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Vital Statistics

Quarter 2 2015

                                    Quarter 2 2015Quarter 2 2014
   
Births16,06416,502
Deaths 7,5657,197
Marriages 5,5165,431
Natural increase8,4999,305

The number of births fall by 438 while deaths rise by 368 compared to the same period in 2014.

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There were 16,064 births in quarter 2 2015,  438 fewer births compared with the same period in 2014.   This corresponds to a birth rate of 13.9 per 1,000 population, a decrease of 0.4 from quarter 2 2014.

There were 7,565 deaths in quarter 2 2015, an increase of 5.1% (or 368 deaths) from quarter 2 2014.  This equates to a death rate of 6.5 per 1,000 population, an increase of 0.3 from the same period in 2014.

There were 34 infant deaths registered giving an infant mortality rate of 2.1 per 1,000 live births.

The number of births less the number of deaths in quarter 2 2015 resulted in a natural increase of population of 8,499 persons.

Births

There were 8,154 male births and 7,910 female births in quarter 2 2015.  The 16,064 births represent an annual birth rate of 13.9 per thousand population.  This rate is 0.4 points less than the corresponding quarter of 2014.  See tables 4 and 5.

Age of mothers

The average age of first time mothers was 30.7, up 0.2 years from the same period in the previous year.  The average age of mothers at maternity for births registered in quarter 2 2015 was 32.5 years, 0.2 higher than quarter 2 2014. The average age of first time mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 28.2 while the average age of  all mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 29.7 years.  In the same quarter in 2014, the average age of mothers having their first baby outside marriage/civil partnership was 27.8 years while it was 29.3 years for all mothers for births registered outside of marriage/civil partnership.  See tables 9 and 10.

Births and marriage/civil partnerships

In quarter 2 2015 there were 10,278 (64.0%) births registered as within marriage and of these 3 were within civil partnerships.

There were 5,786 births registered as outside marriage/civil partnership accounting for 36.0% of all births in quarter 2 2015.  The highest percentage of births outside marriage/civil partnership was in Limerick City at 58.8% and the lowest was in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown with 25.3%.  In the same quarter in 2014, there were 5,949 births registered as outside marriage/civil partnership accounting for 36.1% of all births.  See table 8.

Location of births

The highest number of births registered was in Dublin City with 1,819 (11.3% of total live births in the country) followed by Cork County with 1,449 (9.0%) registered births.   Leitrim had the lowest number with 83 (0.5%) registered births in quarter 2, 2015. The same pattern was reflected in quarter 2, 2014 when Dublin City accounted for 1,846 or 11.2% of births followed by Cork County with 1,500 (9.1%).  Leitrim had the lowest number, 102 births (0.6%), registered in quarter 2, 2014.  See table 8.

Nationality of mothers

Of the 16,064 births in quarter 2, 2015, there were 12,458 babies (77.6%) born to mothers of Irish nationality compared to 12,686 (76.9%) in quarter 2, 2014.  See table 11.

 

 

 

Birth order

A total of 6,021 births (37.5%) were to first time mothers in quarter 2 2015.  Second time mothers had 5,653 births (35.3%).  This accounted for a total of 72.8% of births.  See table 6 and fig 2.

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Birth order Q2 2015 (%)
1st37.5
2nd35.3
3rd18.1
4th6
5th and over3.1

Deaths

There were 7,565 deaths registered in quarter 2 2015, of these 3,818 were male while 3,747 were female.  The quarter 2 2015 total is 5.1% higher than in the corresponding quarter of 2014 when 7,197 deaths were registered.  See table 12.

Infant and neonatal mortality

There were 34 infant deaths registered in quarter 2 2015 giving an infant mortality rate of 2.1 deaths per 1,000 live births, a decrease of 1.2 deaths per 1,000 births in the same period in 2014.   Neonatal deaths are deaths of infants at ages under 4 weeks.  There were 30 neonatal deaths registered in quarter 2 2015, giving a neonatal mortality rate of 1.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, which was a decrease of 0.6 from quarter 2 2014.  See tables 3, 4 and fig 3.

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Under 1 yr ratesinfantneonatal
Q1 20143.72.1
Q2 20143.32.5
Q3 20144.32.7
Q4 20143.42.6
Q1 20153.21.8
Q2 20152.11.9

Cause of death

Diseases of the Heart and Arteries:

Diseases of the circulatory system accounted for 2,309 deaths, or an annual rate of 2.0 per 1,000 population.  Of these, 1,079 were due to ischaemic heart disease and 478 to cerebrovascular disease.   See tables  2, 13, 14 and fig. 4.

Malignant Cancers:

There were 2,187 deaths from malignant neoplasms.  This is equivalent to an annual rate of 1.9 per 1,000 population.

Lung Diseases:

Deaths from pneumonia numbered 307; chronic lower respiratory disease accounted for 454 deaths and 232 deaths resulted from other respiratory diseases. 

Accidents, suicides and other:

There were 390 deaths due to accidents, suicides and other external causes.  Accidents accounted for 62.1% (242) of these deaths while suicides accounted for 30.8% (120).  Of these 390 deaths, more than two thirds (68.5%) were male.

 

 

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Principle causes of death Q2 2015 (%)
malignant
neoplasms
31
circulatory
diseases
29
External
causes
5
respiratory
diseases
13
remainder22

 Age at death

The leading cause of death in quarter 2 2015 varied widely by age group.  Among young adults aged 15 to 44, external causes of death including accidents, suicide and other ranked first (156 deaths).  Among individuals aged 45-74, cancers were the leading cause, while for those aged 75 and older, it was diseases of the heart and arteries. 

There were 6,168 deaths of persons aged 65 and over registered in quarter 2 2015.  This represents an annual death rate of 40.7 per 1,000 population aged 65 and over and represents a increase of 1.5 when compared with the corresponding quarter of 2014.  See tables 3, 4 and fig 5.

The average (mean) time-lag between the date of death and the registration of death was 49 days while the median (mid-point in data) was 19 days for quarter 2 2015.

 

 

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CancerHeartLung Accident, suicide, homicide and undeterminedOther
Under 1510.21.71.711.974.6
15-4419.114.33.549.713.4
45-7446.423.28.25.716.6
75 and over21.235.516.51.924.8

Natural Increase

The natural increase in the population (births minus deaths) for quarter 2 2015 was 8,499 .  This represents a rate of 7.3 per 1,000 population, 0.8 per thousand less than quarter 2 2014.  See tables 3, 4 and fig. 1.

 

Marriages/Civil Partnerships

The number of marriages registered during the quarter was 5,516 (provisional) equivalent to an annual marriage rate of 4.8 per 1,000 population, the same rate as the corresponding quarter of 2014.  See tables 3 and 4.

Civil Partnership legislation was introduced in Ireland on the 1st January,  2011.  The number of civil partnerships registered in the second quarter of 2015 was 93 (provisional) which was 3 less than in quarter 2 2014.  The annual rate per 1,000 population was 0.08 which was the same as the corresponding quarter of 2014.

Population

The estimated population (usual residence) in April 2015 was 4,635,400 .

Table 1 Births classified by age of mother at maternity by quarter, 2010, 2014 and 2015 and their corresponding annual age specific (asfr) and total period fertility rates (tpfr)
             
             
 Q2 2010Q2 2014 Q1 2015Q2 2015
  % ofFertility % ofFertility % ofFertility % ofFertility
Age of motherNumbertotalrateNumbertotalrateNumbertotalrateNumbertotalrate
             
 < 20 years4932.614.73101.99.22991.78.92851.88.3
  20-24 years1,95310.454.91,4718.949.21,4988.750.11,3558.447.5
  25-29 years4,50123.989.73,23719.681.53,20518.780.73,07719.282.1
  30-34 years6,52834.6137.06,02036.5122.36,21736.2126.35,83636.3122.2
  35-39 years4,45423.6102.34,46627.196.14,79627.9103.14,51728.195.2
  40-44 years8774.722.49365.721.51,1096.525.49415.921.2
  45+ years330.20.9600.41.5580.31.5520.31.3
  Not stated50.020.010.010.0
         
  Total18,844100.02.116,502100.01.917,183100.02.016,064100.01.9
             
             
Table 2a Deaths registered by cause of death and by quarter, 2010, 2014 and 2015
 Malignant Cancers % of totalDiseases of the heart and arteries% of totalLung diseases% of totalAccidents, Suicides & Others% of totalOther Causes% of totalTotal% of total
Q2 20152,18728.92,30930.51,00113.23905.21,67822.27,565100.0
Q1 20152,37927.62,75732.01,25214.62643.11,95222.78,604100.0
Q2 20142,15630.02,23031.084611.83745.21,59122.17,197100.0
Q2 20102,05929.72,31533.480711.64015.81,34719.46,929100.0
Table 2b Deaths registered by cause of death, by age and region, Second Quarter 2015
 Malignant Cancers % of totalDiseases of the heart and arteries% of totalLung diseases% of totalAccidents, Suicides & Others% of totalOther Causes% of totalTotal% of total
            
Persons           
Under 100100000332340.4
1 - 430.1000020.570.4120.2
5 - 1430.10010.151.340.2130.2
15 - 2440.230.120.235930.2470.6
25 - 34190.9100.440.45714.61611061.4
35 - 44371.7321.450.56416.4231.41612.1
45 - 541406.4672.91015514.1653.93374.5
55 - 6433915.51667.2393.94210.810166879.1
65 - 7461528.131413.614414.4379.522513.41,33517.6
75 - 8464229.468629.730630.635950930.32,17828.8
85 +38517.61,03044.6490495814.969241.22,65535.1
Total2,1871002,3091001,0011003901001,6781007,565100
 
Males 
Under 100100000171180.2
1 - 410000010.340.260.1
5 - 1420.10010.14120.190.1
15 - 241020.120.2297.410.1350.5
25 - 3450.280.330.34611.890.5710.9
35 - 4490.4200.930.34712.1120.7911.2
45 - 54763.5441.940.44311422.52092.8
55 - 6417581255.4242.4276.9603.64115.4
65 - 7435416.22099.1868.6225.61368.180710.7
75 - 8436616.740017.316416.4256.423714.11,19215.8
85 +176835015.219019235.923013.796912.8
Total1,16553.31,15950.247747.726768.575044.73,81850.5
  
Females 
Under 100000000161160.2
1 - 420.1000010.330.260.1
5 - 1410000010.320.140.1
15 - 2430.1100061.520.1120.2
25 - 34140.620.110.1112.870.4350.5
35 - 44281.3120.520.2174.4110.7700.9
45 - 54642.923160.6123.1231.41281.7
55 - 641647.5411.8151.5153.8412.42763.6
65 - 7426111.91054.5585.8153.8895.35287
75 - 8427612.628612.414214.2102.627216.298613
85 +2099.668029.43003035946227.51,68622.3
Total1,02246.71,15049.852452.312331.592855.33,74749.5
  
Region 
Border23110.631113.511411.44912.621712.992212.2
Midland15371325.7646.4266.7985.84736.3
West24711.324110.411711.7348.71599.579810.5
Dublin57126.156924.625625.69424.148128.71,97126.1
Mid-East1918.72048.810310.35413.81327.96849
Mid-West197924110.410510.5246.213587029.3
South-East25111.52541110110.14411.319211.484211.1
South-West34615.835715.514114.16516.726415.71,17315.5
Total2,1871002,3091001,0011003901001,6781007,565100
Table 3 Marriages, civil partnerships, births, deaths and natural increase
               
 Live Births Deaths2 
 Marriages1Civil PartnershipsTotalFirst Outside marriage/civil partnershipsAverage Age Total InfantNeo-natal65 & overNatural Increase
               
Quarter 1
20103,372-19,7878,312 6,82931.48,006 62396,41911,781
20113,047619,9508,008 6,76831.78,093 72606,45511,857
20122,8128219,3137,693 6,92931.87,979 61456,44511,334
20133,3125217,5636,752 6,40632.18,347 55366,7829,216
20143,6206817,6996,812 6,43932.38,110 65566,6409,589
20153,6658117,1836,456 6,20232.58,604 55317,1758,579
            
Quarter 2            
20104,993-18,8447,749 6,20531.56,929 84545,34411,915
20115,01518418,3817,080 6,01331.87,277 61415,61811,104
20125,41112017,9586,718 6,16431.97,080 47415,62910,878
20135,2127217,1076,372 5,82432.27,644 58386,2069,463
20145,4319616,5026,169 5,94932.37,197 55415,7429,305
20155,5169316,0646,021 5,78632.57,565 34306,1688,499
            
Quarter 3            
20107,774-19,1717,815 6,48131.46,517 71485,01012,654
20117,53220419,2227,512 6,54331.76,911 65415,30312,311
20127,71210417,9856,974 6,25032.06,825 79615,25711,160
20137,54112017,7296,608 6,24332.16,983 59465,52210,746
20148,03811917,1976,423 6,32932.37,001 74465,52610,196
2015             
            
Quarter 4            
20104,455-17,1747,244 5,86531.56,113 65494,76311,061
20114,26114217,0976,841 5,86631.86,714 60485,25510,383
20124,77810216,9696,554 6,00132.16,964 63475,43710,005
20134,6158916,5316,379 5,92032.27,044 56445,4709,487
20144,95610916,0646,231 5,86332.36,787 55415,3619,277
2015            
            
Total            
201020,594-74,97631,120 25,38031.527,565 28219021,53647,411
201119,85553674,65029,441 25,19031.828,995 25819022,63145,655
201220,71342972,22527,939 25,34431.928,848 25019422,76843,377
201320,68033368,93026,111 24,39332.1 30,018 22816423,98038,912
201422,04539267,46225,635 24,58032.3 29,095 24918423,26938,367
2015              
12010-2014 Marriage & Civil partnership figures are final. 2015 Marriage & Civil partnership data is subject to revision
See Background Notes for changes in methodology effective from 2007.
Table 4 Annual marriage, civil partnership, birth, death and natural increase rates per 1,000 population1
            
