Weekly deaths tables – up to week ending 21 February 2025

The tables containing data on deaths registered for the weeks up to week ending 21 February 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 February (week 8) was 378, 18 more than the previous week (360).
• The number of expected deaths for week 8 was estimated at 363, using the methodology based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for week 8 was estimated at 15.
• For the week ending 21 February 2025, the number of expected deaths was estimated at 183 for males and 180 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 6 for males and 9 for females, using the current method.
• For 2025, by 21 February, 49.9% of deaths were males and 50.1% were females. Over two-thirds (67.6%) of deaths were in the 75 years and over age group.
• In 2025, by 21 February, there have been 3,240 deaths registered. 1,489 (46.0%) of these took place in hospital, 594 (18.3%) in care homes and 1,157 (35.7%) at residential addresses, hospices, or other locations.
• The number of deaths mentioning flu and/or pneumonia on the death certificate registered in week 8 2025 totalled 73, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 719.

Date of death

• The provisional number of deaths occurring in the week ending 21 February (including those registered up to and including 26 February 2025) was 247. 

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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