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CSO statistical release, 02 June 2022, 11am

Vital Statistics Yearly Summary

2021

	2021	2020

Births	58,443	55,959
Deaths	33,055	31,765
Marriages	17,217	9,523
Natural increase	25,388	24,194

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There were 58,443 births in 2021, 2,484 more births compared with 2020. This corresponds to a birth rate of 11.7 per 1,000 population, a rate increase of 0.5 from 2020.

There were 33,055 deaths registered in 2021, of these 17,212 were male while 15,843 were female. The 2021 total is 4.1% higher than in 2021 when 31,765 deaths were registered. See tables 1a and 10.

There were 180 infant deaths registered in 2021 giving an infant mortality rate of 3.1 per 1,000 live births.

The number of births less the number of deaths in 2021 resulted in a natural increase of population of 25,388 persons, 4.9% higher than the natural increase of 24,194 in 2020. See tables 1a and 1b.

Births

There were 58,443 births registered in 2021, 29,823 male births and 28,620 female births, an increase of 2,484 on 2020. The 2021 total is 21.7% lower than in 2011 when 74,650 births were registered.

The 58,443 births represent an annual birth rate of 11.7 per thousand population. This rate is 0.5 per thousand population higher than in 2020. 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 2021 the TPFR for Ireland was 1.7 which is below replacement level. See table 2.

Age of Mothers

The average age of first time mothers in 2021 was 31.6 years, up 0.2 years from 2020. The average age of mothers at maternity for all births registered in 2021 was 33.3 years, 0.2 higher than 2020. The average age of first time mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 30.0 in 2021 while the average age of all mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 31.1 years. The previous year the average age of mothers having their first baby outside marriage/civil partnership was 29.4 years while it was 30.7 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 2021, there were 34,271 (58.6%) births registered as within marriage, there were no births within civil partnerships.

There were 24,172 births registered as outside marriage/civil partnership accounting for 41.4% of all births, an increase of 3.0% from 2020. The highest percentage of births outside marriage/civil partnership was in Limerick City at 55.6% and the lowest was in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown with 27.6%. See table 6.

A total of 699 teenagers had babies in 2021, of these 16 were aged under 16. Over 42% of births outside marriage/civil partnership were to mothers under 30 (42.1%). See tables 5 and 8.

Location of births

The highest number of births registered was in Dublin City with 6,463 (11.1% of total live births in the country) followed by Cork County with 5,418 (9.3%) registered births. Leitrim had the lowest number with 405 (0.7%) registered births in 2021. The same pattern was reflected in 2020 when Dublin City accounted for 6,229 or 11.1% of births followed by Cork County with 5,100 (9.1%). Leitrim also had the lowest number, 380 births (or 0.7%), registered in 2020. See tables 3, 6 and 7.

Nationality of mothers

Of the 58,443 births in 2021, there were 45,381 babies (77.7%) born to mothers of Irish nationality compared to 43,019 (76.9%) in 2020. There were 8.4% of births to mothers of EU15 to EU27 nationality, 2.0% of mothers were of UK nationality, and 2.1% were of EU14 nationality (excluding Ireland). Mothers of nationalities other than Ireland, UK and the EU accounted for 9.8% of total births registered. There were 0.04% of mothers where the nationality was not stated. See table 9.

Birth Order

A total of 22,700 births (38.8%) were to first time mothers in 2021. Second time mothers had 20,341 births (34.8%). This accounted for a total of 73.6% of births of stated parity. See table 4 and figure 2.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Birth Order 2021 (%)
1st	38.8412641377068
2nd	34.8048525914139
3rd	17.7232517153466
4th	5.68759303937169
5th and over	2.94303851616105

Deaths

There were 33,055 deaths registered in 2021, of these 17,212 were male while 15,843 were female. The 2021 total is 4.1% higher than in 2020 when 31,765 deaths were registered. See tables 1a and 10.

Infant and neonatal mortality

There were 180 Infant deaths registered in 2021 giving an infant mortality rate of 3.1 deaths per 1,000 live births, an increase of 0.4 from 2020. Neonatal deaths are deaths of infants at ages under 4 weeks. There were 140 neonatal deaths registered in 2021, a neonatal mortality rate of 2.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, which was as increase of 0.4 from 2020. See tables 1a, 1b and 15, and figure 3.

Under 1 year rates	infant	neonatal
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
2021	3.1	2.4

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 8,753 deaths or an annual rate of 1.7 per 1,000 population. Of these, 4,121 were due to ischaemic heart disease and 1,423 to cerebrovascular disease. See tables 11 and 12, and figure 4.

