR
