Updated Death Certificate Data

Summary

The requester asked for an updated list of deaths 'from' and 'with' COVID-19 for 2019, 2020, and 2021, as death certificates are held by the Civil Registry, not the Cabinet Office. The authority provided an updated spreadsheet containing cause of death data from Public Health, noting that no COVID-19 deaths occurred in 2019.

Key Facts

• The Cabinet Office does not hold death certificates; these are held by the Civil Registry.
• Public Health holds cause of death information provided by the Civil Registry.
• An updated spreadsheet was attached to the response covering the requested years.
• There were no deaths due to COVID-19 recorded for the year 2019.
• The request references a previous FOI case (1919133) from July 2021.

Data Disclosed

• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2099101
• 1919133
• 2021-11-19
• 2021-12-06
• 0 deaths due to COVID-19 for 2019

Original Request

Please supply an up to date version of the following request (FOI 1919133, July 2021): "Please supply ALL of the death certificates 'from' covid for the years including 2019, 2020 & 2021. If the certificates are not allowed then please supply a list of the deaths by dates and age of persons with covid as the reason for death. Also please provide the same as above for those that died 'with' covid?" Thank you

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Government Office Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PN Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244 Website: www.gov.im/co

Our ref: 2099101 06 December 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 19 November 2021 and which states:

"Please supply an up to date version of the following request (FOI 1919133, July 2021): "Please supply ALL of the death certificates 'from' covid for the years including 2019, 2020 & 2021. If the certificates are not allowed then please supply a list of the deaths by dates and age of persons with covid as the reason for death. Also please provide the same as above for those that died 'with' covid?" Thank you"

Our response to your request 2099101 is as follows: As stated in the previous response to Freedom of Information request 1919133, while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in that instance and in this case, 2099101, the Cabinet Office does not hold the information that you have requested because it does not hold death certificates. Death certificates are held by the Civil Registry and enquiries relating directly to death certificates and their release should be made directly to the Civil Registry. Public Health hold the cause of death information provided by the Civil Registry. This then allowed Public Health to provide a spreadsheet showing cause of death for the previous Freedom of Information Request 1919133. You have requested: “Please supply an up to date version of the following request (FOI 1919133, July 2021): “. I have attached an up to date version of the spreadsheet that we hold in respect of your new request 2099101, this includes the previous information and the updated information. As we stated previously, there were no deaths due to COVID-19 for 2019 so this information is not held or supplied in the attached spreadsheet.

Please quote the reference number 2099101 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely