Cause of Death

Annual reports exploring specific causes of death in more detail. 

NISRA are involved in the production of a number of other reports relating to specific causes of death. Information on Alcohol deaths, Drug Related Deaths, Suicide, Winter Mortality (WM), and Covid-19 Related Deaths are available here.

More detailed finalised statistics on death registrations in Northern Ireland, with details relating to causes such as malignant neoplasms, heart disease, suicide and accidents are available from the Death by cause Section of the Registrar General Annual Report.

Provisional cause of death statistics for more recent years are available from the Registrar General Quarterly Reports.

The Department of Health produce statistics on Avoidable Mortality 

Vital Statistics Unit has also produced a USER GUIDE on cause of death data, to assist users in understanding the data and to better interpret it.

Related statistics

Alcohol Deaths

Annual reports on alcohol-specific deaths registered in Northern Ireland.

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Drug-Related Deaths

Annual reports on alcohol-specific deaths registered in Northern Ireland.
 

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Healthcare-Associated Infection

Annual Statistics on deaths from Healthcare-Associated Infections.

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Winter Mortality

Analysis of how winter months impact the number of deaths registered.

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Suicide Deaths

Suicide statistics are important for monitoring trends in deaths resulting from intentional (and probable) self-harm.

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Covid-19 related deaths

This section contains ad-hoc publications on Covid-19 mortality in Northern Ireland.

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