Tuberculosis deaths in Jersey from 2020-2024

​​​​Request 735440923

The number of TB-related deaths, if any, in Jersey in each of the last five calendar years (e.g., 2020 to 2024).

If any of the information is not available or cannot be disclosed, please provide the data that is available and explain any omissions.

Response

The data provided in this response covers the period from 2020 to 2023.

In Jersey, the certification of the cause of death is a legal requirement. A registered medical practitioner must complete the medical conditions that directly caused the individual’s death. These conditions are formally recorded as the ‘Cause of Death’ on the death registration, and coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) ICD-10 Version:2019 (who.int)​.

The ‘Cause of Death’ is structured into four distinct but related sections:

• 1a. The immediate disease or condition leading directly to death

• 1b. Due to or as a consequence of...

• 1c. Due to or as a consequence of...

• 2. Other significant conditions contributing to the death but not related to the disease or condition causing it

Section 1a must always be completed, as it identifies the immediate cause of death. Sections 1b, 1c, and 2 may be completed if relevant. This structure provides a comprehensive narrative of the medical conditions that led to the death. Only those conditions that directly caused or contributed to the death are recorded; other co-existing conditions that did not contribute are not included.

All conditions listed on the death certificate are reviewed by the Office for National Statistics (UK), which produces the underlying cause of death.

Coded cause of death data for the year 2024 is not yet available. This is due to potential delays in the registration process caused by inquests and the time required for the Office for National Statistics (UK) to code the causes of death. It is standard practice for mortality data to be reported retrospectively. Statistics for 2024 deaths are scheduled for publication on 18 September 2025. Therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies for 2024 data. 

Cause of Death Classifications (ICD-10 Codes):

There were no deaths between 2020 and 2023 where tuberculosis-related ICD-10 codes appeared in the underlying cause of death as classified by the ONS.

There was <5 death during this period where tuberculosis was mentioned as a contributory factor on the death certificate.

Where numbers are small, disclosure control has been applied to protect the privacy of individuals and numbers fewer than five are represented as '<5'. Therefore Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied. 

Articles applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

​Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

(3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.​​​