Civil Registrations of Death (MORTALITY) Dataset#
Last modified: 21 Oct 2026
1. Summary#
The dataset comprises all deaths in England and Wales since 1993 and is collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is a legal requirement to report a death to a register office within five days. The informant provides demographic details about the deceased, including occupation, sex, address, date and place of birth, marital status, date of death and place of death. If applicable, it also includes details about the deceased’s spouse.
| Dataset Descriptor | Dataset-specific Information |
|---|---|
| Name of Dataset in TRE | NHSE_MORTALITY |
| Citation (APA) | Data Services, NHS England (NHSE). (2024). NHS England: Civil Registration of Deaths Dataset - Dated 23 May 2024. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00368-02 |
| Download Citation | Citeproc JSON BibTeX RIS |
| Series | NHS England |
| Owner | NHS England |
| Copyright | Copyright © (2026), NHS England. Data re-used with the permission of NHS England. All rights reserved. |
| Temporal Coverage in the TRE | 01/1993 - ongoing |
| Geographical Coverage | England, Wales |
| Participant Count | 13012 |
| Number of Variables | 71 |
| Number of Observations | 13961 |
| Key Link | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths |
| Keywords | Deaths |
| Latest Extract Date | 2024-04-26 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | None |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Metrics#
| Cohort | Participant Count |
|---|---|
| AIRWAVE | 789 |
| ALSPAC | 11 |
| BCS70 | 150 |
| BIB | 172 |
| ELSA | 1161 |
| EPICN | 4554 |
| EXCEED | 381 |
| GLAD | 833 |
| MCS | 408 |
| NCDS58 | 596 |
| NEXTSTEP | 22 |
| NIHRBIO_COPING | 349 |
| NSHD46 | 1103 |
| TRACKC19 | 167 |
| TWINSUK | 2020 |
| UKHLS | 215 |
| UKREACH | 81 |
3. Version History#
4. Documentation#
We are currently building a documentation storage system which will host useful documents related to datasets and data owners. We will surface these documents on Guidebook.
5. Useful Syntax#
Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to the UK LLC GitHub repository where you can find the full scripts.