 Live BirthsDeaths 
 Marriages5Civil Partnerships5Total% First births 2% Outside marriage/civil partnerships TotalInfant 3 MortalityNeo-natal4 Mortality65 & overNatural Increase
            
Quarter 1
20103.0-17.542.134.57.13.12.051.510.4
20112.70.0117.540.333.97.13.63.050.110.4
20122.50.0716.940.035.97.03.22.348.59.9
20132.90.0515.338.636.57.33.12.049.48.0
20143.20.0615.438.636.47.13.73.246.88.4
20153.20.0714.937.636.17.53.21.848.97.4
          
Quarter 2   
20104.4-16.541.332.9 6.14.52.941.510.5
20114.40.1616.138.832.7 6.43.32.242.39.7
20124.70.1015.737.534.3 6.22.62.341.09.5
20134.50.0614.937.334.0 6.73.42.243.78.2
20144.80.0814.337.536.1 6.23.32.539.28.1
20154.80.0813.937.536.0 6.52.11.940.77.3
          
Quarter 3   
20106.8-16.841.033.85.73.72.538.911.1
20116.60.1816.839.334.06.03.42.139.910.8
20126.70.0915.738.934.86.04.43.438.39.7
20136.60.1015.437.435.26.13.32.638.99.4
20147.00.1014.937.536.86.14.32.737.78.8
2015          
          
Quarter 4   
20103.9-15.142.434.25.43.82.937.09.7
20113.70.1214.940.234.35.93.52.839.59.1
20124.20.0914.838.735.46.13.72.839.68.7
20134.00.0814.438.735.86.13.42.738.58.3
20144.30.0913.938.936.55.93.42.636.68.1
2015          
           
Total   
20104.5-16.541.733.96.13.82.541.810.4
20114.30.1216.339.633.76.33.52.542.610.0
20124.50.0915.838.835.16.33.52.741.49.5
20134.50.0715.038.035.4 6.53.32.442.28.5
20144.80.0914.638.136.4 6.33.72.739.78.3
2015           
1 Rates are calculated using the Usual Residence population figures.
2 First births divided by the total number of live births (excluding those with unstated parity), multiplied by 100.  
3 Infant mortality is the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births.       
4 Neonatal mortality is the number of neonatal (infants aged under 4 weeks) deaths per 1,000 live births.
5 Marriage & Civil partnership rates for 2015 are provisional.
Table 5 Births registered, classified by area of residence of mother, April - June 2015
         
         
Area of residenceTotal Male Female  Rate1
    
        
         
STATE16,0648,1547,91013.9 
       
LEINSTER9,2654,7364,529 14.4 
       
Carlow2101129815.1 
Dublin City1,81990891113.7 
South Dublin1,07755652115.6 
Fingal1,20859861017.0 
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 70038032013.2 
Kildare80740640114.8 
Kilkenny26614112511.0 
Laois27113313812.9 
Longford149757414.6 
Louth49424824616.6 
Meath73737835915.4 
Offaly23713310411.9 
Westmeath30516014513.7 
Wexford47724822912.9 
Wicklow50826024814.4 
      
MUNSTER4,1392,0922,04713.2 
      
Clare33617616011.5 
Cork City36617918712.4 
Cork County1,44974670314.3 
Kerry41919822111.6 
Limerick City1999210714.2 
Limerick County 45923022913.7 
North Tipperary27013413615.2 
South Tipperary27413713712.1 
Waterford City168897914.3 
Waterford County1991118811.6 
      
CONNACHT1,75488287213.3 
      
Galway City23211911313.1 
Galway County66631734915.4 
Leitrim83414210.8 
Mayo37420317111.6 
Roscommon174829211.0 
Sligo22512010514.4 
      
ULSTER (PART OF)90644446212.8 
      
Cavan23911912013.5 
Donegal45821923911.9 
Monaghan20910610314.2 
      
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:      
  
Border1,70885385513.8 
Midland962 501 46113.1 
West1,446 721 72513.3 
Dublin4,804 2,442 2,36214.7 
Mid-East2,052 1,044 1,00814.9 
Mid-West1,264 632 63213.4 
South-East1,594 838 75612.6 
South-West2,234 1,123 1,11113.3 
          
1 Births per year per 1,000 population. Annual rates based on estimated usual residence 2015 population.  
Table 6 Births registered, classified by age of mother and previous number of liveborn children, April - June 2015
 
Age of mother at maternity                                              Previous number of liveborn children
Total012345 or moreNot stated
All ages16,0646,0215,6532,90295529720828
         
15 and under13112
1619172
17403811
18676421
19146121223
         
Under 202852512941
         
201811472941
2120814251141
22279175871511
233061878226101
24381198124419621
         
20-241,35584937310021921
         
254061931365419121
264862271766015611
276042822116832821
2870532425873241385
29876358336136321022
         
25-293,0771,3841,117391122381510
         
30881392302128351581
311,1524594221885118131
321,194487459171541472
331,3054555072246830201
341,3044295252357815202
         
30-345,8362,2222,21594628692687
         
351,1633234602627120252
361,0782544042978326122
37922208315273832419
387461742292059225183
396081211941748222141
         
35-394,5171,0801,6021,211411117888
         
40358731101024911121
4127661916937126
421653656381210121
4395312720764
44471319114
  
40-4494121430324010939342
  
45 and over5221141052
  
Age not stated11
         
        
Table 7 Number and percentage of births registered within and outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by age of mother, April - June 2015
        
        
Age of mother at maternityTotalMarried/Civil partnership parents  Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents Married/Civil partnership parents  Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents
  TotalSame   TotalSame
    address   address
         
 Number Percentage
All ages16,06410,2785,7863,400 64.036.021.2
         
15 and under13132 100.015.4
16192172 10.589.510.5
17402386 5.095.015.0
186776019 10.489.628.4
191462312331 15.884.221.2
         
Under 202853425160 11.988.121.1
         
201812315854 12.787.329.8
212082917969 13.986.133.2
222793724292 13.386.733.0
2330653253130 17.382.742.5
2438181300142 21.378.737.3
         
20-241,3552231,132487 16.583.535.9
         
25406107299142 26.473.635.0
26486173313170 35.664.435.0
27604266338191 44.056.031.6
28705336369230 47.752.332.6
29876483393225 55.144.925.7
         
25-293,0771,3651,712958 44.455.631.1
         
30881586295205 66.533.523.3
311,152806346246 70.030.021.4
321,194879315225 73.626.418.8
331,3051,013292196 77.622.415.0
341,3041,038266194 79.620.414.9
         
30-345,8364,3221,5141,066 74.125.918.3
         
351,163923240174 79.420.615.0
361,078848230165 78.721.315.3
37922730192139 79.220.815.1
38746604142107 81.019.014.3
3960849011878 80.619.412.8
         
