Registrar General Annual Report 2021 Cause of Death In 2021...There were 17,558 deaths registered. Cancer was the leading cause of death, followed by circulatory disease. Date published: 21 September 2022 Statistics: Cause of Death, Registrar General Annual Report Documents Cause of Death 2021 Tables Microsoft Excel (54 KB) Cause of Death 2021 Tables - ODS OpenDocument spreadsheet (54 KB) Help viewing documents