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Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: ..., most commonly as a result of factors such as cold snaps and the increased circulation of respiratory viruses, in particular viruses with epidemic and pandemic potential such as Covid-19 and the flu. The Health Protection and Surveillance Centre reported significant excess all-cause mortality in Ireland during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and again in January and February 2021...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...take from the pain and suffering of families who lost people to Covid-19. My mother was in a nursing home and, thankfully, died before Covid-19 arrived. In April 2019, she was quite ill with a flu that was doing the rounds. A number of her fellow patients died at that time and a nurse said it was really sweeping through and had taken X number of them. I remember the figure. It was...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...of rapid demographic changes or a population ageing faster than anywhere else in Europe. When we interpret this data, particularly around winter, we must also be cognisant of waves of Covid, flu and other respiratory illnesses. In respect of Covid and the first three months of the year, there were 307 deaths as a result of the virus. That is about 13 people a week. Between October 2022...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...-ups. When Covid restrictions were eased, an increase in deaths might be expected. For a variety of reasons, there are always higher deaths during the winter months. However, every winter the flu kills many people and causes hospital overcrowding. Getting the Covid vaccine and the flu vaccine and following public health guidelines on the prevention of infection will reduce the number...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...actively monitors and reviews all available data on mortality, including excess mortality, as it becomes available, to gain a better insight on underlying mortality trends in Ireland and factors influencing these. While the Department does not produce estimates of excess mortality, it works closely with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, the Central Statistics Office, CSO,...