35-394,5173,595922663 79.620.414.7
         
403582669262 74.325.717.3
412762136346 77.222.816.7
421651184725 71.528.515.2
4395752012 78.921.112.6
4447331412 70.229.825.5
    
40-44941705236157 74.925.116.7
    
45 and over5233199 63.536.517.3
    
Age not stated11 100.0
         
  
Table 8 Number and percentage of births registered within and outside marriage/civil partnership classified by area of residence of mother, April - June 2015
        
 Total       
Area of residenceMarried/CivilUnmarried/non-Civil partnership parents Married/Civil Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents
partnership parents  partnership parents 
   Total Same address  TotalSame address
 Number Percentage
STATE16,06410,2785,7863,400 64.036.021.2
         
LEINSTER9,2655,8313,4341,963 62.937.121.2
        
Carlow2101288249 61.039.023.3
Dublin City1,8191,055764377 58.042.020.7
South Dublin1,077636441238 59.140.922.1
Fingal1,208825383250 68.331.720.7
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 700523177106 74.725.315.1
Kildare807535272160 66.333.719.8
Kilkenny2661759144 65.834.216.5
Laois27116810360 62.038.022.1
Longford149985132 65.834.221.5
Louth494266228128 53.846.225.9
Meath737505232140 68.531.519.0
Offaly2371538455 64.635.423.2
Westmeath30520010575 65.634.424.6
Wexford477249228126 52.247.826.4
Wicklow508315193123 62.038.024.2
        
MUNSTER4,1392,6431,496897 63.936.121.7
        
Clare33623210472 69.031.021.4
Cork City36618218490 49.750.324.6
Cork County1,449999450292 68.931.120.2
Kerry41928413588 67.832.221.0
Limerick City1998211753 41.258.826.6
Limerick County 45932313683 70.429.618.1
North Tipperary2701789264 65.934.123.7
South Tipperary27415811662 57.742.322.6
Waterford City168897940 53.047.023.8
Waterford County1991168353 58.341.726.6
        
CONNACHT1,7541,227527360 70.030.020.5
        
Galway City2321567651 67.232.822.0
Galway County666488178122 73.326.718.3
Leitrim83592421 71.128.925.3
Mayo37424413084 65.234.822.5
Roscommon1741245041 71.328.723.6
Sligo2251566941 69.330.718.2
        
ULSTER (PART OF)906577329180 63.736.319.9
        
Cavan2391607947 66.933.119.7
Donegal45828617286 62.437.618.8
Monaghan2091317847 62.737.322.5
         
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:   
   
Border1,7081,05865037061.938.121.7
Midland962619343222 64.335.723.1
West1,4461,012434298 70.030.020.6
Dublin4,8043,0391,765971 63.336.720.2
Mid-East2,0521,355697423 66.034.020.6
Mid-West1,264815449272 64.535.521.5
South-East1,594915679374 57.442.623.5
South-West2,2341,465769470 65.634.421.0
         
        
Table 9 Births registered, classified by area of residence and age of mother, April - June 2015
      
           
Area of residenceTotalUnder 2020-2425-2930-3435-3940 and overAge not statedAverage age of mother at maternity
          
        All births First births
           
STATE16,0642851,3553,0775,8364,517993132.530.7
           
LEINSTER9,2651837751,8343,3442,58254732.430.6
          
Carlow210533387256631.228.9
Dublin City1,8194216339559351411232.331.0
South Dublin1,07726912384012764531.930.0
Fingal1,20818782254533548032.830.9
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 700821792582627234.333.0
Kildare80715611593052264132.530.8
Kilkenny2666184698851332.731.4
Laois27132652117571632.130.0
Longford149422304941331.428.3
Louth49410651141461263331.729.2
Meath73712431392981974832.830.6
Offaly237625539649831.429.4
Westmeath30563460110732232.029.8
Wexford47714611101541172131.428.9
Wicklow508834961941492732.730.7
          
MUNSTER4,139663627521,4961,188274132.630.6
          
Clare336329571191101832.930.6
Cork City36694591119871531.328.9
Cork County1,449181042275514589133.131.1
Kerry419828651761113132.931.0
Limerick City1992355358391230.929.7
Limerick County 459733751791323332.931.2
North Tipperary2707234285862733.231.3
South Tipperary27433451957119132.330.1
Waterford City1684214048451031.629.4
Waterford County1995105166491832.530.4
          
CONNACHT1,7542113228064855112233.131.5
          
Galway City2324184388691032.531.1
Galway County666742992482145633.431.8
Leitrim8315162927532.730.8
Mayo374635661321132232.730.8
Roscommon174216246558933.131.7
Sligo2251163286702033.732.2
          
ULSTER (PART OF)90615862113481965031.829.6
          
Cavan2393264594581332.029.7
Donegal4586421231551082431.829.8
Monaghan2096184399301331.729.0
          
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:          
   
Border1,7082717237360941910832.129.9
Midland962191071953722204931.829.5
West1,446191112325334549733.131.4
Dublin4,804943539371,7051,40630932.731.1
Mid-East2,0523513839479757211632.730.7
Mid-West1,264191202274413679032.730.8
South-East1,5943717733653342387131.929.8
South-West2,2343517738384665613732.830.7
           
           
Table 10 Births registered outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by area of residence and age of mother, April - June 2015
          
          
Area of residenceTotalUnder 2525-2930-3435-3940 and overAge not statedAverage age of mother at maternity
         
        All birthsFirst births
          
STATE5,7861,3831,7121,51492225529.728.2 
          
LEINSTER3,4348061,02790255814129.728.4
         
Carlow8233211610227.826.3
Dublin City7641752241951333730.028.9
South Dublin44195138123721329.728.2
Fingal38372109111712030.429.2
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 177253554471632.131.0
Kildare272688962431029.328.3
Kilkenny9122262416329.529.0
Laois10324343012329.327.0
Longford5120148928.024.5
Louth22865745131729.027.2
Meath23249746733929.727.9
Offaly842530208128.027.6
Westmeath10531302415529.227.4
Wexford22864696326628.827.2
Wicklow19338605432930.228.4
         
MUNSTER1,4963694323852387229.727.9
         
Clare10424302521429.928.0
Cork City18448594824529.026.8
Cork County450107117128752330.228.5
Kerry13532373623729.728.4
Limerick City11733402217529.027.6
Limerick County 13633383823429.727.7
North Tipperary9226232315529.526.9
South Tipperary11630342717830.028.3
Waterford City7921231715329.528.0
Waterford County831531218829.927.7
         
CONNACHT527118141145923130.328.9
         
Galway City7617162022130.229.3
Galway County178375350251330.329.0
Leitrim245774130.429.5
Mayo13031333524730.329.0
Roscommon501314108530.328.2
Sligo691518239430.328.2
         
ULSTER (PART OF)3299011282341128.726.9
         
Cavan7923211914229.127.0
Donegal17248693415628.427.1
Monaghan781922295329.026.5
   
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:   
   
