England and Wales: deaths caused by influenza 2023, by age and gender

This statistic shows the deaths with influenza as an underlying cause in England and Wales in 2023, by age and gender. In this year, influenza was the underlying cause of 347 deaths for women aged 90 years and over.

Respiratory disease burden in the UK

As of 2023, tuberculosis cases had also been on the rise, with 5,296 new cases and relapses reported in 2023. The 25-44 age group was most affected by this respiratory disease, accounting for approximately 2,300 cases. Pneumonia, another serious respiratory condition, caused over 4,600 deaths among women aged 90 and older in the same year, with a further 3,200 men in the same age group having pneumonia as their underlying cause of death.

Vaccination prevalence and accessibility

In the years 2014-2015, 75.4 percent of individuals aged 65 and over in the North West of England were immunized against influenza. This was the region with the highest share of elderly vaccinated against influenza, while this figure was the lowest in London, around 69.2 percent. Community pharmacies have played a crucial role in providing seasonal influenza vaccination services – as of 2023/24, 75 percent of community pharmacies in the South of England offered influenza vaccination advanced service, while in London, the figure reached 79 percent.