Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what the five most prevalent underlying linked causes of COVID-19 death other than age.

According to the Office for National Statistics, in March 2020, the most common main pre-existing condition of people who died with COVID-19 in England and Wales was ischaemic heart diseases, with 541 deaths (14% of all deaths involving COVID-19). Pneumonia, dementia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes were also all in the top five most common pre-existing conditions. More information can be found online at GOV.UK at ‘Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales: deaths occurring in March 2020’.

More information about measuring pre-existing health conditions can be found online at GOV.UK at ‘Measuring pre-existing health conditions in death certification’.