Border650175211163782329.027.2
Midland3431001088244928.826.9
West43498116115792630.329.0
Dublin1,7653675064833238630.229.0
Mid-East6971552231831082829.728.2
Mid-West449116131108761829.527.6
South-East679185204168923029.227.6
South-West7691872132121223529.828.1
          
Table 11 Births registered, classified by nationality of mother, marital status and age, April - June 2015
        
Nationality of motherTotal birthsBirths inside marriage/civil partnershipBirths outside marriage/civil partnershipAverage age of mother at maternity
 Number PercentageNumber PercentageNumber Percentage 
TOTAL16,064100.010,27864.05,78636.032.5
Ireland12,45877.67,93663.74,52236.332.8
United Kingdom3882.422357.516542.532.8
EU15 excl. Irl & UK3081.916754.214145.833.8
EU15 to EU 28 *1,92012.01,18961.973138.130.6
Other9756.175477.322122.731.6
Not stated150.1960.0640.033.0
        
        
* Croatia included in EU 15 to EU 28 from q3 2013.
Table 12 Deaths registered by county of residence of deceased, April - June 2015
     
Area of residenceTotalMaleFemaleRate1
     
     
State7,5653,8183,7476.5
     
Leinster3,8161,8901,9265.9
Carlow8951386.4
Dublin City1,0815095728.1
South Dublin2751351404.0
Fingal2521391133.5
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 3631641996.8
Kildare2141121023.9
Kilkenny15075756.2
Laois11559565.5
Longford9148438.9
Louth2211111107.4
Meath2491311185.2
Offaly12359646.2
Westmeath14468766.5
Wexford2281211076.2
Wicklow2211081136.2
    
Munster2,2501,1611,0897.2
Clare206110967.0
Cork City2771451329.4
Cork County6072993086.0
Kerry2891571328.0
Limerick City143806310.2
Limerick County 2231151086.7
North Tipperary13074567.3
South Tipperary16882867.4
Waterford City9241517.8
Waterford County11558576.7
    
Connacht9834994847.4
Galway City7535404.2
Galway County3271671607.6
Leitrim6941288.9
Mayo2521241287.8
Roscommon14476689.1
Sligo11656607.4
    
Ulster5162682487.3
Cavan12663637.1
Donegal2861501367.4
Monaghan10455497.1
    
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:    
Border9224764467.4
Midland4732342396.5
West7984023967.3
Dublin1,9719471,0246.0
Mid-East6843513335.0
Mid-West7023793237.4
South-East8424284146.6
South-West1,1736015727.0
1Deaths per year per 1,000 population.   
 Annual population rates based on estimated 2015 Usual Residence population. 
Table 13 Deaths registered by cause of death and county of residence of deceased, April - June 2015
Area of residenceTotal DeathsMalignant NeoplasmsDiseases of the Circulatory systemDiseases of the Respiratory systemExternal causesAll other causes
       
STATE7,5652,1872,3091,0013901,678
       
LEINSTER3,8161,1121,124509214857
Carlow89272712419
Dublin City1,08130330714253276
South Dublin2759270391658
Fingal2527880271354
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 36398112481293
Kildare2146757331938
Kilkenny1504340261229
Laois115353617324
Longford91361414918
Louth2215582231546
Meath2496786352140
Offaly123413411730
Westmeath144414822726
Wexford228727025952
Wicklow2215761351454
      
MUNSTER2,250652715284108491
Clare206606731543
Cork City2777389331765
Cork County6071861867431130
Kerry2898782341769
Limerick City143434033423
Limerick County 2236274321342
North Tipperary13032609227
South Tipperary1685249171139
Waterford City9228256231
Waterford County115294315622
      
CONNACHT98329429914041209
Galway City75282110214
Galway County32710892551359
Leitrim69192010218
Mayo2527280331057
Roscommon144394819929
Sligo116283813532
      
ULSTER (PART OF)5161291716827121
Cavan126334417923
Donegal2867189371475
Monaghan104253814423
      
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:      
Border92223131111449217
Midland473153132642698
West79824724111734159
Dublin1,97157156925694481
Mid-East68419120410354132
Mid-West70219724110524135
South-East84225125410144192
South-West1,17334635714165264
       
Table 14 Deaths registered classified by cause of death and age group, April - June 2015
   Age Group
Cause of Death65 CODICD-10TotalUnder 11-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485 and
   CodeCodeDeaths          over
Total deaths0A00-Y897,565341213471061613376871,3352,1782,655
                 
Infectious and parasitic diseases:-1A00-B9910502001168113046
Tuberculosis2A15-A19,B90800000001133
Meningococcal infection3A39000000000000
AIDS (HIV Disease)4B20-B24200000010100
Viral Hepatitis5B15-B19500000112001
Other infectious and parasitic
   diseases900200104592742
            
Neoplasms6C00-D482,24903341939144342631664400
 Malignant Neoplasms of the:-7C00-C972,18703341937140339615642385
Lip, oral cavity, pharynx8C00-C143900002277876
Oesophagus9C1591000001514303110
Stomach10C1680000002510143217
Colon11C18118000001511214040
Rectum and anus12C19-C211400000211222463225
Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts13C228200001041338197
Pancreas14C25139000002521424425
Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung15C32-C34448000013248016312750
Skin16C433100002056549
Breast17C501730000472038423923
Cervix uteri18C532800011668141
Other parts of uterus19C54-C55310000002410105
Ovary20C5663000002412221310
Prostate21C61125000000111215339
Kidney22C6464000002510141815
Bladder23C675700000023181717
Lymph/haematopoietic tissue24C81-C961640010051217446025
Other malignant neoplasms3140323631652769261
Diseases of the blood and             
  blood-forming organs,            
  immunological disorders25D50-D892200100031485
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic            
  diseases26E00-E90165010032310274871
Diabetes mellitus27E10-E1412400000219213655
Mental and behavioural disorders28F00-F993700001100915112232
  Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic              
     psychosis)29F10600000003120
  Drug dependence, toxicomania30F11-F16,F18-F19000000000000
Diseases of the nervous system and            
  the sense organs31G00-H95390001095142478129130
Meningitis32G00-G03000000000000
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-33I00-I992,30910031032671663146861,030
Ischaemic heart disease34I20-I251,079000021937103177327414
  of which: (Acute myocardial infarction) I214670000010112866145207
Other heart disease35I30-I33,I39-I52423100166102236104237
Cerebrovascular disease36I60-I6947800001482364142236
Other diseases of circulatory system329000213121837113143
                 
Diseases of the Respiratory system37J00-J991,0010012451039144306490
Influenza38J10-J11800000001124
Pneumonia39J12-J19307001113392464201
Chronic Lower respiratory disease40J40-J4745400001141986170173
of which: Asthma41J45-J461200001010136
Other diseases of the respiratory             
   system2320001213103370112
            
Diseases of the Digestive system42K00-K9325600010102735498153
Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and            
   jejunum43K25-K281700000033434
Chronic liver disease44K70,K73-K7472000008181416124
Other diseases of the digestive            
   system167000102618296645
            
