Covid-19 the third most common cause of death in NI
Last updated 17th Sep 2020
Covid-19 was accountable for 732 (15.6%) of deaths in Northern Ireland from April to June, according to The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
The statistics, which cover 1st April to 30th June, show there were a total of 4,684 deaths registered over the period.
Cancer remains the biggest cause of death - 1,177 people passed away from the disease during those months.
The provisional total number of deaths due to cancer in 2020 year to date is 2,302, 2.0% higher than for the same period last year.
The number of deaths due to Intentional self-harm totalled 43 (0.9% of all deaths in the quarter) bringing the total for the calendar year 2020 to 77.
Based on the average over the previous five years 1.1% of all deaths have been due to self-inflicted injury.
As the chart above shows, Covid-19 is the third most common cause of death.
The total death toll this year is expected to be higher than previous due to the pandemic, with totals in the second quarter higher than previous years apart from 2018 which experienced a bad flu season.
The number of births registered in the quarter was 2,625 (1,344 males and 1,281 females). The number of marriages registered during the same period was 169.
These are unusually low figures due to the suspension of birth and marriage registration services during the COVID-19 pandemic. For comparative purposes there were 5,515 births and 2,108 marriages registered in the same period last year.