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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Kennedy,</p><p>As
National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding
to your Parliamentary Question asking what assessment has been made of the number
of deaths due to medical conditions other than COVID-19 since 5 March<strong> (HL3543)</strong>.</p><p>The
Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing mortality statistics
for deaths registered in England and Wales. The most recent figures published are
for deaths registered in 2018[1], however we do publish provisional weekly deaths
registrations, which are currently published for deaths registered up to 24 April
2020[2]. We have also published an article which contains detailed analysis of all
deaths that occurred in England and Wales between 1 and 31 March 2020, registered
up to 6 April 2020[3]. This includes data on underlying causes of death. Detailed
analysis of all deaths that occurred in England and Wales between 1 and 30 April 2020
is due to be published in mid-May.</p><p>National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern
Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for publishing the
number of deaths registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.</p><p>Cause
of death is defined using the International Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems, 10th edition (ICD-10). Deaths caused by COVID-19 are identified by
the ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2.</p><p>Table 1 below provides the number of deaths
by whether the underlying cause was COVID-19 or another medical condition, for deaths
that occurred in England and Wales between 1 and 31 March 2020 registered up to 6
April 2020.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: </strong>Number of deaths occurring in March 2020,
where the underlying cause of death was COVID-19 or other causes, England and Wales[4][5][6]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Underlying
cause of death</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of deaths</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID-19</p></td><td><p>3,372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
other causes</p></td><td><p>43,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>47,358</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Source: <em>Office for National Statistics</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>[1]<a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables</a></p><p>[2]<a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020</a></p><p>[3]<a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsinvolvingcovid19englandandwales/deathsoccurringinmarch2020"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsinvolvingcovid19englandandwales/deathsoccurringinmarch2020</a></p><p>[4]
Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth
Revision (ICD-10) codes. Codes used for COVID-19 are U07.1 and U07.2.</p><p>[5] Figures
are for deaths that occurred between 1 and 31 March 2020 in England and Wales and
were registered by 6 April 2020.</p><p>[6] More detail on the number of deaths broken
down by leading cause groups (other than COVID-19) can be found in Table 1 of the
dataset published alongside the article on Deaths involving COVID-19, England and
Wales: March 2020.</p>
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