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Registrar General Annual Report 2022 Cause of Death Download
The tables that accompany the Annual Report of the Registrar General have been reviewed and consolidated with the formerly, separately published annual summary tables for each topic area to produce a single, streamlined set of annual tables. Details of the changes made and where to find specific information in the newly revised tables are available in the RG tables lookup document .
Additionally, users should note that they may see changes in any time series tables containing rates based on population. Any population-based rates have been recalculated using the rebased NI population estimates released at the end of summer 2023.
In 2022...
There were 17,159 deaths registered. Cancer was the leading cause of death, followed by circulatory disease.