Written answers
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Department of Health
Mortality Rates
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded in the State for each quarter since 1 January 2019, in tabular form. [11576/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes official statistics on deaths in Ireland through Vital Statistics publications. Vital Statistics reports are prepared by the CSO for the Minister for Social Protection in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952 and Government Order SI 831 of 2007.
The CSO publishes quarterly and yearly statistics on registered deaths. All publications are available at this link, www.cso.ie/en/statistics/birthsdeathsandmarriages/. The latest published data is for Quarter 2 2022. Data for 2021 and Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2022 is provisional. Provisional data for deaths registered in Quarter 3 2022 will be published on 24 March and the Vital Statistics Quarterly report for Quarter 4 2022, as well as the 2022 Yearly Summary, will be published by the CSO in June. Final data on deaths by date of occurrence for 2021 will be published by the CSO in the Vital Statistics Annual Report 2022 in October 2023 and final data on deaths by date of occurrence for 2022 will be published by the CSO in October 2024.
The Table below provides CSO data on the number of deaths registered in Ireland per quarter for the period 2019 to Quarter 2 2022. Data for 2021 and 2022 is provisional.
When comparing quarterly data over this period it is important to note the following data caveat provided by the CSO. ‘Due to the HSE cyber-attack in May 2021, General Register Offices (GRO) were closed meaning the registration of Births/Deaths/Marriages were not possible at that time. As a result, the total Births/Deaths/Marriages registered in Q2 2021 is not comparable with previous and/or subsequent quarters... ’
Total deaths (all causes) registered by quarter, 2019 – Quarter 2 2022
| Statistic | Quarter | ICD 10 Diagnostic Group | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths Registered | 2019Q1 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 8,618 |
| Deaths Registered | 2019Q2 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 7,519 |
| Deaths Registered | 2019Q3 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 7,358 |
| Deaths Registered | 2019Q4 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 7,639 |
| Deaths Registered | 2020Q1 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 8,674 |
| Deaths Registered | 2020Q2 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 8,582 |
| Deaths Registered | 2020Q3 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 7,111 |
| Deaths Registered | 2020Q4 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 7,398 |
| Deaths Registered | 2021Q1 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 9,564 (p) |
| Deaths Registered | 2021Q2* | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 6,700 (p) |
| Deaths Registered | 2021Q3 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 8,165 (p) |
| Deaths Registered | 2021Q4 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 8,626 (p) |
| Deaths Registered | 2022Q1 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 9,535 (p) |
| Deaths Registered | 2022Q2 | Total deaths (A00-Y89) | 9,326 (p) |
*Due to the HSE cyber-attack in May 2021, General Register Offices (GRO) were closed meaning the registration of Births/Deaths/Marriages were not possible at that time. As a result, the total Births/Deaths/Marriages registered in Q2 2021 is not comparable with previous and/or subsequent quarters.
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