Weekly deaths tables – up to week ending 21 March 2025

Date published: 28 March 2025

Site topics: Weekly death registrations in Northern Ireland,  Covid-19 related deaths

The tables containing data on deaths registered for the weeks up to week ending 21 March 2025 were released at 9.30am today.

Key points

Date of registration

• The provisional number of total deaths registered in Northern Ireland in the week ending 21 March (week 12) was 293, 92 less than the previous week (385). 
• The number of expected deaths for week 12 was estimated at 368, using the methodology based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for week 12 was estimated at -75. 
• For the week ending 21 March 2025, the provisional number of deaths was 145 for males and 148 for females.
• The number of expected deaths was estimated at 187 for males and 181 for females, using the current methodology, based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for the same week, was estimated at -42 for males and -33 for females, using the current method.
• For 2025, by 21 March, 50.2% of deaths were males and 49.8% were females. Over two-thirds (67.5%) of deaths were in the 75 years and over age group.
• In 2025, by 21 March, there have been 4,621 deaths registered. 2,128 (46.1%) of these took place in hospital, 848 (18.4%) in care homes and 1,645 (35.6%) at residential addresses, hospices, or other locations.
• The number of deaths mentioning flu and/or pneumonia on the death certificate registered in week 12 2025 totalled 44, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 971.

Date of death

• The provisional number of deaths occurring in the week ending 21 March (including those registered up to and including 26 March 2025) was 242.
   

Note for Editor

Note registrations in week 12 may have been impacted by office closures for the St Patrick’s Day holiday.
The tables are available from the weekly deaths webpage.
Historical weekly deaths data are available on the Final Historical Data page under weekly deaths.
More information on the current method for producing estimates of expected deaths, used to determine excess deaths, is available from the ONS website and a summary paper is available on the NISRA website.
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