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous            
  tissue45L00-L9918100000111410
            
Diseases of the musculoskeletal            
  system/connective tissue46M00-M99540010010271528
Rheumatoid arthritis and            
   osteoarthrosis47M05-M06,M15-M191500000001167
            
Diseases of the genitourinary system48N00-N9915600001013105487
 Diseases of the kidney and ureter49N00-N291120000101374258
            
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth            
  and puerperium50O00-O99000000000000
            
Certain conditions originating in the             
  perinatal period151P00-P9612120000000000
            
Congenital malformations and            
  chromosomal abnomalities52Q00-Q9940192101155312
Congenital malformations of the:-            
Nervous system53Q00-Q07300101010000
Circulatory system54Q20-Q281280000101011
            
Symptoms, signs, abnormal            
  findings, ill-defined causes55R00-R9928120101104513
Sudden infant death syndrome56R95312000000000
Unknown and unspecified causes57R96-R991000010110421
            
External causes of injury and poisoning58V01-Y893900253557645542373558
Accidents59V01-X592420241827392120253056
of which: Transport accidents60V01-V993102344723330
               Accidental falls 61W00-W19530002135661218
               Accidental poisoning62X40-X49620008182373300
               other accidents9600144678131538
Suicide and intentional self harm63X60-X841200001728193014831
Homicide/assault64X85-Y09500001111100
Events of undetermined intent65Y10-Y341900101537200
 All other external causes  400000000121
1Stillbirths not included.
Table 15 Male deaths registered classified by Eurostat shortlist cause and age group, April - June 2015
   Age Group
Cause of Death65 CODICD-10TotalUnder 11-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485 and
   CodeCodeMales          over
Total Male Deaths0A00-Y893,81818693571912094118071,192969
            
Infectious and parasitic diseases:-1A00-B99450200014451415
Tuberculosis2A15-A19,B90500000001121
Meningococcal infection3A39000000000000
AIDS (HIV Disease)4B20-B24200000010100
Viral Hepatitis5B15-B19400000112000
Other infectious and parasitic            
   diseases340200002131214
            
Neoplasms6C00-D481,191012151078176363375180
 Malignant Neoplasms of the:-7C00-C971,16501215976175354366176
Lip, oral cavity, pharynx8C00-C143000001166655
Oesophagus9C156000000131223183
Stomach10C16420000013411176
Colon11C187300000139132819
Rectum and anus12C19-C21840000111013272210
Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts13C22510000103626141
Pancreas14C2573000000214232212
Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung15C32-C3427100000019461007927
Skin16C431500000054222
Breast17C50000000000000
Cervix uteri18C53000000000000
Other parts of uterus19C54-C55000000000000
Ovary20C56000000000000
Prostate21C61125000000111215339
Kidney22C6444000001578158
Bladder23C674700000022151414
Lymph/haematopoietic tissue24C81-C96870010026828348
Other malignant neoplasms163011121833514322
Diseases of the blood and             
  blood-forming organs,            
  immunological disorders25D50-D891000100011322
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic            
  diseases26E00-E908700001113232632
Diabetes mellitus27E10-E147300000113182129
Mental and behavioural disorders28F00-F991320000000694572
  Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic              
     psychosis)29F10500000002120
  Drug dependence, toxicomania30F11-F16,F18-F19000000000000
Diseases of the nervous system and            
  the sense organs31G00-H95173000072812476037
Meningitis32G00-G03000000000000
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-33I00-I991,159100282044125209400350
Ischaemic heart disease34I20-I2561600001152882129214147
  of which: (Acute myocardial infarction) I21253000008925478975
Other heart disease35I30-I33,I39-I52189100063617234885
Cerebrovascular disease36I60-I69213000001414367979
  Other diseases of circulatory system  141000211612215939
                 
Diseases of the Respiratory system37J00-J9947700123342486164190
Influenza38J10-J11400000000112
Pneumonia39J12-J1911300111104152862
Chronic Lower respiratory disease40J40-J47235000011312469181
of which: Asthma41J45-J46700001000024
Other diseases of the respiratory
   system12500011118244445
            
Diseases of the Digestive system42K00-K931370001052125273919
Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and            
   jejunum43K25-K281300000023332
Chronic liver disease44K70,K73-K74460000041581063
Other diseases of the digestive
   system78000101414143014
            
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous            
  tissue45L00-L99800000001124
            
Diseases of the musculoskeletal            
  system/connective tissue46M00-M991600100001383
Rheumatoid arthritis and            
   osteoarthrosis47M05-M06,M15-M19400000001030
            
Diseases of the genitourinary system48N00-N99720000001252737
 Diseases of the kidney and ureter49N00-N29560000001242227
            
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth            
  and puerperium50O00-O99000000000000
            
Certain conditions originating in the             
  perinatal period151P00-P96880000000000
            
Congenital malformations and            
  chromosomal abnomalities52Q00-Q992390001144211
Congenital malformations of the:-            
Nervous system53Q00-Q07200001010000
Circulatory system54Q20-Q28840000101011
            
Symptoms, signs, abnormal            
  findings, ill-defined causes55R00-R991302000100244
Sudden infant death syndrome56R95202000000000
Unknown and unspecified causes57R96-R99500000100220
            
External causes of injury and poisoning58V01-Y892670142946474327222523
Accidents59V01-X591480131419271711132122
of which: Transport accidents60V01-V992201234323220
               Accidental falls 61W00-W193000021242397
               Accidental poisoning62X40-X49440007121761100
               other accidents520012255571015
Suicide and intentional self harm63X60-X84101000152516259821
Homicide/assault64X85-Y09300001101000
Events of undetermined intent65Y10-Y341200101316000
All other external causes300000000120
1Stillbirths not included.              
Table 16 Female deaths registered classified by cause of death and age group, April - June 2015
      Age Group
Cause of Death65 CODICD-10TotalUnder 11-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485 and
   CodeCodeFemales          over
Total Female Deaths0A00-Y893,74716641235701282765289861,686
            
Infectious and parasitic diseases:-1A00-B99600000102461631
Tuberculosis2A15-A19,B90300000000012
Meningococcal infection3A39000000000000
AIDS (HIV Disease)4B20-B24000000000000
Viral Hepatitis5B15-B19100000000001
Other infectious and parasitic            
   diseases560000102461528
            
