Injury and Poisoning Mortality in England and Wales, Annual Data to 2013

Annual data on deaths from injury and poisoning in England and Wales, classified using a matrix of mechanism by intent developed by the International Collaborative Effort (ICE). The Office for National Statistics produced this series, which was discontinued after its last publication in February 2013.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical trends in injury mortality based on annual death data.
• Studying poisoning mortality patterns based on the mechanism-by-intent classification.
• Conducting public health surveillance for injury prevention based on national statistics.
• Benchmarking regional mortality data against the ICE classification framework.

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating official status.
• Classification follows the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) matrix, suggesting a standardized methodology.

Limitations

• Dataset publication was discontinued in 2013; data is not current.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national death registration records.

Time Range

Annual data up to 2013.

Freshness

Last metadata update was 2026-07-08, but the underlying data series ended in 2013.

Geography

England and Wales