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Registrar General Quarterl
Tables 2025 Quarter 1
Q1

The Quarter 1 (January to March) 2025 Registrar General Quarterly Tables were published at 9.30am on 4 June.

Key Points
  • The statistics show a provisional total of 4,840 deaths registered in quarter one of 2025.
  • At a high level there were 1,231 (25.4%) deaths due to cancer, 1,079 (22.3%) deaths due to circulatory disease, and 697 (14.4%) deaths due to respiratory diseases (excluding Covid-19 deaths).
  • Looking in more detail the leading cause of death for all persons in Northern Ireland in quarter one, 2025 was dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This was also true for females but for males the leading cause of death was ischaemic heart disease.
  • The expected deaths for quarter one of 2025 was estimated at 4,965. The relative number of excess deaths based on the expected deaths for quarter one of 2025 was estimated at -125.
  • The age-specific death rates show the clear relationship between mortality and age Death rates range from 0.09 to 16.2(deaths per 1,000 population of the relative age group) for age groups up to 65 to 74, however, the rates for age groups above are much higher, with 127.47 for 85 to 89 year olds and to 250.31 for those aged 90 and over.
  • A total of 800 marriages were registered in quarter one of 2025, and 13 civil partnerships.
  • The number of births registered in quarter one of 2025 was 4,848. This is continuing the downward trend which has been observed for over a decade.


    • Tables are available in Registrar General Quarterly Report.

    Baby Names in
    Northern Ireland 2024
    Baby Names

    Popular Baby Names in Northern Ireland 2024 was published at 9.30am on 16 April 2025.

    The tables showing Popular Baby Names in Northern Ireland are available on the Baby Names webpage.

    The interactive search tool for popular baby names has also been updated with the 2024 baby names data and with a det of historical data by decade, dating back to 1922. Historical data shows that the most popular names registered in 1922 were John and Mary.

    Background information on the production of baby names data is available from the NISRA website.

    ICD-10 to ICD-11
    Changeover
    ICD11

    Code for cause of death in Northern Ireland is carried out according to the World Heath Organisation’s (WHO) International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision (ICD-10). This classification allows the systematic recording, analysis, interpretation and international comparison of mortality data.

    The latest version of the ICD, ICD-11, was adopted by the 72nd World Heath Assembly in 2019 and came into effect on 1 January 2022. NISRA, along with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be implementing ICD-11 into its mortality statistics. It was estimated that ICD-11 would be implemented in Northern Ireland in January 2021, but this has been delayed to January 2028 in line with ONS timescales.

    The Vital Statistics Team in NISRA will be implementing this change and will be posting updates periodically on the NISRA website, within the Vital Statistics Newsletter and directly with users.

    For more information on ICD-11 and why it is important, read this factsheet or check out this introductory video.

    If you would like to be kept informed about this change or have any questions or concerns, please get in touch by emailing NISRA.

    Other announcements

    User engagement

    We welcome any feedback you may have which you can provide through our online survey at the link below:
    Vital Statistics User Survey 2025/2026 (Opens in new tab)

    The findings from the 2024/2025 survey will be available in due course.

    We would urge all users to please share their views on the outputs they use and to highlight any information needs that are not currently being met.

    All feedback is welcome throughout the year.

    You can, of course, also get in touch directly with VSU anytime using the email: NISRA.

    If you would like to be added to the Vital Statics mailing list then please let us know at NISRA.

    Contact us

    NISRA is keen to receive your feedback to enable us to develop further.
    - Is this something you find useful?
    - Are there alternative or additional indicators you would like to see included?

    Please e-mail comments to NISRA.

    NISRA Vital Statistics,
    Colby House,
    Stranmillis Court,
    Belfast
    BT9 5RR
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    Telephone: +44 (0)300 200 7836

    NISRA website

     

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