Neoplasms6C00-D481,0580213142966166268289220
 Malignant Neoplasms of the:-7C00-C971,0220213142864164261276209
Lip, oral cavity, pharynx8C00-C14900001111221
Oesophagus9C1531000000227137
Stomach10C16380000012631511
Colon11C18450000002281221
Rectum and anus12C19-C215600001029191015
Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts13C2231000000171256
Pancreas14C256600000237192213
Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung15C32-C34177000013534634823
Skin16C431600002002327
Breast17C501730000472038423923
Cervix uteri18C532800011668141
Other parts of uterus19C54-C55310000002410105
Ovary20C5663000002412221310
Prostate21C61000000000000
Kidney22C642000000103637
Bladder23C671000000001333
Lymph/haematopoietic tissue24C81-C967700000369162617
Other malignant neoplasms151021242819254939
Diseases of the blood and             
  blood-forming organs,            
  immunological disorders25D50-D891200000020163
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic            
  diseases26E00-E90780100212742239
Diabetes mellitus27E10-E14510000010631526
Mental and behavioural disorders28F00-F9923800011003667160
  Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic              
     psychosis)29F10100000001000
  Drug dependence, toxicomania30F11-F16,F18-F19000000000000
Diseases of the nervous system and            
  the sense organs31G00-H95217001023612316993
Meningitis32G00-G03000000000000
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-33I00-I991,15000012122341105286680
Ischaemic heart disease34I20-I2546300001492148113267
  of which: (Acute myocardial infarction) I21214000002231956132
Other heart disease35I30-I33,I39-I52234000103451356152
Cerebrovascular disease36I60-I69265000013492863157
  Other diseases of circulatory system  188000002661654104
                 
Diseases of the Respiratory system37J00-J9952400001261558142300
Influenza38J10-J11400000001012
Pneumonia39J12-J1919400000235936139
Chronic Lower respiratory disease40J40-J4721900000017407992
of which: Asthma41J45-J46500000010112
Other diseases of the respiratory             
   system1070000102292667
            
Diseases of the Digestive system42K00-K93119000005610224234
Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and            
   jejunum43K25-K28400000010102
Chronic liver disease44K70,K73-K742600000436661
Other diseases of the digestive            
   system8900000124153631
            
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous            
  tissue45L00-L991010000010026
            
Diseases of the musculoskeletal            
  system/connective tissue46M00-M9938000001014725
Rheumatoid arthritis and            
   osteoarthrosis47M05-M06,M15-M191100000000137
            
Diseases of the genitourinary system48N00-N99840000100152750
 Diseases of the kidney and ureter49N00-N29560000100132031
            
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth            
  and puerperium50O00-O99000000000000
            
Certain conditions originating in the             
  perinatal period151P00-P96440000000000
            
Congenital malformations and            
  chromosomal abnomalities52Q00-Q9917102100011101
Congenital malformations of the:-            
Nervous system53Q00-Q07100100000000
Circulatory system54Q20-Q28440000000000
            
Symptoms, signs, abnormal            
  findings, ill-defined causes55R00-R991510010010219
Sudden infant death syndrome56R95110000000000
Unknown and unspecified causes57R96-R99500010010201
            
External causes of injury and poisoning58V01-Y89123011611171215151035
Accidents59V01-X599401148124912934
of which: Transport accidents60V01-V99901110400110
               Accidental falls 61W00-W1923000001143311
               Accidental poisoning62X40-X491800016612200
               other accidents44000221236523
Suicide and intentional self harm63X60-X841900023355010
Homicide/assault64X85-Y09200000010100
Events of undetermined intent65Y10-Y34700000221200
All other external causes100000000001
1Stillbirths not included.              
Table 17 Infant and neonatal mortality by area of residence of deceased, April - June 2015
 Infant mortality Neonatal mortality
Area of residenceNumberRateNumberRate
      
STATE342.1 301.9
LEINSTER151.6 131.4
Carlow00.0 00.0
Dublin City31.6 31.6
South Dublin10.9 00.0
Fingal00.0 00.0
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 34.3 34.3
Kildare00.0 00.0
Kilkenny311.3 311.3
Laois00.0 00.0
Longford00.0 00.0
Louth12.0 12.0
Meath11.4 11.4
Offaly14.2 14.2
Westmeath00.0 00.0
Wexford12.1 12.1
Wicklow12.0 00.0
   
MUNSTER112.7 102.4
Clare26.0 13.0
Cork City25.5 25.5
Cork County10.7 10.7
Kerry37.2 37.2
Limerick City15.0 15.0
Limerick County 12.2 12.2
North Tipperary00.0 00.0
South Tipperary13.6 13.6
Waterford City00.0 00.0
Waterford County00.0 00.0
   
CONNACHT42.3 42.3
Galway City14.3 14.3
Galway County23.0 23.0
Leitrim00.0 00.0
Mayo12.7 12.7
Roscommon00.0 00.0
Sligo00.0 00.0
   
ULSTER (PART OF)44.4 33.3
Cavan14.2 00.0
Donegal24.4 24.4
Monaghan14.8 14.8
   
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:     
Border52.942.3
Midland11.011.0
West42.842.8
Dublin71.561.2
Mid-East21.010.5
Mid-West43.232.4
South-East53.153.1
South-West62.7 62.7
Infant mortality rates: Deaths of infants under one year per 1,000 live births, classified by area of residence of mother.
Neonatal mortality rates: Deaths of infants under 28 days per 1,000 live births, classified by area of residence of mother.
Infant and neonatal mortality rates in some areas, based on small numbers are subject to considerable fluctuation and caution should be exercised in their interpretation.

Background Notes

 

Introduction

This report has been prepared by the Central Statistics Office for the Minister for Social Protection in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952, Section 73 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 and Government Order SI 831 of 2007.

Methodology

All figures in this report are classified by quarter of registration.

The extension of the Limerick City boundary, which came into operation on 1st March 2008, has been taken into account in the compilation of the statistics from the Second Quarter of 2008. As a result, data for Limerick City and County are not directly comparable with any quarter prior to the Second Quarter 2008.

This publication continues with the 3 major changes in the methods by which mortality statistics are compiled. These changes were introduced in the Vital Statistics First Quarter 2007 publication.

1) Underlying Cause of Death is classified according to International Classification of Diseases, Version 10 (ICD10) instead of to International Classification of Diseases, Version 9 (ICD9). In addition, this and future publications will incorporate certain official updates to ICD-10. In particular, mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19), with mention of intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09), accidental, intentional self and undetermined intent poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances (X40-X49, X60-X69, Y10-Y19) or assault by chemical or noxious substance (X85-X90), are now coded to the latter.

http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/OfficialWHOUpdatesCombined1996-2008VOLUME2.pdf

2) Deaths where there was not an inquest have been coded using the automated coding system developed by the U.S National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS). Previously the Underlying Cause of Death was chosen manually for all deaths.

3) All deaths registered in the quarter have been included in the statistics, in some cases with a provisional cause of death. Previously the practice was not to include deaths in the quarterly statistics until the cause of death had been definitely established.

Because of these changes, caution should be taken in directly comparing these mortality statistics with those of previous quarters.  Many countries have found that moving to ICD10 does affect certain specific categories of causes of death.  In particular, a significant drop in the number of deaths attributed to pneumonia and bronchopneumonia has been observed in some countries after moving to ICD10. These deaths were instead assigned to other conditions included on the death certificate.

