Weekly deaths tables – week ending 26 April 2024

Date published: 03 May 2024

The tables containing data on deaths registered for the week ending 26 April 2024 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 26 April 2024 (week 17) was 375, four less than the previous week.
• The number of expected deaths for week 17 was estimated at 353 using the new methodology, based on mortality rates and trends, compared to 347 using the previous, 5-year average-based methodology. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for week 17 was estimated at 22 using the new method and 28 using the previous method.
• Two deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate were registered in week 17 of 2024, representing 0.5 percent of all deaths registered that week.
• For 2024, by 26 April, 50.2% of deaths were males and 49.8% were females.  Almost two-thirds (65.2%) of deaths were in the 75 years and over age group.
• From week 1 of 2024, to the week ending 26 April, there have been 6,499 deaths registered. 2,955 (45.5%) of these took place in hospital, 1,120 (17.2%) in care homes and 2,424 (37.3%) at residential addresses, hospices, or other locations.

Date of death

• The provisional number of deaths occurring in the week ending 26 April (including those registered up to and including 1 May 2024) was 258.  

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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