All publications related to causes of death

This article accompanies the weekly deaths release and explains the differences between various data sources that report on coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths.

Provisional analysis of deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), by different occupational groups, among men and women aged 20 to 64 years in England and Wales.

Registered leading causes of death by age, sex and country.

Deaths from causes considered avoidable given timely and effective health care or public health interventions. Data are based on a revised definition of avoidable mortality for all persons.

Deaths caused by diseases known to be a direct consequence of alcohol misuse by sex, age and region.

Has recent hot weather resulted in an increase in deaths?

Registered deaths in the UK from suicide analysed by sex, age, area of usual residence of the deceased and suicide method.

Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales from 1993 onwards, by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death.

The risk of suicide and drug-related deaths among prisoners, based on confidential matching of data from HM Prison and Probation Service and Office for National Statistics mortality records.