The effect of the second change above has been to increase the number of deaths in our statistics as compared with previous years. Statistics for deaths due to external causes are particularly affected by this change. The previous method meant that some deaths were included in a later quarter of the year, than when they had been registered, because of the delay involved in establishing a definite cause of death.

Revised rates This report contains revisions to previously published rates for Marriages, Births and Deaths with effect from the second quarter of 2006. This is due to revised population estimates and the change from using De Facto population data to Usual Residence population data.  All rates for periods prior to the second quarter of 2006 remain unchanged. These revisions were first published in the Vital Statistics First Quarter 2012 report.

Revised figures This report contains upward revisions to previously published figures for births registered in quarter 3 of 2008, quarter 1 of 2009 and 2010, and also for the previously published numbers for deaths registered in quarter 1 of 2010 and 2011. The natural increase and totals for these years were also revised. These revisions were first published in the Vital Statistics Second Quarter 2011 report.

Stated Parity Refers to the number of previous live births excluding any not stated.

NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regional Authority areas

The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. The NUTS3 regions correspond to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994. The NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, are groupings of the NUTS3 regions. The composition of the regions is set out below.

Border, Midland and Western NUTS2 Region Southern and Eastern NUTS2 Region

Border Cavan   Dublin Dublin City
  Donegal     Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
  Leitrim     Fingal
  Louth     South Dublin
  Monaghan      
  Sligo   Mid-East Kildare
        Meath
Midland Laois     Wicklow
  Longford      
  Offaly   Mid-West Clare
  Westmeath     Limerick City
        Limerick County
West Galway City     North Tipperary
  Galway County      
  Mayo   South-East Carlow
  Roscommon     Kilkenny
        South Tipperary
        Waterford City
        Waterford County
        Wexford
         
      South-West Cork City
        Cork County
        Kerry

EU-28 countries

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Croatia is included in EU 15 to EU28 from quarter 3 2013.

Birth and Death rates 

There is a minor change in methodology concerning the calculation of birth and death rates at a county level from Q2 2015 onwards. Prior to this the county population used in the calculation of birth and death rates was calculated by applying the same factor of change in the population at a state level to each county during the inter-census years. For example:

State Population (habitual residence) 2011 census year 4,574,888
2012 inter-census year estimate 4,585,400
Factor of change = (4,585,400 - 4,574,888) /4,574,888 * 100 = 0.22977
Carlow population census year = 54,723
To estimate population in Carlow for 2012 using factor of 0.22977 as follows:
Carlow 54,723+ [54,723][0.22977/100] = 54, 848= population estimate 2012
Regional population was calculated by summing the relevant counties and county boroughs.


From quarter 2 2015 onwards, the factor of change is calculated at the regional (NUTS3) level first and this is used to calculate the population at the relevant county level. For example:


South East Region Population
2011 census year 499,304
2012 inter-census year estimate 500,831
Factor of change = (500,831 - 499,304) /499,304 * 100 = 0.30582
Carlow population census year = 54,723
To estimate population in Carlow for 2012 using factor of 0.30582 as follows:
Carlow 54,723+ [54,723][ 0.30582/100] = 54,890 = population estimate 2012
The overall rate at national level is unaffected by this revision.
Please see the effect of this change, if any, on the birth and death rates when applied to quarter 1 2015 below.

 

     Deaths     Births    
  old rate   new rate Difference   old rate  new rate  Difference
State   7.5  7.5 0.0  14.9 14.9  0.0
Leinster  6.9  6.8 0.0  15.7  15.7 0.0
Carlow 8.9   8.9 0.0  18.4  18.4

0.0

Dublin city

 9.7 9.6  0.0  15.3  15.3 0.0
South Dublin

 4.3

 4.3 0.0  16.5  16.5  0.0 
Fingal

 4.0

 4.0 0.0  18.9 18.8 -0.1
Dunlaoghaire Rathdown  9.0  8.9 0.0  15.0  15.0  0.0 
Kildare  4.9  4.8 -0.1  17.4  17.1  -0.3 
Kilkenny   6.9 6.9  0.0  13.0  13.0  0.0 
Laois   7.1 7.0  -0.1  14.8  14.6  -0.2 
Longford   7.8 7.6  -0.1  12.9  12.7  -0.2 
Louth  7.0 7.2  0.2  14.1  14.6  0.5 
Meath   5.1 5.0  -0.1  15.2  15.0 -0.2 
Offaly  7.5 7.4  -0.1  14.7  14.5  -0.2 
Westmeath  8.0 7.9  -0.1  15.1  14.9  -0.2 
Wexford  7.5 7.5  0.0  13.4  13.3  -0.1 
Wicklow  6.8 6.7  -0.1  16.0  15.8  -0.2 
Munster  8.2 8.2  0.0  14.3  14.3  0.0 
 Clare  8.3 8.3  0.1  14.3  14.4 0.1
Cork City   9.2 9.1  -0.1  12.0  11.9  -0.1 
Cork County  6.5 6.5  -0.1  16.0  15.9  -0.1 
Kerry  9.6 9.5  -0.1  12.3  12.2  -0.1 
Limerick City  11.9 12.0  0.1  15.2  15.3  0.1 
Limerick county  8.3 8.3  0.1  14.6  14.7  0.1 
North Tipperary  9.9 10.0  0.1  15.1  15.2  0.1 
South Tipperary   8.9 8.8  0.0  11.9  11.9  0.0 
Waterford City   7.3 7.3  0.0  15.1  15.0  -0.1 
Waterford County  8.1  8.1  0.0  13.5  13.4  -0.1 
Connaught   7.9 8.1  0.1  13.7  13.9  0.2
Galway City 6.0 6.1  0.1 14.4 14.6 0.2
Galway County 6.7  6.9  0.1 15.1  15.3  0.2 
Leitrim  10.6 11.0  0.3  14.0 14.4  0.4 
Mayo   8.8 8.9  0.1  11.8  12.0  0.2 
Rosocmmon  8.8 8.9  0.1  13.0 13.2 0.2 
Sligo   9.2 9.5  0.3  13.5  13.9  0.4 
Ulster (part of)   8.4 8.7  0.3  12.5  12.9  0.4 
Cavan   8.5 8.8  0.3  14.3  14.7  0.4 
Donegal   8.4 8.6  0.3  11.9  12.3  0.4
Monaghan  8.3 8.6  0.3  12.0  12.4  0.4 
             
REGIONAL AUTHORITIES             
Border  8.3  8.6  0.3  13.1  13.5  0.4 
Midland  7.6 7.5  -0.1  14.6  14.4  -0.2 
West   7.5 7.7  0.1  13.7  13.9  0.2 
Dublin   7.2 7.2  0.0  16.3  16.3  0.0 
Mid-East  5.4 5.3  -0.1   16.3 16.0 -0.3 
Mid-West  9.1 9.2  0.1  14.7  14.8  0.1 
South-East   7.8 7.8  0.0  13.8  13.7  -0.1 
South-West  7.7 7.6  -0.1  14.5  14.4  -0.1 

Rates per year per 1,000 Usual Resident estimated population

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