Provisional number of deaths occurring in week ending 17 October 2025 was 322

Date published: 24 October 2025

The tables containing data on deaths registered for the weeks up to week ending 17 October 2025 were released at 9.30am today.

Key points 

Date of registration

• The provisional number of total deaths registered in Northern Ireland in the week ending 17 October (week 42) was 322, 22 less than the previous week (344).
• The number of expected deaths for week 42 was estimated at 349, using the methodology based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for week 42 was estimated at -27.
• For the week ending 17 October 2025, the provisional number of deaths was 156 for males and 166 for females.
• The number of expected deaths was estimated at 178 for males and 171 for females, using the current methodology, based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for the same week, was estimated at -22 for males and -5 for females, using the current method.
• For 2025, by 17 October, 51.0% of deaths were males and 49.0% were females. Approximately two-thirds (66.1%) of deaths were in the 75 years and over age group.
• In 2025, by 17 October, there have been 14,335 deaths registered. 6,696 (46.7%) of these took place in hospital, 2,444 (17.0%) in care homes and 5,195 (36.2%) at residential addresses, hospices, or other locations.
• The number of deaths mentioning flu and/or pneumonia on the death certificate registered in week 42 2025 totalled 55, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 2,571.

Date of death

• The provisional number of deaths occurring in the week ending 17 October (including those registered up to and including 22 October 2025) was 247.

Note for Editor

The tables are available from the weekly deaths webpage.
Historical weekly deaths data are available on the Final Historical Data page under weekly deaths.
More information on the current method for producing estimates of expected deaths, used to determine excess deaths, is available from the ONS website and a summary paper is available on the NISRA website.
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