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CSO statistical release, 28 May 2021, 11am

Vital Statistics Yearly Summary

2020

	2020	2019

Births	55,959	59,796
Deaths	31,765	31,134
Marriages	9,523	20,313
Natural increase	24,194	28,662

Births continue to fall while deaths rise in 2020

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There were 55,959 births in 2020, 3,837 fewer births compared with 2019. This corresponds to a birth rate of 11.2 per 1,000 population, a rate decrease of 0.9 from 2019.

There were 31,765 deaths registered in 2020, of these 16,450 were male while 15,315 were female. The 2020 total is 2.0% higher than in 2019 when 31,134 deaths were registered. See tables 1a and 10.

There were 153 infant deaths registered in 2020 giving an infant mortality rate of 2.7 per 1,000 live births.

The number of births less the number of deaths in 2020 resulted in a natural increase of population of 24,194 persons, 15.6% lower than the natural increase of 28,662 in 2019. See tables 1a and 1b.

Births

There were 55,959 births registered in 2020, 28,902 male births and 27,057 female births, a decrease of 3,837 on 2019. The 2020 total is 25.4% lower than in 2010 when 74,976 births were registered.

The 55,959 births represent an annual birth rate of 11.2 per thousand population. This rate is 0.9 per thousand population lower than in 2019. See tables 1a, 1b and 3.

Fertility

The total period fertility rate, TPFR is derived from the age specific fertility rates in the current year. It represents the projected number of children a woman would have if she experienced current age specific fertility rates while progressing from age 15-49 years. A value of 2.1 is generally considered to be the level at which the population would replace itself in the long run, ignoring migration.

In 2020 the TPFR for Ireland was 1.6 which is below replacement level. See table 2.

Age of Mothers

The average age of first time mothers in 2020 was 31.4 years, up 0.1 years from 2019. The average age of mothers at maternity for all births registered in 2020 was 33.1 years, 0.1 higher than 2019. The average age of first time mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 29.4 in 2020 while the average age of all mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 30.7 years. The previous year the average age of mothers having their first baby outside marriage/civil partnership was 29.1 years while it was 30.5 years for all mothers for births registered outside of marriage/civil partnership. See tables 1a, 1b, 7 and 8.

Births and marriage/civil partnerships

In 2020, there were 34,481 (61.6%) births registered as within marriage, there were no births within civil partnerships.

There were 21,478 births registered as outside marriage/civil partnership accounting for 38.4% of all births, a decrease of 5.7% from 2019. The highest percentage of births outside marriage/civil partnership was in Limerick City at 50.7% and the lowest was in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown with 25.7%. See table 6.

A total of 830 teenagers had babies in 2020, of these 16 were aged under 16. Almost 46% of births outside marriage/civil partnership were to mothers under 30 (45.9%). See Table 5.

Location of births

The highest number of births registered was in Dublin City with 6,229 (11.1% of total live births in the country) followed by Cork County with 5,100 (9.1%) registered births. Leitrim had the lowest number with 380 (0.7%) registered births in 2020. The same pattern was reflected in 2019 when Dublin City accounted for 6,861 or 11.5% of births followed by Cork County with 5,249 (8.8%). Leitrim also had the lowest number, 438 births (or 0.7%), registered in 2019. See tables 3, 6 and 7.

Nationality of mothers

Of the 55,959 births in 2020, there were 43,019 babies (76.9%) born to mothers of Irish nationality compared to 46,036 (77.0%) in 2019. There were 9.6% of births to mothers of EU15 to EU27 nationality, 2.1% of mothers were of UK nationality, and 2.2% were of EU14 nationality (excluding Ireland). Mothers of nationalities other than Ireland, UK and the EU accounted for 9.3% of total births registered. There were 0.03% of mothers where the nationality was not stated. See table 9.

Birth Order

A total of 21,989 births (39.3%) were to first time mothers in 2020. Second time mothers had 19,469 births (34.8%). This accounted for a total of 74.1% of births of stated parity. See table 4 and figure 2.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Birth Order 2020 (%)
1st	39.2948408656338
2nd	34.7915438088601
3rd	17.1053807251738
4th	5.77208313229329
5th and over	3.0361514680391

Deaths

There were 31,765 deaths registered in 2020, of these 16,450 were male while 15,315 were female. The 2020 total is 2.0% higher than in 2019 when 31,134 deaths were registered. See tables 1a and 10.

Infant and neonatal mortality

There were 153 Infant deaths registered in 2020 giving an infant mortality rate of 2.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, a decrease of 0.5 from 2019. Neonatal deaths are deaths of infants at ages under 4 weeks. There were 111 neonatal deaths registered in 2020, a neonatal mortality rate of 2.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, which was a decrease of 0.4 from 2019. See tables 1a, 1b and 15, and figure 3.

Under 1 yr rates	infant	neonatal
2014	3.7	2.7
2015	3.1	2.3
2016	3.3	2.4
2017	2.8	2.2
2018	3.1	2.3
2019	3.2	2.4
2020	2.7	2.0

Under 1 year rates	infant
2012	3.5	2.7
2013	3.3	2.4
2014	3.7	2.7
2015	3.1	2.3
2016	3.3	2.4
2017	2.8	2.2
2018	3.1	2.3

Cause of death

Diseases of the Heart and Arteries:

Diseases of the circulatory system accounted for 8,744 deaths or an annual rate of 1.8 per 1,000 population. Of these, 4,142 were due to ischaemic heart disease and 1,524 to cerebrovascular disease. See tables 11 and 12, and figure 4.

Malignant Cancers:

There were 9,356 deaths from malignant neoplasms. This is equivalent to an annual rate of 1.9 per 1,000 population. See tables 11 and 12, and figure 4.

Lung Diseases:

Deaths from chronic lower respiratory disease numbered 1,601, pneumonia accounted for 792 deaths and 1,011 deaths resulted from all other respiratory diseases. See tables 11 and 12.

COVID-19 Virus Identified and Virus Unidentified:

There were 1,672 registered deaths where COVID-19 was assigned as the underlying cause of death in 2020. There were a further 167 mortality records where there was a mention of COVID-19 in the narrative of the death certificate and where the underlying cause of death was not COVID-19. A new information note is available outlining how the CSO assigns COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death.

Deaths from neoplasms numbered 55 (32.9%) while diseases of the circulatory system accounted for a further 49 (29.3%) of these deaths. See tables 12, 13, 14 and 17.

Accidents, suicides and other:

There were 1,276 deaths due to accidents, suicides and other external causes. Accidents accounted for 71.3% (910) of these deaths while suicides accounted for 26.6% (340). Of these 1,276 deaths, 859 (67.3.%) were male. See tables 12, 13, 14 and 16.

Late registered deaths:

Death due to intentional self-harm is classified as an unnatural death and therefore, must be referred to the Coroner for investigation. This investigation can take a protracted length of time to complete for various reasons (such as getting medical reports, health and safety reports, engineer’s report, the involvement of the Director of Public Prosecutions etc.) and this delays the registration of such deaths. There were 741 deaths registered late in 2020, of which 444 were male and 297 were female. There were 512 of these late registered deaths that occurred in 2018 and 229 that occurred in various years prior to 2018. See table B.

To address this problem the CSO publishes tables of late registered deaths by cause of death, sex and specific age-groups in the relevant Vital Statistics Annual Report. Numbers of deaths registered late due to intentional self-harm in 2020 will be included in the Appendix 2020 of the Annual Report 2020 and will be referred to the year that the death occurred i.e. 2018 and prior. These will be published in table 3.C and 3.D of that report which is scheduled for dissemination in October 2022. Therefore, any additional deaths due to intentional self-harm will be added to the deaths that were registered in time to be included in the relevant Annual Report.

For example:

There were 437 deaths due to intentional self-harm in 2018, 327 (or 74.8%) males and 110 (or 25.2%) females and were reported in table 3.30 of the Vital Statistics Annual Report 2018. Any death assigned an underlying cause of death that is included in the 512 late registered deaths in 2020, and where death occurred in 2018, will be added to the 437 figure of deaths due to intentional self-harm when the Vital Statistics Annual Report 2020 is published. Please refer to the CSO open data portal (tables VSD33 and VSD34) for the most up to date figures on deaths from intentional self-harm.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Principal causes of death 2020
malignant neoplasms	29.4538013536912
circulatory diseases	27.5271525263655
external causes	4.01699984259405
respiratory diseases	10.7161970722493
remainder	28.2858492051

Age at death

The leading single cause of death in 2020 varied widely by age group. Among those aged from 15 to 34 years, external causes of death including accidents, suicide and other ranked first (205 deaths). Among individuals aged 35-74, cancers were the leading single cause group while for those aged 75 and older, it was diseases of the circulatory system. See table 12 and figure 5.

There were 26,440 deaths of persons aged 65 and over registered in 2020. This represents an annual death rate of 36.7 per 1,000 population aged 65 and over and represents a rate increase of 0.2 when compared with 2019. See tables 1a, 1b and figure 5.

	Cancer	Disease of the circulatory system	Disease of the respiratory system	Accident, suicide, homicide and undetermined	Other
Under 15	7	3.5	3.5	6.6	79.3
15-34	14.8	9.9	3.1	52.3	19.9
35-74	43.8	22	7.6	6.7	19.9
75 and over	22.6	31	12.5	1.7	32.2

The average (mean) time-lag between the date of death and the registration of death was 54 days while the median (mid-point in data) was 24 days in 2020.

