Provisional number of deaths occurring in week ending 23 May 2025 was 346
Date published:
The tables containing data on deaths registered for the weeks up to week ending 23 May 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 23 May (week 21) was 346, six less than the previous week (352).
- The number of expected deaths for week 21 was estimated at 355, using the methodology based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for week 21 was estimated at -9.
- For the week ending 23 May 2025, the provisional number of deaths was 176 for males and 170 for females.
- The number of expected deaths was estimated at 181 for males and 173 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 -5 for males and -3 for females, using the current method.
- For 2025, by 23 May, 50.5% of deaths were males and 49.5% were females. Over two-thirds (66.9%) of deaths were in the 75 years and over age group.
- In 2025, by 23 May, there have been 7,611 deaths registered. 3,513 (46.2%) of these took place in hospital, 1,346 (17.7%) in care homes and 2,752 (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 21 2025 totalled 52, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 1,479.
Date of death
The provisional number of deaths occurring in the week ending 23 May (including those registered up to and including 28 May 2025) was 221.
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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