Number of deaths in Scottish hospitals from 2010 to 2020: FOI release
- Published
- 18 February 2021
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100143581
- Date received
- 23 January 2021
- Date responded
- 3 February 2021
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
A breakdown of the number of deaths in Scottish hospitals each year from 2010 to 2020.
Response
I include a copy of all of the information you requested below:
| Year of Registration | Deaths in Hospital |
| 2010 | 30264 |
| 2011 | 29239 |
| 2012 | 29305 |
| 2013 | 28883 |
| 2014 | 28301 |
| 2015 | 29417 |
| 2016 | 28422 |
| 2017 | 28621 |
| 2018 | 28604 |
| 2019 | 27860 |
| 2020 | 27965 |
The information you requested was published today by National Records of Scotland (NRS) and I have taken it from their webpage. It is available by combining data at the links below:
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/location-death-year-2010-2019.xlsx
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-21-data-week-04.xlsx
If you have further enquiries about this data you may wish to contact NRS at:
statisticscustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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