Marriages/Civil Partnerships

The number of marriages registered in 2020 was 9,523 of which 314 were same-sex marriages. This is equivalent to an annual marriage rate of 1.9 per 1,000 population, 2.2 less than the rate in 2019. See tables 1a and 1b.

Same-Sex marriage legislation came into effect on the 16th November 2015.

Civil Partnership legislation was introduced in Ireland on the 1^st January, 2011. From 16th November 2015, when same-sex marriages legislation came into effect, same-sex couples no longer had the option to apply for a Civil Partnership

Divorces

For the numbers of divorce applications received in 2019 (The latest available publication) see links: Courts Service Annual Report 2019

Population

The estimated population (usual residence) in April 2020 was 4,977,443. See table A.

Show Table 1a Marriages, Civil partnerships, Births, Deaths and natural increase by number 2010-2020

Table 1a Marriages, civil partnerships, births, deaths and natural increase, by number 2010-2020
	Marriages¹				Live Births				Deaths
Year	Total	Opposite sex	Same sex	¹Civil Partnerships number	Total births number	First births number	Births outside marriage/civil partnerships	Average Age of mother at maternity	Total deaths number	Infant deaths number	Neo-natal deaths number	deaths 65 & over number	Natural Increase births less deaths
2010	20,594	–	–	–	74,976	31,120	25,380	31.5	27,565	282	190	21,536	47,411
2011	19,855	–	–	536	74,650	29,441	25,190	31.8	28,995	258	190	22,631	45,655
2012	20,713	–	–	429	72,225	27,939	25,344	31.9	28,848	250	194	22,768	43,377
2013	20,680	–	–	333	68,930	26,111	24,393	32.1	30,018	228	164	23,980	38,912
2014	22,045	–	–	392	67,462	25,635	24,490	32.3	29,095	249	184	23,269	38,367
2015	22,116	22,025	91	376	65,909	24,867	23,990	32.5	29,952	205	151	24,330	35,957
2016	22,626	21,570	1,056	7	63,897	24,042	23,348	32.7	30,390	208	155	24,796	33,507
2017	22,021	21,262	759	–	62,053	23,527	23,340	32.8	30,484	174	138	25,026	31,569
2018	21,053	20,389	664	–	61,016	23,508	23,061	32.9	31,116	187	139	25,633	29,900
2019	20,313	19,673	640	–	59,796	23,139	22,772	33.0	31,134	190	144	25,438	28,662
2020	9,523	9,209	314	–	55,959	21,989	21,478	33.1	31,765	153	111	26,440	24,194
¹ All Marriage and civil partnership figures are final.

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Table 1b Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Births, Deaths and natural increase, by rate 2010-2020
	Marriages				Live Births			Deaths
Year	¹TotalMarriage rate	Opposite-sex	Same-sex	¹Civil Partnerships rate	¹Birth rate	²First births percentage	% Births outside marriage/civil partnerships	¹Death Rate	³Infant Mortality rate	⁴Neo-natal Mortality rate	⁵Deaths 65 and over rate	⁶Natural Increase rate
2010	4.5	–	–	–	16.5	41.7	33.9	6.1	3.8	2.5	41.8	10.4
2011	4.3	–	–	0.1	16.3	39.6	33.7	6.3	3.5	2.5	42.6	10.0
2012	4.5	–	–	0.1	15.7	38.8	35.1	6.3	3.5	2.7	41.4	9.4
2013	4.5	–	–	0.1	14.9	38.0	35.4	6.5	3.3	2.4	42.1	8.4
2014	4.7	–	–	0.1	14.5	38.1	36.3	6.3	3.7	2.7	39.5	8.3
2015	4.7	4.7	–	0.1	14.1	37.8	36.4	6.4	3.1	2.3	39.9	7.7
2016	4.8	4.6	0.2	–	13.5	37.6	36.5	6.4	3.3	2.4	39.4	7.1
2017	4.6	4.4	0.2	–	12.9	37.9	37.6	6.4	2.8	2.2	38.5	6.6
2018	4.3	4.2	0.1	–	12.6	38.5	37.8	6.4	3.1	2.3	38.1	6.2
2019	4.1	4.0	0.1	–	12.1	38.7	38.1	6.3	3.2	2.4	36.5	5.8
2020	1.9	1.9	0.1	–	11.2	39.3	38.4	6.4	2.7	2.0	36.7	4.9
¹Rates are calculated per 1,000 Usual Residence population figures
²First 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 Deaths 65 and over rate is the number of 65 and over deaths divided by the population aged 65 and over multiplied by 1,000.
⁶ The natural increase (the number of births less the number of deaths) rate is the natural increase divided by the total population multiplied by 1,000.

Table 2 Births registered, classified by age of mother at maternity between 2018 and 2020 and their corresponding annual age specific (asfr) and total period fertility rates (tpfr)
Period	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45 and over	Age not stated	All ages
	Number of live births
Quarter 1
2018	292	1,280	2,733	5,315	4,836	1,115	88	–	15,659
2019	234	1,267	2,667	5,424	5,139	1,061	101	–	15,893
2020	221	1,085	2,405	4,950	4,497	1,116	97	–	14,371
Quarter 2
2018	237	1,281	2,650	5,220	4,805	1,138	88	–	15,419
2019	200	1,125	2,495	4,980	4,413	1,077	99	–	14,389
2020	188	992	2,334	4,705	4,184	1,037	87	–	13,527
Quarter 3
2018	219	1,273	2,697	5,391	4,720	1,046	82	–	15,428
2019	248	1,291	2,619	5,237	4,777	1,124	83	–	15,379
2020	237	1,132	2,491	4,921	4,482	1,130	84	–	14,477
Quarter 4
2018	232	1,223	2,348	5,008	4,586	1,044	69	–	14,510
2019	182	1,049	2,379	4,821	4,637	990	77	–	14,135
2020	184	1,001	2,166	4,663	4,420	1,064	86	–	13,584
Total
2018	980	5,057	10,428	20,934	18,947	4,343	327	–	61,016
2019	864	4,732	10,160	20,462	18,966	4,252	360	–	59,796
2020	830	4,210	9,396	19,239	17,583	4,347	354	–	55,959
	Live births per 1,000 relevant female population (ASFR)								TPFR
Quarter 1
2018	7.7	37.7	73.8	117.1	95.8	24.4	2.1	–	1.8
2019	6.0	35.7	73.1	124.1	100.2	22.7	2.4	–	1.8
2020	5.6	29.6	66.8	115.8	87.7	23.2	2.2	–	1.7
Quarter 2
2018	6.1	36.1	72.7	119.5	93.7	24.4	2.1	–	1.8
2019	5.1	30.7	69.3	116.5	86.1	22.4	2.2	–	1.7
2020	4.7	26.2	64.5	113.1	83.6	20.7	1.9	–	1.6
Quarter 3
2018	5.7	35.9	74.0	123.4	92.0	22.4	1.9	–	1.8
2019	6.3	35.2	72.8	122.5	93.2	23.4	1.9	–	1.8
2020	6.0	29.9	68.8	118.2	89.6	22.6	1.9	–	1.7
Quarter 4
2018	6.0	34.5	64.4	114.6	89.4	22.4	1.6	–	1.7
2019	4.6	28.6	66.1	112.8	90.4	20.6	1.7	–	1.6
2020	4.6	26.5	59.9	112.0	88.4	21.3	1.9	–	1.6
Total
2018	6.3	35.6	71.5	119.8	92.3	23.3	1.9	–	1.8
2019	5.5	32.3	70.6	119.7	92.5	22.1	2.0	–	1.7
2020	5.2	27.8	64.9	115.6	87.9	21.7	2.0	–	1.6

Table 3 Births registered, classified by area of residence of mother, 2020
Area of residence	Total	Male	Female	Rate¹
State	55,959	28,902	27,057	11.2

Leinster	31,698	16,340	15,358	11.4
Carlow	720	372	348	12.1
Dublin City	6,229	3,238	2,991	10.9
South Dublin	3,506	1,817	1,689	12.2
Fingal	4,023	2,060	1,963	12.7
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2,367	1,197	1,170	9.8
Kildare	2,915	1,497	1,418	12.3
Kilkenny	1,015	528	487	9.8
Laois	952	481	471	10.8
Longford	519	275	244	12.2
Louth	1,589	841	748	11.7
Meath	2,498	1,298	1,200	11.9
Offaly	884	471	413	10.9
Westmeath	1,156	591	565	12.6
Wexford	1,731	875	856	11.1
Wicklow	1,594	799	795	10.5

Munster	14,591	7,565	7,026	11.0
Clare	1,309	601	708	10.7
Cork City	1,228	643	585	9.8
Cork County	5,100	2,650	2,450	11.6
Kerry	1,485	774	711	9.7
Limerick City	720	376	344	12.3
Limerick County	1,643	834	809	11.7
Tipperary	1,792	976	816	10.8
Waterford City	604	321	283	12.3
Waterford County	710	390	320	9.9

Connacht	6,172	3,169	3,003	10.8
Galway City	770	380	390	10.1
Galway County	2,116	1,115	1,001	11.2
Leitrim	380	185	195	11.4
Mayo	1,398	697	701	10.2
Roscommon	759	401	358	11.1
Sligo	749	391	358	11.1

Ulster (Part of)	3,462	1,812	1,650	11.3
Cavan	1,012	543	469	12.9
Donegal	1,691	878	813	10.2
Monaghan	759	391	368	11.9

Regional Authorities:
Border	4,591	2,388	2,203	11.3
Midland	3,511	1,818	1,693	11.6
West	5,043	2,593	2,450	10.7
Dublin	16,125	8,312	7,813	11.4
Mid-East	8,596	4,435	4,161	11.7
Mid-West	5,464	2,787	2,677	11.2
South-East	4,780	2,486	2,294	10.9
South-West	7,813	4,067	3,746	10.9

Mother Residing Outside the State	36	16	20	–
¹ Births per year per 1,000 population. Annual rates based on estimated usual residence 2020 population.

