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About Life Event Statistics

This page contains links to the Vital Statistics publication schedule, policy, guidance and data quality related documents that users may find useful.

NISRA Privacy Notice 

Explains how NISRA will use your personal information and protect your privacy. 

Publication Schedule

Find out when all the reports and data produced by Vital Statistics will be published

  • Vital Statisics publication schedule

Quality Assurance of Administrative Data (QAAD)

The Quality Assurance of Administrative Data (QAAD) is a regulatory standard created by the UK Statistics Authority. QAAD documents contain information on processes involved from data collection to publication with a focus on quality assurance.

  • Deaths

Quality Assurance Processes

  • Vital Statistics - Quality Assurance of Administrative Data

Background Quality Reports (BQRs)

Below are links to the BQRs for each of the areas covered by the Vital Statistics Unit. BQRs describe the quality of the data and details any points that should be noted when using the outputs.

  • Births
  • Deaths
  • Stillbirths
  • Civil Partnerships
  • Marriages
  • Divorces/Civil Partnership Dissolutions

User Guides, Information Papers and Process Maps

  • Data Sources and Flows
  • Cause of Death Information in Northern Ireland: A User Guide

Policies

  • Vital Statistics Revision and Errors Policy
  • Vital Statistics Confidentiality Policy

 

Last updated: 03 March 2025

Related to About Life Event Statistics

Publications

  • Vital Statistics User Engagement Strategy 2022/23

    Published 29 November 2022
  • Vital Statistics User Engagement Strategy 2021/22

    Published 19 November 2021
  • Vital Statistics Quality Assurance Procedures

    Published 31 March 2015
See all publications in this topic

Links

  • Official Statistics producer – Upholding Trust, Quality and Value
  • General Register Office - registration and certification of life events relating to births, deaths and marriages
  • nidirect.gov.uk – the official government website for Northern Ireland citizens
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