Skip to main content
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Statistics and Research
  • Release Calendar
  • Selected for a survey
  • About Us

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Statistics and Research
  3. People and communities
  4. Births, deaths and marriages

Cause of Death

Annual reports exploring specific causes of death in more detail. 

NISRA are involved in the production of a number of other reports relating to specific causes of death. Information on Alcohol deaths, Drug Related Deaths, Suicide, Winter Mortality (WM), and Covid-19 Related Deaths are available here.

More detailed finalised statistics on death registrations in Northern Ireland, with details relating to causes such as malignant neoplasms, heart disease, suicide and accidents are available from the Death by cause Section of the Registrar General Annual Report.

Provisional cause of death statistics for more recent years are available from the Registrar General Quarterly Reports.

The Department of Health produce statistics on Avoidable Mortality 

Vital Statistics Unit has also produced a USER GUIDE on cause of death data, to assist users in understanding the data and to better interpret it.

contents

Alcohol Deaths

Annual reports on alcohol-specific deaths registered in Northern Ireland.

Drug-Related Deaths

Annual reports on alcohol-specific deaths registered in Northern Ireland. 

Healthcare-Associated Infection

Annual Statistics on deaths from Healthcare-Associated Infections.

Winter Mortality

Analysis of how winter months impact the number of deaths registered.

Suicide Deaths

Suicide statistics are important for monitoring trends in deaths resulting from intentional (and probable) self-harm.

Covid-19 related deaths

This section contains ad-hoc publications on Covid-19 mortality in Northern Ireland.

Last updated: 03 March 2025

Related to Cause of Death

Publications

  • Weekly Death Registrations in Northern Ireland, 2025

    Published 09 May 2025
  • Registrar General Quarterly Tables, Quarter 4 2024

    Published 10 April 2025
  • Winter Mortality in Northern Ireland 2023/24

    Published 27 February 2025
  • Suicide statistics 2023

    Published 05 February 2025
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
  • Website feedback

Follow NISRA

  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube

Footer

  • © Crown Copyright
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Statement