Table 4 Births registered, classified by age of mother and previous number of liveborn children, 2020
		Previous number of liveborn children
Age of mother at maternity	Total	0	1	2	3	4	5 or more
All ages	55,959	21,989	19,469	9,572	3,230	1,002	697

15 and under	16	16	–	–	–	–	–
16	39	37	2	–	–	–	–
17	113	104	9	–	–	–	–
18	237	206	31	–	–	–	–
19	425	347	66	12	–	–	–
Under 20	830	710	108	12	–	–	–

20	553	452	86	12	3	–	–
21	706	499	158	38	9	2	–
22	885	557	248	64	11	5	–
23	978	563	290	94	25	5	1
24	1,088	619	330	102	26	9	2
20-24	4,210	2,690	1,112	310	74	21	3

25	1,285	627	414	167	61	14	2
26	1,544	784	465	210	58	20	7
27	1,866	876	616	251	86	20	17
28	2,144	1,028	688	290	100	22	16
29	2,557	1,173	845	344	124	50	21
25-29	9,396	4,488	3,028	1,262	429	126	63

30	2,894	1,393	897	370	149	62	23
31	3,563	1,642	1,193	492	157	52	27
32	4,055	1,903	1,407	487	158	69	31
33	4,379	1,661	1,690	705	220	63	40
34	4,348	1,555	1,756	689	230	67	51
30-34	19,239	8,154	6,943	2,743	914	313	172

35	4,295	1,393	1,741	821	224	63	53
36	4,078	1,162	1,598	937	256	80	45
37	3,712	901	1,419	960	275	85	72
38	2,992	746	1,046	810	265	68	57
39	2,506	596	857	667	262	75	49
35-39	17,583	4,798	6,661	4,195	1,282	371	276

40	1,765	406	581	468	203	54	53
41	1,187	263	408	292	128	49	47
42	703	162	256	143	76	27	39
43	429	110	155	64	68	16	16
44	263	82	93	34	28	13	13
40-44	4,347	1,023	1,493	1,001	503	159	168

45 and over	354	126	124	49	28	12	15

Table 5 Number and percentage of births registered within and outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by age of mother, 2020
	Number				Percentage of total births
Age of mother at maternity	Total	Married/Civil partnership parents	Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents		Married/Civil partnership parents	Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents
Age of mother at maternity	Total	Married/Civil partnership parents	Total	Same address	Married/Civil partnership parents	Total	Same address
All ages	55,959	34,481	21,478	12,721	61.6	38.4	22.7

15 and under	16	–	16	2	–	100.0	12.5
16	39	1	38	9	2.6	97.4	23.1
17	113	8	105	17	7.1	92.9	15.0
18	237	32	205	55	13.5	86.5	23.2
19	425	56	369	116	13.2	86.8	27.3
Under 20	830	97	733	199	11.7	88.3	24.0

20	553	101	452	152	18.3	81.7	27.5
21	706	118	588	191	16.7	83.3	27.1
22	885	158	727	262	17.9	82.1	29.6
23	978	192	786	303	19.6	80.4	31.0
24	1,088	232	856	390	21.3	78.7	35.8
20-24	4,210	801	3,409	1,298	19.0	81.0	30.8

25	1,285	360	925	419	28.0	72.0	32.6
26	1,544	483	1,061	555	31.3	68.7	35.9
27	1,866	686	1,180	614	36.8	63.2	32.9
28	2,144	901	1,243	714	42.0	58.0	33.3
29	2,557	1,243	1,314	821	48.6	51.4	32.1
25-29	9,396	3,673	5,723	3,123	39.1	60.9	33.2

30	2,894	1,639	1,255	792	56.6	43.4	27.4
31	3,563	2,266	1,297	878	63.6	36.4	24.6
32	4,055	2,850	1,205	798	70.3	29.7	19.7
33	4,379	3,257	1,122	767	74.4	25.6	17.5
34	4,348	3,278	1,070	770	75.4	24.6	17.7
30-34	19,239	13,290	5,949	4,005	69.1	30.9	20.8

35	4,295	3,251	1,044	769	75.7	24.3	17.9
36	4,078	3,108	970	726	76.2	23.8	17.8
37	3,712	2,823	889	655	76.1	23.9	17.6
38	2,992	2,283	709	555	76.3	23.7	18.5
39	2,506	1,867	639	449	74.5	25.5	17.9
35-39	17,583	13,332	4,251	3,154	75.8	24.2	17.9

40	1,765	1,270	495	343	72.0	28.0	19.4
41	1,187	848	339	241	71.4	28.6	20.3
42	703	488	215	134	69.4	30.6	19.1
43	429	280	149	97	65.3	34.7	22.6
44	263	169	94	60	64.3	35.7	22.8
40-44	4,347	3,055	1,292	875	70.3	29.7	20.1

45 and over	354	233	121	67	65.8	34.2	18.9

Table 6 Number and percentage of births registered within and outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by area of residence of mother, 2020
	Number				Percentage of total births
Area of residence	Total	Married/Civil partnership parents	Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents		Married/Civil partnership parents	Unmarried/non-Civil partnership parents
Area of residence	Total	Married/Civil partnership parents	Total	Same address	Married/Civil partnership parents	Total	Same address
State	55,959	34,481	21,478	12,721	61.6	38.4	22.7

Leinster	31,698	19,199	12,499	7,135	60.6	39.4	22.5
Carlow	720	403	317	166	56.0	44.0	23.1
Dublin City	6,229	3,473	2,756	1,381	55.8	44.2	22.2
South Dublin	3,506	2,009	1,497	780	57.3	42.7	22.2
Fingal	4,023	2,543	1,480	909	63.2	36.8	22.6
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2,367	1,758	609	381	74.3	25.7	16.1
Kildare	2,915	1,902	1,013	640	65.2	34.8	22.0
Kilkenny	1,015	639	376	217	63.0	37.0	21.4
Laois	952	554	398	247	58.2	41.8	25.9
Longford	519	310	209	125	59.7	40.3	24.1
Louth	1,589	867	722	386	54.6	45.4	24.3
Meath	2,498	1,614	884	567	64.6	35.4	22.7
Offaly	884	515	369	221	58.3	41.7	25.0
Westmeath	1,156	705	451	285	61.0	39.0	24.7
Wexford	1,731	926	805	461	53.5	46.5	26.6
Wicklow	1,594	981	613	369	61.5	38.5	23.1

Munster	14,591	8,959	5,632	3,488	61.4	38.6	23.9
Clare	1,309	840	469	306	64.2	35.8	23.4
Cork City	1,228	644	584	306	52.4	47.6	24.9
Cork County	5,100	3,404	1,696	1,203	66.7	33.3	23.6
Kerry	1,485	874	611	395	58.9	41.1	26.6
Limerick City	720	355	365	132	49.3	50.7	18.3
Limerick County	1,643	1,091	552	369	66.4	33.6	22.5
Tipperary	1,792	1,022	770	477	57.0	43.0	26.6
Waterford City	604	303	301	144	50.2	49.8	23.8
Waterford County	710	426	284	156	60.0	40.0	22.0

Connacht	6,172	4,177	1,995	1,294	67.7	32.3	21.0
Galway City	770	488	282	175	63.4	36.6	22.7
Galway County	2,116	1,514	602	391	71.6	28.4	18.5
Leitrim	380	247	133	98	65.0	35.0	25.8
Mayo	1,398	969	429	283	69.3	30.7	20.2
Roscommon	759	489	270	182	64.4	35.6	24.0
Sligo	749	470	279	165	62.8	37.2	22.0

Ulster (Part of)	3,462	2,126	1,336	796	61.4	38.6	23.0
Cavan	1,012	641	371	243	63.3	36.7	24.0
Donegal	1,691	994	697	387	58.8	41.2	22.9
Monaghan	759	491	268	166	64.7	35.3	21.9

Regional Authorities:
Border	4,591	2,843	1,748	1,059	61.9	38.1	23.1
Midland	3,511	2,084	1,427	878	59.4	40.6	25.0
West	5,043	3,460	1,583	1,031	68.6	31.4	20.4
Dublin	16,125	9,783	6,342	3,451	60.7	39.3	21.4
Mid-East	8,596	5,364	3,232	1,962	62.4	37.6	22.8
Mid-West	5,464	3,308	2,156	1,284	60.5	39.5	23.5
South-East	4,780	2,697	2,083	1,144	56.4	43.6	23.9
South-West	7,813	4,922	2,891	1,904	63.0	37.0	24.4

Mother Residing Outside the State	36	20	16	8	55.6	44.4	22.2

Table 7 Births registered, classified by area of residence and age of mother, 2020
								Average age of mother at maternity
Area of residence	Total	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40 and over	All births	First births
State	55,959	830	4,210	9,396	19,239	17,583	4,701	33.1	31.4

