Weekly Deaths Bulletin – week ending 22nd January 2021

The bulletin containing data on deaths registered for the week ending 22nd 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 22^nd January 2021 (week 3) was 474, 31 more than in week 2 of 2021 and 99 more than the 5 year average (Table 1).
• 182 deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate were registered in week 3 of 2021, accounting for 38.4% of all deaths in that week and bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths registered from the start of the pandemic to 2,311 by 22^nd January 2021.
• From the start of the pandemic (from the first Covid-19 related death being registered on 19^th March 2020) to 22^nd 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: 50.1%; female 49.9%). (Figure 3).
• From 19^th March 2020 to 22^nd January 2021, the 75 years and over age-group accounted for more than three-fifths (65.9%) of all deaths and over three-quarters (77.4%) of Covid-19 related deaths (Figure 4).
• Those with an address in Belfast LGD accounted for 476 (20.6%) of the 2,311 Covid-19 related deaths registered up to 22^nd January 2021 (Figure 6).

Date of Death

• 2,355 deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate have occurred in total from 18^th March 2020 to 22^nd January 2021 (including those registered up to and including 27^th January). The comparative number of deaths reported by the Department of Health (DoH) to 22^nd January2 was 1,716 (see page 9 for definitions).
• Of these 2,355 deaths involving Covid-19, 1,487 (63.1%) occurred in hospital3, 687 (29.2%) occurred in care homes, 13 (0.6%) occurred in hospices and 168 (7.1%) occurred at residential addresses or another location.
• The 700 deaths in care homes and hospices involved 166 separate establishments.

A dashboard containing some of the key weekly death statistics is also available.

The bulletin and other related documents are available from 2021 Weekly Deaths statistics webpage.

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