Lowest Death Rate Ever Recorded in Northern Ireland

A recent statistical release from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) provides detailed information on mortality trends in Northern Ireland. Information is available on a number of themes: Age at Death, Mortality by Gender and Marital Status, Death by Area - Distict level available, Caise of Death, Stillbirth and Infant Deaths.

A quick summary:

• In 2010, there were 14,457 deaths registered in Northern Ireland, an increase of 44 deaths or 0.3% on the 14,413 deaths registered in 2009;
• the overall crude death rate in Northern Ireland has fallen significantly over the last thirty years from 11.0 deaths per 1,000 population in 1980 to 8.0 deaths per 1,000 population in 2010;
• the lowest death rate on record; there has been a marked reduction in age-specific death rates across all age-groups over the last thirty years. Indeed, if the age-specific mortality rates of thirty years ago applied today the number of deaths would have been over 27,000. The actual mortality observed is around half this;
• the majority of people die in hospital; last year 51% of deaths occurred in hospitals with 19% in nursing homes/hospices and the remaining 30% in other places (e.g. at home, at work etc);

For more details on this publication see the NIRSA publication. Click here

In the Republic of Ireland the latest annual death rate is 6.2 per 1000 population. This rate has decreased 7.7 per 1000 population in 2001. See the CSO website for more details on mortality in RoI. Click here