Leinster	31,698	511	2,461	5,442	10,876	9,751	2,657	33.0	31.3
Carlow	720	16	69	162	214	204	55	32.3	30.1
Dublin City	6,229	106	541	1,096	2,031	1,903	552	33.0	31.8
South Dublin	3,506	57	301	659	1,227	1,009	253	32.7	30.8
Fingal	4,023	65	271	639	1,428	1,229	391	33.3	31.6
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2,367	12	81	232	801	976	265	34.9	33.4
Kildare	2,915	44	188	448	1,018	973	244	33.4	31.5
Kilkenny	1,015	12	60	161	353	352	77	33.5	31.8
Laois	952	16	86	194	327	269	60	32.5	30.4
Longford	519	12	62	92	181	139	33	32.1	30.5
Louth	1,589	43	141	345	561	390	109	32.0	29.9
Meath	2,498	28	143	443	899	775	210	33.3	31.3
Offaly	884	14	100	186	293	232	59	32.2	30.0
Westmeath	1,156	20	112	186	436	314	88	32.6	30.3
Wexford	1,731	44	202	333	550	487	115	32.1	29.4
Wicklow	1,594	22	104	266	557	499	146	33.3	31.5

Munster	14,591	189	1,071	2,416	4,978	4,693	1,244	33.2	31.5
Clare	1,309	21	98	186	434	454	116	33.4	31.5
Cork City	1,228	28	102	223	416	363	96	32.7	31.6
Cork County	5,100	39	252	722	1,836	1,774	477	33.9	32.2
Kerry	1,485	21	110	221	490	505	138	33.5	31.5
Limerick City	720	19	93	180	221	158	49	31.4	29.6
Limerick County	1,643	17	124	269	542	568	123	33.3	31.7
Tipperary	1,792	27	174	365	581	513	132	32.5	30.5
Waterford City	604	9	71	131	208	144	41	31.9	29.5
Waterford County	710	8	47	119	250	214	72	33.4	31.2

Connacht	6,172	74	395	910	2,085	2,131	577	33.6	32.2
Galway City	770	13	54	118	238	259	88	33.6	32.5
Galway County	2,116	17	119	275	752	756	197	33.9	32.5
Leitrim	380	3	18	67	154	106	32	33.4	31.7
Mayo	1,398	11	95	218	467	484	123	33.6	31.8
Roscommon	759	23	50	128	245	255	58	33.0	31.4
Sligo	749	7	59	104	229	271	79	33.7	32.2

Ulster (Part of)	3,462	53	278	622	1,291	1,000	218	32.7	30.5
Cavan	1,012	18	80	160	381	321	52	32.8	30.6
Donegal	1,691	24	140	333	608	472	114	32.6	30.5
Monaghan	759	11	58	129	302	207	52	32.7	30.4

Regional Authorities:
Border	4,591	63	355	793	1,674	1,377	329	32.9	30.9
Midland	3,511	62	360	658	1,237	954	240	32.4	30.3
West	5,043	64	318	739	1,702	1,754	466	33.6	32.2
Dublin	16,125	240	1,194	2,626	5,487	5,117	1,461	33.3	31.8
Mid-East	8,596	137	576	1,502	3,035	2,637	709	33.1	31.2
Mid-West	5,464	84	489	1,000	1,778	1,693	420	32.8	31.0
South-East	4,780	89	449	906	1,575	1,401	360	32.6	30.3
South-West	7,813	88	464	1,166	2,742	2,642	711	33.6	32.0

Mother Residing Outside the State	36	3	5	6	9	8	5	31.3	31.7

Table 8 Births registered outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by area of residence and age of mother, 2020
							Average age of mother at maternity
Area of residence	Total	Under 25	25-29	30-34	35-39	40 and over	All births	First births
State	21,478	4,142	5,723	5,949	4,251	1,413	30.7	29.4

Leinster	12,499	2,443	3,245	3,530	2,454	827	30.8	29.3
Carlow	317	70	111	67	52	17	29.7	28.0
Dublin City	2,756	559	691	757	558	191	30.8	29.8
South Dublin	1,497	294	391	456	276	80	30.6	29.1
Fingal	1,480	267	325	453	313	122	31.4	29.9
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	609	67	120	163	186	73	33.2	32.3
Kildare	1,013	191	260	283	207	72	30.9	29.4
Kilkenny	376	63	107	101	80	25	31.0	30.1
Laois	398	88	120	96	75	19	30.0	28.0
Longford	209	53	51	61	35	9	29.8	28.4
Louth	722	158	221	208	100	35	29.7	27.7
Meath	884	132	248	264	183	57	31.2	29.5
Offaly	369	96	109	87	57	20	29.7	27.7
Westmeath	451	108	109	140	69	25	30.0	27.8
Wexford	805	195	219	207	147	37	30.0	27.7
Wicklow	613	102	163	187	116	45	31.1	29.8

Munster	5,632	1,070	1,550	1,527	1,120	365	30.7	29.5
Clare	469	99	117	134	88	31	30.6	29.3
Cork City	584	112	140	183	117	32	30.8	30.2
Cork County	1,696	254	449	474	386	133	31.5	30.4
Kerry	611	113	147	162	148	41	31.2	29.7
Limerick City	365	98	120	80	43	24	29.2	27.6
Limerick County	552	99	157	146	121	29	30.7	29.9
Tipperary	770	172	260	186	117	35	29.6	28.3
Waterford City	301	71	84	86	47	13	29.7	27.7
Waterford County	284	52	76	76	53	27	31.1	29.3

Connacht	1,995	332	532	527	448	156	31.3	30.2
Galway City	282	46	56	75	71	34	32.2	31.4
Galway County	602	85	162	163	145	47	31.6	30.6
Leitrim	133	16	41	45	24	7	31.1	29.5
Mayo	429	74	125	109	87	34	31.0	29.3
Roscommon	270	58	86	66	48	12	29.8	28.9
Sligo	279	53	62	69	73	22	31.5	30.8

Ulster (Part of)	1,336	291	391	363	227	64	30.0	28.1
Cavan	371	85	91	111	67	17	30.2	28.2
Donegal	697	148	220	175	123	31	30.0	28.0
Monaghan	268	58	80	77	37	16	29.9	28.2

Regional Authorities:
Border	1,748	360	494	477	324	93	30.3	28.7
Midland	1,427	345	389	384	236	73	29.9	27.9
West	1,583	263	429	413	351	127	31.2	30.1
Dublin	6,342	1,187	1,527	1,829	1,333	466	31.1	29.9
Mid-East	3,232	583	892	942	606	209	30.7	29.1
Mid-West	2,156	468	654	546	369	119	30.0	28.8
South-East	2,083	451	597	537	379	119	30.2	28.4
South-West	2,891	479	736	819	651	206	31.3	30.2

Mother Residing Outside the State	16	6	5	2	2	1	27.4	28.4

Table 9 Births registered, classified by nationality of mother, marital status and age, 2020
	Total births		Births inside marriage/civil partnership		Births outside marriage/civil partnership		Average age of mother at maternity
Nationality of mother	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
TOTAL	55,959	100.0	34,481	61.6	21,478	38.4	33.1
Ireland	43,019	76.9	25,873	60.1	17,146	39.9	33.4
United Kingdom	1,155	2.1	622	53.9	533	46.1	32.3
EU14 excl. Irl	1,237	2.2	717	58.0	520	42.0	34.5
EU15 to EU27²	5,347	9.6	3,033	56.7	2,314	43.3	31.7
Other ¹	5,182	9.3	4,223	81.5	959	18.5	32.3
Not stated	19	0.0	13	68.4	6	31.6	33.4
¹ Countries excluding Ireland, UK and the EU.
² The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 so is excluded as part of EU from Quarter 2 2020.

Table 10 Deaths registered by county of residence of deceased, 2020
Area of residence	Total	Male	Female	Rate¹
STATE	31,765	16,450	15,315	6.4

LEINSTER	16,278	8,277	8,001	5.9
Carlow	428	222	206	7.2
Dublin City	4,388	2,169	2,219	7.7
South Dublin	1,409	732	677	4.9
Fingal	1,156	605	551	3.7
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	1,448	668	780	6.0
Kildare	1,160	596	564	4.9
Kilkenny	660	342	318	6.4
Laois	464	261	203	5.2
Longford	272	158	114	6.4
Louth	858	394	464	6.3
Meath	1,000	512	488	4.8
Offaly	517	284	233	6.3
Westmeath	597	311	286	6.5
Wexford	1,055	564	491	6.7
Wicklow	866	459	407	5.7

MUNSTER	9,297	4,862	4,435	7.0
Clare	801	413	388	6.5
Cork City	1,212	629	583	9.7
Cork County	2,603	1,370	1,233	5.9
Kerry	1,187	639	548	7.8
Limerick City	535	259	276	9.1
Limerick County	912	474	438	6.5
Tipperary	1,210	648	562	7.3
Waterford City	327	162	165	6.7
Waterford County	510	268	242	7.1

CONNACHT	4,001	2,147	1,854	7.0
Galway City	332	173	159	4.3
Galway County	1,216	682	534	6.4
Leitrim	287	160	127	8.6
Mayo	1,118	590	528	8.2
Roscommon	507	279	228	7.4
Sligo	541	263	278	8.0

ULSTER (PART OF)	2,189	1,164	1,025	7.1
Cavan	559	309	250	7.1
Donegal	1,179	627	552	7.1
Monaghan	451	228	223	7.1

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:
Border	3,017	1,587	1,430	7.4
Midland	1,850	1,014	836	6.1
West	3,173	1,724	1,449	6.8
Dublin	8,401	4,174	4,227	5.9
Mid-East	3,884	1,961	1,923	5.3
Mid-West	3,458	1,794	1,664	7.1
South-East	2,980	1,558	1,422	6.8
South-West	5,002	2,638	2,364	7.0
¹Deaths per year per 1,000 population. Annual rates based on estimated 2020 Usual Residence population.

