Allergies: Death
(asked on 21st February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of recorded deaths due to anaphylaxis in the last 10 years.
Data regarding anaphylaxis-related deaths in England and Wales is documented by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology also holds a register to capture and learn from fatal cases of anaphylaxis, the UK Fatal Anaphylaxis Register, which has been operational since 1992.
The following table shows the number of deaths in England and Wales where fatal anaphylactic reactions were reported as the underlying cause of death:
Registration Year | Deaths |
2014 | 1,429 |
2015 | 1,598 |
2016 | 1,563 |
2017 | 1,646 |
2018 | 1,731 |
2019 | 1,597 |
2020 | 1,674 |
2021 | 1,465 |
2022 | 1,645 |
2023 | 1,665 |
Source: ONS
The following table shows the number of deaths in England and Wales where fatal anaphylactic reactions were mentioned on the death certificate:
Registration year | Deaths |
2014 | 8,112 |
2015 | 8,170 |
2016 | 8,324 |
2017 | 8,580 |
2018 | 8,455 |
2019 | 8,259 |
2020 | 11,379 |
2021 | 10,972 |
2022 | 8,879 |
2023 | 8,645 |
Source: ONS