Weekly Deaths Tables, Week Ending 7 April 2023

The tables containing data on deaths registered for the week ending 7 April 2023 were released at 9.30am today.

Key points

The provisional number of total deaths registered in Northern Ireland in the week ending 7 April 2023 (week 14) was 340, 34 more than the previous week and three more than the 2018-2022 5-year average (337).
Twelve deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate were registered in week 14 of 2023, three less than the previous week. These represented 3.5% of all deaths registered in that week.
The total number of Covid-19 related deaths registered from the start of the pandemic was 5,232 by 7 April 2023.
Since the beginning of the pandemic to 7 April 2023, the 75 years and over age-group accounted for almost two-thirds (65.6%) of all deaths and almost three-quarters (74.1%) of Covid-19 related deaths.
Over the period of the pandemic, Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon District had a higher proportions of Covid-19 related deaths (12.4%) compared with their share of all deaths in Northern Ireland (10.3%).

5,237 deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate have occurred in total from 18March 2020 to 7 April 2023 (including those registered up to and including 12 April 2023).
At time of reporting, seven Covid-19 related deaths had occurred in week ending 7 April.
Of these 5,237 deaths involving Covid-19, 3,672 (70.1%) took place in hospital, 1,070 (20.4%) in care homes and 495 (9.5%) at residential addresses, hospices or other locations.

The tables are available from the weekly deaths webpage

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