Table A Estimated population classified by sex and age group, 2015 - 2020⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
	thousands
Sex and Age Group	2015¹	2016³	2017¹	2018¹	2019¹	2020¹
Total Persons	4,687.8	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5	4,977.4
0 - 4 years	337.9	331.4	324.6	319.3	315.2	309.5
5 - 9 "	349.3	355.3	359.1	356.9	352.3	344.1
10 - 14 "	314.4	318.9	323.3	332.6	341.4	350.0
15 - 19 "	296.1	301.2	308.5	316.2	319.9	323.9
20 - 24 "	275.5	273.5	276.3	289.3	298.1	307.2
25 - 29 "	298.7	296.7	292.4	291.1	289.2	292.2
30 - 34 "	369.2	360.3	347.9	335.8	330.8	324.0
35 - 39 "	379.8	388.1	394.6	398.3	397.0	386.5
40 - 44 "	353.0	356.5	363.1	369.9	379.9	393.7
45 - 49 "	317.0	324.9	333.1	341.2	351.1	358.5
50 - 54 "	295.2	298.4	303.3	306.7	310.5	316.0
55 - 59 "	260.6	268.2	274.0	279.9	285.9	292.7
60 - 64 "	230.8	236.5	242.3	246.5	253.8	258.9
65 - 69 "	203.6	208.0	211.3	215.8	219.3	224.2
70 - 74 "	150.8	159.9	169.2	177.7	184.8	190.8
75 - 79 "	112.2	114.2	116.8	121.9	127.5	134.1
80 - 84 "	78.8	80.5	82.9	85.1	87.4	89.8
85 years and over	64.9	67.3	69.7	73.0	77.3	81.2

Total males	2,317.7	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0	2,465.6
0 - 4 years	172.4	169.7	166.1	163.3	161.1	158.2
5 - 9 "	178.5	181.4	183.1	182.1	180.2	176.3
10 - 14 "	160.9	163.1	165.5	170.5	175.2	179.4
15 - 19 "	152.0	154.4	157.6	161.2	162.3	164.7
20 - 24 "	139.9	138.4	140.4	147.3	151.5	156.0
25 - 29 "	143.7	145.2	144.3	145.2	145.3	147.4
30 - 34 "	177.0	172.5	166.3	161.1	159.8	157.5
35 - 39 "	186.9	190.6	192.7	193.1	192.0	186.4
40 - 44 "	175.0	177.2	180.1	183.2	187.4	193.8
45 - 49 "	158.4	162.5	166.2	170.2	174.7	177.7
50 - 54 "	146.1	147.7	150.1	152.0	154.5	157.4
55 - 59 "	129.3	133.1	135.9	138.6	141.1	144.1
60 - 64 "	115.0	117.7	120.5	122.4	126.0	128.0
65 - 69 "	101.2	103.4	104.8	106.8	108.4	111.0
70 - 74 "	73.6	78.4	82.9	87.4	90.8	93.5
75 - 79 "	52.4	53.5	55.1	57.6	60.6	64.0

Table 11 Deaths registered by cause of death and county of residence of deceased, 2020
Area of residence	Total Deaths	Malignant Neoplasms	Diseases of the Circulatory system	Diseases of the Respiratory system	External causes	All other causes
STATE	31,765	9,356	8,744	3,404	1,276	8,985

LEINSTER	16,278	4,817	4,213	1,680	615	4,953
Carlow	428	132	136	38	24	98
Dublin City	4,388	1,225	1,084	419	174	1,486
South Dublin	1,409	440	315	112	65	477
Fingal	1,156	356	277	93	36	394
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	1,448	430	396	142	51	429
Kildare	1,160	338	278	116	51	377
Kilkenny	660	186	187	87	14	186
Laois	464	144	137	49	11	123
Longford	272	75	80	30	10	77
Louth	858	255	212	112	19	260
Meath	1,000	309	264	131	47	249
Offaly	517	150	155	57	16	139
Westmeath	597	187	150	78	16	166
Wexford	1,055	331	330	111	61	222
Wicklow	866	259	212	105	20	270

MUNSTER	9,297	2,736	2,749	1,029	415	2,368
Clare	801	260	229	89	36	187
Cork City	1,212	327	347	152	69	317
Cork County	2,603	769	773	270	101	690
Kerry	1,187	353	365	126	41	302
Limerick City	535	149	147	71	31	137
Limerick County	912	272	243	120	43	234
Tipperary	1,210	354	401	118	54	283
Waterford City	327	95	93	23	18	98
Waterford County	510	157	151	60	22	120

CONNACHT	4,001	1,188	1,173	473	163	1,004
Galway City	332	108	95	36	24	69
Galway County	1,216	389	338	141	50	298
Leitrim	287	84	100	33	13	57
Mayo	1,118	310	358	131	30	289
Roscommon	507	147	126	76	15	143
Sligo	541	150	156	56	31	148

ULSTER (PART OF)	2,189	615	609	222	83	660
Cavan	559	144	148	53	26	188
Donegal	1,179	358	351	114	46	310
Monaghan	451	113	110	55	11	162

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:
Border	3,017	849	865	311	127	865
Midland	1,850	556	522	214	53	505
West	3,173	954	917	384	119	799
Dublin	8,401	2,451	2,072	766	326	2,786
Mid-East	3,884	1,161	966	464	137	1,156
Mid-West	3,458	1,035	1,020	398	164	841
South-East	2,980	901	897	319	139	724
South-West	5,002	1,449	1,485	548	211	1,309

Table 12 Deaths registered classified by cause and age-group, 2020
						Age Group
		Cause of Death	65 COD	ICD-10	Total	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85 and
			Code	Code	Deaths											over
Total deaths			0	A00-Y89	31,765	153	27	47	136	256	642	1,299	2,765	5,822	9,346	11,272

Infectious and parasitic diseases:-			1	A00-B99	253	–	4	1	1	–	5	8	17	49	59	109
		Tuberculosis	2	A15-A19,B90	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	7
		Meningococcal infection	3	A39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		AIDS (HIV Disease)	4	B20-B24	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	–	–
		Viral Hepatitis	5	B15-B19	13	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	3	3	3	1
		Other infectious and parasitic			223	–	4	1	1	–	2	6	13	43	52	101
		diseases

Neoplasms			6	C00-D48	9,578	2	5	9	19	42	196	542	1,339	2,585	2,940	1,899
	Malignant Neoplasms of the:-		7	C00-C97	9,356	2	5	9	18	40	192	540	1,327	2,556	2,865	1,802
		Lip, oral cavity, pharynx	8	C00-C14	185	–	–	–	–	–	3	19	45	47	45	26
		Oesophagus	9	C15	422	–	–	–	–	1	6	24	83	126	118	64
		Stomach	10	C16	291	–	–	–	–	1	10	29	40	61	98	52
		Colon	11	C18	450	–	–	–	–	–	6	28	62	119	115	120
		Rectum and anus	12	C19-C21	550	–	–	–	1	1	12	29	73	147	184	103
		Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts	13	C22	391	–	–	–	1	3	8	21	58	127	122	51
		Pancreas	14	C25	589	–	–	–	–	–	6	29	92	181	183	98
		Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung	15	C32-C34	1,961	–	–	–	–	3	17	85	317	672	632	235
		Skin	16	C43	160	–	–	–	–	1	13	15	19	42	39	31
		Breast	17	C50	750	–	–	–	–	4	38	91	126	153	201	137
		Cervix uteri	18	C53	69	–	–	–	–	2	14	14	12	17	8	2
		Other parts of uterus	19	C54-C55	155	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	29	42	43	34
		Ovary	20	C56	280	–	–	–	1	1	4	19	46	86	78	45
		Prostate	21	C61	604	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	35	120	223	219
		Kidney	22	C64	206	–	–	–	–	–	4	18	26	52	63	43
		Bladder	23	C67	237	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	20	55	79	80
		Lymph/haematopoietic tissue	24	C81-C96	743	1	1	2	2	7	11	18	76	179	266	180
		Other malignant neoplasms			1,313	1	4	7	13	16	38	86	168	330	368	282
Diseases of the blood and
blood-forming organs,
immunological disorders			25	D50-D89	96	–	1	–	1	–	2	2	12	14	31	33
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic
diseases			26	E00-E90	893	3	1	3	2	4	14	32	72	153	286	323
		Diabetes mellitus	27	E10-E14	618	–	–	1	–	1	4	16	36	100	217	243
Mental and behavioural disorders			28	F00-F99	1,790	–	1	–	1	3	4	4	19	107	535	1,116
		Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic
		psychosis)	29	F10	25	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	6	9	4	–
		Drug dependence, toxicomania	30	F11-F16,F18-F19	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1
Diseases of the nervous system and
the sense organs			31	G00-H95	1,561	–	1	6	7	14	24	43	85	290	543	548
		Meningitis	32	G00-G03	6	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	1	1
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-			33	I00-I99	8,744	3	1	4	4	35	105	292	608	1,308	2,509	3,875
		Ischaemic heart disease	34	I20-I25	4,142	–	–	–	1	12	48	163	368	747	1,227	1,576
		of which: (Acute myocardial infarction)		I21	1,641	–	–	–	1	6	21	51	138	273	501	650
		Other heart disease	35	I30-I33,I39-I52	1,581	3	1	1	1	9	20	43	72	154	385	892
		Cerebrovascular disease	36	I60-I69	1,524	–	–	3	1	6	21	40	92	199	491	671
		Other diseases of circulatory system			1,497	–	–	–	1	8	16	46	76	208	406	736

