Weekly registered deaths: 281 for week ending 26 June 2026

Date published: 03 July 2026

The tables containing data on deaths registered for the weeks up to week ending 26 June 2026 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 26 June (week 26) was 281, 20 fewer than the previous week (301).
• The number of expected deaths for week 26 was estimated at 311, using the methodology based on mortality rates and trends. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for week 26 was estimated at -30. 
• For the week ending 26 June 2026, the provisional number of deaths was 141 for males and 140 for females.
• The number of expected deaths was estimated at 159 for males and 151 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 -18 for males and -11 for females, using the current method.
• For 2026, by 26 June, 50.4% of deaths were males and 49.6% were females. Over two-thirds (67.0%) of deaths were in the 75 years and over age group.
• In 2026, by 26 June, there have been 9,136 deaths registered. 4,145 (45.4%) of these took place in hospital, 1,599 (17.5%) in care homes and 3,392 (37.1%) at residential addresses, hospices, or other locations.
• The number of deaths mentioning flu and/or pneumonia on the death certificate registered in week 26 2026 totalled 37, bringing the total for 2026 so far to 1,620.

Date of death

• The provisional number of deaths occurring in the week ending 26 June (including those registered up to and including 1 July 2026) was 235.

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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