Weekly Deaths Bulletin – week ending 15th January 2021
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Site topics: Births, deaths and marriages, Covid-19 related deaths, Deaths, Death Statistics, Weekly death registrations in Northern Ireland
The bulletin containing data on deaths registered for the week ending 15th January 2021 was released at 9.30am today.
Key Points – Date of Registration
- The provisional number of total deaths registered in Northern Ireland in the week ending 15th January 2021 (week 2) was 443, 125 less than in week 1 of 2021 and 44 more than the 5 year average (Table 1). The number of deaths in week 1 may have been impacted by GRO closures over the Christmas period (see page 3 for further detail).
- 153 deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate were registered in week 2 of 2021, accounting for 34.5% of all deaths in that week and bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths registered from the start of the pandemic to 2,129 by 15th January 2021.
- From the start of the pandemic (from the first Covid-19 related death being registered on 19th March 2020) to 15th January 2021, males and females accounted for similar proportions of all deaths registered (males: 49.7%, females: 50.3%) and Covid-19 related deaths registered (males: 50.3%; female 49.7%). (Figure 3).
- From 19th March 2020 (from the start of the pandemic) to 15th January 2021, the 75 years and over age-group accounted for three-fifths (65.8%) of all deaths and over three-quarters (77.1%) of Covid-19 related deaths (Figure 4).
- Those with an address in Belfast LGD accounted for 460 (21.6%) of the 2,129 Covid-19 related deaths registered up to 15th January 2021 (Figure 6).
A dashboard containing some of the key weekly death statistics is also available.
The bulletin and other related documents are available from Weekly Deaths | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (nisra.gov.uk)
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