Diseases of the Respiratory system			37	J00-J99	3,404	1	2	5	9	3	12	42	157	590	1,118	1,465
		Influenza	38	J10-J11	99	–	1	3	2	–	–	2	5	12	34	40
		Pneumonia	39	J12-J19	792	–	–	–	4	–	8	10	32	68	174	496
		Chronic Lower respiratory disease	40	J40-J47	1,601	–	–	1	2	1	–	19	80	355	612	531
		of which: Asthma	41	J45-J46	64	–	–	1	2	1	–	–	2	7	15	36
		Other diseases of the respiratory			912	1	1	1	1	2	4	11	40	155	298	398
		system

Diseases of the Digestive system			42	K00-K93	1,139	1	1	1	1	13	49	89	146	217	294	327
		Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and
		jejunum	43	K25-K28	62	–	–	–	1	–	2	3	10	9	19	18
		Chronic liver disease	44	K70,K73-K74	297	–	–	–	–	5	31	59	78	75	33	16
		Other diseases of the digestive			780	1	1	1	–	8	16	27	58	133	242	293
		system

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
tissue			45	L00-L99	57	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	6	17	27

Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective tissue			46	M00-M99	270	–	–	–	1	–	3	8	14	35	76	133
		Rheumatoid arthritis and
		osteoarthrosis	47	M05-M06,M15-M19	79	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2	14	24	37

Diseases of the genitourinary system			48	N00-N99	587	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	21	54	172	334
		Diseases of the kidney and ureter	49	N00-N29	339	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	14	41	100	178

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth
and puerperium			50	O00-O99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period¹			51	P00-P96	72	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Congenital malformations and
chromosomal abnormalities			52	Q00-Q99	176	61	5	8	5	6	10	15	38	19	6	3
	Congenital malformations of the:-
		Nervous system	53	Q00-Q07	25	8	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	–	–
		Circulatory system	54	Q20-Q28	38	18	–	3	1	2	2	3	4	4	–	1

Symptoms, signs, abnormal
findings, ill-defined causes			55	R00-R99	197	10	–	–	3	9	7	6	4	13	23	122
		Sudden infant death syndrome	56	R95	9	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Unknown and unspecified causes	57	R96-R99	52	–	–	–	3	8	7	6	4	8	7	9

		COVID-19 virus identified and virus unidentified	58	U07	1,672	–	–	–	–	4	7	21	65	234	578	763
		COVID-19	59	U07	1,672	–	–	–	–	4	7	21	65	234	578	763

External causes of injury and poisoning			58	V01-Y89	1,276	–	5	10	82	123	203	189	162	148	159	195
	Accidents		59	V01-X59	910	–	5	8	32	73	130	106	106	112	145	193
	of which: Transport accidents		60	V01-V99	72	–	1	2	10	9	8	8	13	12	7	2
	Accidental falls		61	W00-W19	216	–	–	–	1	2	12	17	24	34	58	68
	Accidental poisoning		62	X40-X49	259	–	–	–	15	52	87	50	27	22	4	2
	other accidents				363	–	4	6	6	10	23	31	42	44	76	121
	Suicide and intentional self harm		63	X60-X84	340	–	–	2	49	47	66	80	52	34	10	–
	Homicide/assault		64	X85-Y09	8	–	–	–	–	1	4	1	2	–	–	–
	Events of undetermined intent		65	Y10-Y34	8	–	–	–	1	2	3	1	–	1	–	–
	All other external causes				10	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	4	2
1 Stillbirths not included.

Table 13 Male deaths registered classified by cause and age group, 2020
						Age Group
		Cause of Death	65 COD	ICD-10	Total	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85 and
			Code	Code	Males											over
Total Male Deaths			0	A00-Y89	16450	78	18	34	94	180	389	785	1651	3495	5158	4568

Infectious and parasitic diseases:-			1	A00-B99	125	–	3	1	1	–	3	3	12	25	30	47
		Tuberculosis	2	A15-A19,B90	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	2
		Meningococcal infection	3	A39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		AIDS (HIV Disease)	4	B20-B24	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–
		Viral Hepatitis	5	B15-B19	9	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	2	2	1	1
		Other infectious and parasitic			108	–	3	1	1	–	–	1	9	22	27	44
		diseases

Neoplasms			6	C00-D48	5123	–	3	6	12	23	75	266	715	1471	1626	926
	Malignant Neoplasms of the:-		7	C00-C97	5014	–	3	6	12	21	73	264	707	1455	1583	890
		Lip, oral cavity, pharynx	8	C00-C14	132	–	–	–	–	–	3	15	39	34	30	11
		Oesophagus	9	C15	291	–	–	–	–	1	3	21	63	96	75	32
		Stomach	10	C16	185	–	–	–	–	–	4	16	30	39	65	31
		Colon	11	C18	245	–	–	–	–	–	3	18	36	71	62	55
		Rectum and anus	12	C19-C21	331	–	–	–	1	–	7	15	43	95	115	55
		Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts	13	C22	244	–	–	–	1	1	3	14	36	91	73	25
		Pancreas	14	C25	294	–	–	–	–	–	3	21	52	102	85	31
		Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung	15	C32-C34	1100	–	–	–	–	1	8	54	181	387	351	118
		Skin	16	C43	110	–	–	–	–	1	6	12	11	35	28	17
		Breast	17	C50	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	3	1
		Cervix uteri	18	C53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Other parts of uterus	19	C54-C55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Ovary	20	C56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Prostate	21	C61	604	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	35	120	223	219
		Kidney	22	C64	131	–	–	–	–	–	3	12	20	37	41	18
		Bladder	23	C67	159	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	45	56	45
		Lymph/haematopoietic tissue	24	C81-C96	447	–	1	1	2	4	7	10	56	108	162	96
		Other malignant neoplasms			733	–	2	5	8	13	23	49	92	191	214	136
Diseases of the blood and
blood-forming organs,
immunological disorders			25	D50-D89	48	–	1	–	1	–	1	1	6	8	19	11
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic
diseases			26	E00-E90	499	2	1	2	2	1	8	21	44	87	169	162
		Diabetes mellitus	27	E10-E14	365	–	–	1	–	1	2	12	27	59	138	125
Mental and behavioural disorders			28	F00-F99	705	–	1	–	1	2	3	2	8	61	251	376
		Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic
		psychosis)	29	F10	19	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	5	7	2	–
		Drug dependence, toxicomania	30	F11-F16,F18-F19	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Diseases of the nervous system and
the sense organs			31	G00-H95	779	–	–	5	4	9	17	23	47	180	288	206
		Meningitis	32	G00-G03	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-			33	I00-I99	4,612	3	1	3	2	22	76	217	446	901	1,461	1,480
		Ischaemic heart disease	34	I20-I25	2,582	–	–	–	–	7	42	134	301	559	832	707
		of which: (Acute myocardial infarction)		I21	999	–	–	–	–	2	17	43	115	209	326	287
		Other heart disease	35	I30-I33,I39-I52	698	3	1	1	1	8	12	28	52	96	194	302
		Cerebrovascular disease	36	I60-I69	685	–	–	2	1	4	13	26	49	116	231	243
		Other diseases of circulatory system			647	–	–	–	–	3	9	29	44	130	204	228

Diseases of the Respiratory system			37	J00-J99	1631	–	1	3	6	2	8	27	83	316	596	589
		Influenza	38	J10-J11	40	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	4	8	15	11
		Pneumonia	39	J12-J19	355	–	–	–	3	–	6	8	20	35	83	200
		Chronic Lower respiratory disease	40	J40-J47	754	–	–	1	1	1	–	13	36	172	312	218
		of which: Asthma	41	J45-J46	25	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	1	4	5	12
		Other diseases of the respiratory			482	–	1	1	1	1	2	6	23	101	186	160
		system

Diseases of the Digestive system			42	K00-K93	567	1	–	1	1	6	31	54	91	110	138	134
		Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and
		jejunum	43	K25-K28	36	–	–	–	1	–	2	2	6	6	10	9
		Chronic liver disease	44	K70,K73-K74	172	–	–	–	–	2	17	35	49	40	19	10
		Other diseases of the digestive			359	1	–	1	–	4	12	17	36	64	109	115
		system

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
tissue			45	L00-L99	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	8	10

Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective tissue			46	M00-M99	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	19	36	49
		Rheumatoid arthritis and
		osteoarthrosis	47	M05-M06,M15-M19	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	10	12
						–	–	–
Diseases of the genitourinary system			48	N00-N99	314	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	12	32	99	165
		Diseases of the kidney and ureter	49	N00-N29	187	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	9	25	54	93

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth
and puerperium			50	O00-O99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period¹			51	P00-P96	38	38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Congenital malformations and
chromosomal abnormalities			52	Q00-Q99	84	29	3	6	3	4	5	7	16	9	1	1
	Congenital malformations of the:-
		Nervous system	53	Q00-Q07	12	3	1	1	2	2	–	1	1	1	–	–
		Circulatory system	54	Q20-Q28	21	11	–	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	–	–

Symptoms, signs, abnormal
findings, ill-defined causes			55	R00-R99	69	5	–	–	3	8	3	4	2	7	10	27
		Sudden infant death syndrome	56	R95	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Unknown and unspecified causes	57	R96-R99	30	–	–	–	3	7	3	4	2	5	5	1

		COVID-19 virus identified and virus unidentified	58		860	–	–	–	–	3	5	13	44	163	334	298
		COVID-19	59		860	–	–	–	–	3	5	13	44	163	334	298

External causes of injury and poisoning			60	V01-Y89	859	–	4	7	58	100	153	141	115	102	92	87
	Accidents		61	V01-X59	582	–	4	6	23	62	100	74	76	71	80	86
	of which: Transport accidents		62	V01-V99	49	–	1	1	7	7	6	6	8	9	3	1
	Accidental falls		63	W00-W19	123	–	–	–	1	1	11	12	17	21	29	31
	Accidental poisoning		64	X40-X49	190	–	–	–	11	47	63	35	18	11	3	2
	other accidents				220	–	3	5	4	7	20	21	33	30	45	52
	Suicide and intentional self harm		65	X60-X84	259	–	–	1	34	35	48	65	36	30	10	0
	Homicide/assault		66	X85-Y09	7	–	–	–	–	1	3	1	2	–	–	–
	Events of undetermined intent		67	Y10-Y34	6	–	–	–	1	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
	All other external causes				5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1
1 Stillbirths not included.

Table 14 Female deaths registered classified by cause and age group, 2020
						Age Group
		Cause of Death	65 COD	ICD-10	Total	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85 and
			Code	Code	Females											over
Total Female Deaths			0	A00-Y89	15,315	75	9	13	42	76	253	514	1,114	2,327	4,188	6,704

Infectious and parasitic diseases:-			1	A00-B99	128	–	1	–	–	–	2	5	5	24	29	62
		Tuberculosis	2	A15-A19,B90	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	5
		Meningococcal infection	3	A39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		AIDS (HIV Disease)	4	B20-B24	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
		Viral Hepatitis	5	B15-B19	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	–
		Other infectious and parasitic			115	–	1	–	–	–	2	5	4	21	25	57
		diseases

Neoplasms			6	C00-D48	4,455	2	2	3	7	19	121	276	624	1,114	1,314	973
	Malignant Neoplasms of the:-		7	C00-C97	4,342	2	2	3	6	19	119	276	620	1,101	1,282	912
		Lip, oral cavity, pharynx	8	C00-C14	53	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	6	13	15	15
		Oesophagus	9	C15	131	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	20	30	43	32
		Stomach	10	C16	106	–	–	–	–	1	6	13	10	22	33	21
		Colon	11	C18	205	–	–	–	–	–	3	10	26	48	53	65
		Rectum and anus	12	C19-C21	219	–	–	–	–	1	5	14	30	52	69	48
		Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts	13	C22	147	–	–	–	–	2	5	7	22	36	49	26
		Pancreas	14	C25	295	–	–	–	–	–	3	8	40	79	98	67
		Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung	15	C32-C34	861	–	–	–	–	2	9	31	136	285	281	117
		Skin	16	C43	50	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	8	7	11	14
		Breast	17	C50	742	–	–	–	–	4	38	91	126	149	198	136
		Cervix uteri	18	C53	69	–	–	–	–	2	14	14	12	17	8	2
		Other parts of uterus	19	C54-C55	155	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	29	42	43	34
		Ovary	20	C56	280	–	–	–	1	1	4	19	46	86	78	45
		Prostate	21	C61	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Kidney	22	C64	75	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	6	15	22	25
		Bladder	23	C67	78	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	10	23	35
		Lymph/haematopoietic tissue	24	C81-C96	296	1	–	1	–	3	4	8	20	71	104	84
		Other malignant neoplasms			580	1	2	2	5	3	15	37	76	139	154	146
Diseases of the blood and
blood-forming organs,
immunological disorders			25	D50-D89	48	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	6	6	12	22
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic
diseases			26	E00-E90	394	1	–	1	–	3	6	11	28	66	117	161
		Diabetes mellitus	27	E10-E14	253	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	9	41	79	118
Mental and behavioural disorders			28	F00-F99	1,085	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	11	46	284	740
		Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic
		psychosis)	29	F10	6	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	2	–
		Drug dependence, toxicomania	30	F11-F16,F18-F19	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
Diseases of the nervous system and
the sense organs			31	G00-H95	782	–	1	1	3	5	7	20	38	110	255	342
		Meningitis	32	G00-G03	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-			33	I00-I99	4,132	–	–	1	2	13	29	75	162	407	1,048	2,395
		Ischaemic heart disease	34	I20-I25	1,560	–	–	–	1	5	6	29	67	188	395	869
		of which: (Acute myocardial infarction)		I21	642	–	–	–	1	4	4	8	23	64	175	363
		Other heart disease	35	I30-I33,I39-I52	883	–	–	–	–	1	8	15	20	58	191	590
		Cerebrovascular disease	36	I60-I69	839	–	–	1	–	2	8	14	43	83	260	428
		Other diseases of circulatory system			850	–	–	–	1	5	7	17	32	78	202	508

Diseases of the Respiratory system			37	J00-J99	1,773	1	1	2	3	1	4	15	74	274	522	876
		Influenza	38	J10-J11	59	–	1	2	1	–	–	2	1	4	19	29
		Pneumonia	39	J12-J19	437	–	–	–	1	–	2	2	12	33	91	296
		Chronic Lower respiratory disease	40	J40-J47	847	–	–	–	1	–	–	6	44	183	300	313
		of which: Asthma	41	J45-J46	39	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	3	10	24
		Other diseases of the respiratory			430	1	–	–	–	1	2	5	17	54	112	238
		system

Diseases of the Digestive system			42	K00-K93	572	–	1	–	–	7	18	35	55	107	156	193
		Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and			26	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	3	9	9
		jejunum	43	K25-K28
		Chronic liver disease	44	K70,K73-K74	125	–	–	–	–	3	14	24	29	35	14	6
		Other diseases of the digestive			421	–	1	–	–	4	4	10	22	69	133	178
		system

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
tissue			45	L00-L99	31	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	9	17

Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective tissue			46	M00-M99	159	–	–	–	1	–	3	7	8	16	40	84
		Rheumatoid arthritis and				–	–	–	–
		osteoarthrosis	47	M05-M06,M15-M19	49	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	7	14	25

Diseases of the genitourinary system			48	N00-N99	273	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	22	73	169
		Diseases of the kidney and ureter	49	N00-N29	152	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	16	46	85

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth
and puerperium			50	O00-O99	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period¹			51	P00-P96	34	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Congenital malformations and
chromosomal abnormalities			52	Q00-Q99	92	32	2	2	2	2	5	8	22	10	5	2
	Congenital malformations of the:-
		Nervous system	53	Q00-Q07	13	5	–	1	1	–	3	1	1	1	–	–
		Circulatory system	54	Q20-Q28	17	7	–	1	–	1	–	1	3	3	–	1

Symptoms, signs, abnormal
findings, ill-defined causes			55	R00-R99	128	5	–	–	–	1	4	2	2	6	13	95
		Sudden infant death syndrome	56	R95	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Unknown and unspecified causes	57	R96-R99	22	–	–	–	–	1	4	2	2	3	2	8

		COVID-19 virus identified and virus unidentified	58	U07	812	–	–	–	–	1	2	8	21	71	244	465
		COVID-19	59	U07	812	–	–	–	–	1	2	8	21	71	244	465

External causes of injury and poisoning			60	V01-Y89	417	–	1	3	24	23	50	48	47	46	67	108
	Accidents		61	V01-X59	328	–	1	2	9	11	30	32	30	41	65	107
	of which: Transport accidents		62	V01-V99	23	–	–	1	3	2	2	2	5	3	4	1
	Accidental falls		63	W00-W19	93	–	–	–	–	1	1	5	7	13	29	37
	Accidental poisoning		64	X40-X49	69	–	–	–	4	5	24	15	9	11	1	–
	other accidents				143	–	1	1	2	3	3	10	9	14	31	69
	Suicide and intentional self harm		65	X60-X84	81	–	–	1	15	12	18	15	16	4	–	–
	Homicide/assault		66	X85-Y09	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Events of undetermined intent		67	Y10-Y34	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–
	All other external causes				5	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	1
1 Stillbirths not included.

Table 15 Infant and neonatal mortality by area of residence of deceased, 2020
	Infant mortality¹		Neonatal mortality ²
Area of residence	Number	Rate	Number	Rate³
STATE	153	2.7	111	2.0

LEINSTER	88	2.8	63	2.0
Carlow	2	2.8	2	2.8
Dublin City	16	2.6	9	1.4
South Dublin	9	2.6	8	2.3
Fingal	8	2.0	7	1.7
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	7	3.0	6	2.5
Kildare	9	3.1	7	2.4
Kilkenny	2	2.0	1	1.0
Laois	2	2.1	2	2.1
Longford	4	7.7	2	3.9
Louth	7	4.4	4	2.5
Meath	6	2.4	4	1.6
Offaly	0	0.0	0	0.0
Westmeath	6	5.2	3	2.6
Wexford	6	3.5	5	2.9
Wicklow	4	2.5	3	1.9

MUNSTER	40	2.7	27	1.9
Clare	4	3.1	2	1.5
Cork City	2	1.6	1	0.8
Cork County	16	3.1	12	2.4
Kerry	3	2.0	1	0.7
Limerick City	1	1.4	1	1.4
Limerick County	3	1.8	1	0.6
Tipperary	3	1.7	2	1.1
Waterford City	3	5.0	2	3.3
Waterford County	5	7.0	5	7.0

CONNACHT	20	3.2	16	2.6
Galway City	3	3.9	3	3.9
Galway County	9	4.3	9	4.3
Leitrim	1	2.6	1	2.6
Mayo	1	0.7	0	0.0
Roscommon	4	5.3	3	4.0
Sligo	2	2.7	0	0.0

ULSTER (PART OF)	5	1.4	5	1.4
Cavan	1	1.0	1	1.0
Donegal	4	2.4	4	2.4
Monaghan	0	0.0	0	0.0

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:
Border	8	1.7	6	1.3
Midland	12	3.4	7	2.0
West	17	3.4	15	3.0
Dublin	40	2.5	30	1.9
Mid-East	26	3.0	18	2.1
Mid-West	11	2.0	6	1.1
South-East	18	3.8	15	3.1
South-West	21	2.7	14	1.8
¹Infant mortality rates: Deaths of infants under one year per 1,000 live births, classified by area of residence of mother.
² Neonatal mortality rates: Deaths of infants under 28 days per 1,000 live births, classified by area of residence of mother.
³ 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.

Table 16 Suicides classified by county of residence of deceased, 2015¹, 2019² and 2020²
	2020
	Number of suicides			Suicide rate³ all persons			Suicide rate³males			Suicide rate³females
Area of residence	Total	Male	Female	2020	2019	2015	2020	2019	2015	2020	2019	2015
STATE	340	259	81	6.8	8.6	9.1	10.5	13.0	14.5	3.2	4.2	3.8

LEINSTER	150	110	40	5.4	6.1	7.1	8.0	9.1	11.2	2.8	3.2	3.0

Carlow	8	8	–	13.5	5.1	10.8	27.2	–	14.4	–	10.2	7.2
Dublin City	30	21	9	5.2	3.0	5.5	7.5	5.1	8.1	3.1	1.0	2.9
South Dublin	21	12	9	7.3	3.9	3.6	8.5	2.2	5.8	6.1	5.5	1.4
Fingal	12	9	3	3.8	3.9	3.8	5.8	5.9	7.7	1.9	1.9	–
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	6	4	2	2.5	3.0	0.5	3.4	6.1	1.0	1.6	–	–
Kildare	16	12	4	6.8	9.0	9.1	10.2	14.6	14.8	3.4	3.4	3.6
Kilkenny	–	–	–	–	9.8	13.4	–	15.6	16.6	–	3.9	10.3
Laois	3	3	–	3.4	6.8	10.8	6.7	11.2	16.8	–	2.3	4.8
Longford	–	–	–	–	4.7	9.9	–	9.3	19.6	–	–	–
Louth	3	3	–	2.2	8.2	8.0	4.5	13.5	12.9	–	3.0	3.1
Meath	20	16	4	9.6	10.2	11.4	15.3	13.6	15.6	3.8	6.8	7.2
Offaly	7	4	3	8.6	9.8	10.1	9.9	12.3	20.4	7.3	7.3	–
Westmeath	5	4	1	5.4	7.6	6.8	8.7	10.8	9.1	2.2	4.3	4.5
Wexford	16	12	4	10.2	14.2	12.1	15.6	22.2	20.4	5.0	6.4	4.0
Wicklow	3	2	1	2.0	6.7	11.3	2.7	10.8	18.6	1.3	2.6	4.2

MUNSTER	119	92	27	9.0	12.4	11.6	14.0	20.2	18.6	4.1	4.7	4.7

Clare	13	11	2	10.6	9.9	13.5	18.1	16.6	22.2	3.3	3.3	5.0
Cork City	14	9	5	11.2	12.9	12.0	14.6	21.3	22.9	7.9	4.8	1.7
Cork County	24	19	5	5.5	10.4	10.8	8.7	18.2	17.0	2.3	2.8	4.8
Kerry	15	13	2	9.8	13.3	11.6	17.2	18.8	19.2	2.6	7.9	4.1
Limerick City	12	6	6	20.5	22.3	10.6	20.7	38.2	10.9	20.3	6.8	10.3
Limerick County	12	9	3	8.5	12.1	13.9	12.7	18.4	20.5	4.3	5.7	7.3
Tipperary	18	15	3	10.8	17.6	–	18.0	26.6	–	3.6	8.5	–
North Tipperary	–	–	–	–	–	11.1	–	–	19.4	–	–	2.8
South Tipperary	–	–	–	–	–	14.5	–	–	20.1	–	–	8.9
Waterford City	5	4	1	10.2	8.2	6.4	16.5	16.6	13.0	4.0	–	–
Waterford County	6	6	–	8.4	9.9	8.8	16.9	16.9	17.6	–	2.8	–

CONNACHT	51	41	10	8.9	10.3	11.1	14.5	13.9	18.2	3.5	6.7	4.1

Galway City	5	2	3	6.5	14.5	8.6	5.4	16.4	14.7	7.6	12.7	2.8
Galway County	14	14	–	7.4	9.1	12.4	14.9	12.9	20.1	–	5.4	4.5
Leitrim	4	4	–	12.0	9.1	9.4	24.0	18.1	18.6	–	–	–
Mayo	11	7	4	8.1	8.2	10.0	10.3	13.4	15.3	5.8	3.0	4.6
Roscommon	2	2	–	2.9	16.4	15.5	5.9	14.9	30.8	–	17.9	–
Sligo	15	12	3	22.3	7.5	9.3	36.0	12.1	9.4	8.9	2.9	9.2

ULSTER (PART OF)	20	16	4	6.5	10.4	11.9	10.4	15.0	17.6	2.6	5.9	6.1

Cavan	8	6	2	10.2	17.9	9.5	15.2	28.1	16.2	5.2	7.7	2.7
Donegal	9	7	2	5.4	6.7	14.3	8.5	9.8	18.8	2.4	3.6	9.9
Monaghan	3	3	–	4.7	11.0	8.2	9.3	12.5	16.4	–	9.4	–

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	39	32	7	9.6	9.8	10.4	15.7	14.8	15.5	3.4	4.9	5.4
Midland	15	11	4	4.9	7.5	9.3	7.2	11.1	15.8	2.6	4.0	2.7
West	32	25	7	6.8	10.8	11.5	10.7	13.9	19.5	3.0	7.7	3.6
Dublin	69	46	23	4.9	3.4	3.9	6.6	4.8	6.4	3.2	2.0	1.5
Mid-East	42	33	9	5.7	8.7	10.5	9.0	13.3	16.1	2.4	4.1	5.0
Mid-West	55	41	14	11.3	14.6	12.8	16.8	23.1	19.4	5.7	6.2	6.2
South-East	35	30	5	8.0	10.6	11.7	13.8	16.2	17.9	2.3	5.0	5.5
South-West	53	41	12	7.4	11.5	11.2	11.5	18.8	18.5	3.3	4.2	4.1
¹ 2015 deaths are by year of occurrence and are final figures revised to Eurostat NUTS 3 classification introduced in 2018 for comparison purposes
² 2019 and 2020 deaths are by year of registration and are subject to future revision.
³ Deaths per year per 100,000 population. Rates based on Usual Residence population.

Table 17 COVID-19 classified as a multiple cause of death but not the underlying cause of death in 2020 classified by ICD-10 group and sex
ICD-10 group	ICD-10 group	Total	Male	Female
All Causes	A00-Y98	167	94	73
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases	A00-B99	3	1	2
Neoplasms	C00-D48	55	32	23
Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism	D50-D89	–	–	–
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	E00-E90	4	3	1
Mental and behavioural disorders	F00-F99	11	5	6
Diseases of the nervous system	G00-G99	10	3	7
Diseases of the eye and adnexa	H00-H59	–	–	–
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process	H60-H95	–	–	–
Diseases of the circulatory system	I00-I99	49	33	16
Diseases of the respiratory system	J00-J99	16	8	8
Diseases of the digestive system	K00-K93	8	5	3
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	L00-L99	–	–	–
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	M00-M99	1	–	1
Diseases of genitourinary system	N00-N99	8	3	5
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	O00-O99	–	–	–
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	P00-P96	–	–	–
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	Q00-Q99	1	1	–
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	R00-R99	–	–	–
COVID-19 Virus identified and virus unidentified	U07	–	–	–
External causes of morbidity and mortality	V01-Y98	1	–	1
¹The CSO maintains a Multiple Cause of Death (MCOD) database. Each death certificate contains a single underlying cause of death and additional multiple cause(s) for each deaths record.

Table B - Deaths which were registered on the authority¹ of the Superintendent Registrars in 2020, classified by principal groups of causes, sex and year of occurrence
			Year of occurrence
Cause of Death		2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007 & earlier	Total
Total deaths	M	335	38	18	7	4	1	4	3	1	5	1	27	444
	F	177	27	10	15	7	4	2	–	2	3	4	46	297

Malignant Neoplasms	M	15	6	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	25
	F	12	6	4	2	3	–	–	–	1	1	1	11	41

Diseases of the Circulatory system	M	46	2	1	1	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	13	66
	F	24	8	1	3	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	19	58

Diseases of the Respiratory system	M	7	4	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	16
	F	11	4	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	2	23

External causes	M	233	21	9	2	1	–	2	2	–	1	–	3	274
	F	99	4	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	107

All other causes	M	34	5	6	1	2	–	2	–	–	3	–	10	63
	F	31	5	4	6	2	2	1	–	1	1	1	14	68
¹ See definition in background notes - "issue of authority of the Superintendent Registrars".

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

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