Malignant Cancers:

There were 9,436 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 1,443, pneumonia accounted for 677 deaths and 891 deaths resulted from all other respiratory diseases. See tables 11 and 12.

COVID-19 Virus Identified and Virus Unidentified:

There were 3,011 registered deaths where COVID-19 was assigned as the underlying cause of death in 2021. There were a further 495 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. Of these 495, deaths from neoplasms numbered 151 (30.5%) while diseases of the circulatory system accounted for a further 167 (33.7%) of these deaths. See tables 12, 13, 14 and 17. An information note is available outlining how the CSO assigns COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death.

COVID-19 Vaccine

In 2021, a death due to COVID-19 vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use was recorded for the first time. This death occurred in the 75-84 age group: See tables 12, 13 and 14.

Accidents, suicides and other:

There were 1,428 deaths due to accidents, suicides and other external causes. Accidents accounted for 71.1% (1,016) of these deaths, while suicides accounted for 27.9% (399). Of these 1,428 deaths, 936 (65.5%) 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 989 deaths registered late in 2021, of which 595 were male and 394 were female. There were 612 of these late registered deaths that occurred in 2019 and 377 that occurred in various years prior to 2019. 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 2021 will be included in the Appendix 2021 of the Annual Report 2021 and will be referred to the year that the death occurred i.e. 2019 and prior. These will be published in table 3.C and 3.D of that report which is scheduled for dissemination in October 2023. 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 390 deaths due to intentional self-harm in 2019, 300 (or 76.9%) males and 90 (or 23.1%) females and were reported in table 3.17 of the Vital Statistics Annual Report 2019. Any death assigned an underlying cause of death that is included in the 612 late registered deaths in 2021, and where death occurred in 2019, will be added to the 390 figure of deaths due to intentional self-harm when the Vital Statistics Annual Report 2021 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 2021
circulatory diseases	26.48010891
external causes	4.320072606
COVID-19	9.112085917
respiratory diseases	9.109060656
malignant neoplasms	28.54636212
Remainder	22.43230979

Age at death

The leading single cause of death in 2021 varied widely by age group. Among those aged from 15 to 34 years, external causes of death including accidents, suicide and other ranked first (251 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 27,322 deaths of persons aged 65 and over registered in 2021. This represents an annual death rate of 36.8 per 1,000 population aged 65 and over and represents a rate increase of 0.1 when compared with 2020. See tables 1a, 1b and figure 5.

X-axis label	Cancer	Disease of the circulatory system	Disease of the respiratory system	COVID-19	Accident, suicide, homicide and undetermined	Other
Under 15	4.80349344978166	4.80349344978166	1.31004366812227	0.436681222707424	3.93013100436681	84.7161572052402
15-34	12.7450980392157	8.82352941176471	1.22549019607843	2.20588235294118	61.5196078431373	13.4803921568627
35-74	41.8715160376496	20.4879831855981	6.30540071278443	7.2466416887508	7.41113040299735	16.6773279722197
75 and over	22.3096623981374	30.1001164144354	10.7706635622817	10.2863795110594	1.66239813736903	24.8707799767171

The average (mean) time-lag between the date of death and the registration of death was 67 days while the median (mid-point in data) was 36 days in 2021.

Marriages/Civil Partnerships

The number of marriages registered in 2021 was 17,217 of which 500 were same-sex marriages. This is equivalent to an annual marriage rate of 3.4 per 1,000 population, 1.5 more than the rate in 2020. 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 2020 (The lasted available publication) see links: Courts Service Annual Report 2020 (Family Law page 56)

Population

The estimated population (usual residence) in April 2021 was 5,011,460. See table A.

Show Table 1a Marriages, Civil partnerships, Births, Deaths and natural increase by number 2011-2021

Table 1a Marriages, civil partnerships, births, deaths and natural increase, by number 2011-2021
	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
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
2021	17,217	16,717	500	–	58,443	22,700	24,172	33.3	33,055	180	140	27,322	25,388
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 2011-2021
	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
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
2021	3.4	3.3	0.1	–	11.7	38.8	41.4	6.6	3.1	2.4	36.8	5.1
1 Rates 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 2019 and 2021 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
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
2021	179	1,008	2,263	4,960	4,385	1,059	41	–	13,895
Quarter 2
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
2021	142	826	1,895	4,043	3,660	940	45	–	11,551
Quarter 3
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
2021	188	1,205	2,781	5,815	5,404	1,273	81	–	16,747
Quarter 4
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
2021	190	1,063	2,587	5,628	5,404	1,289	89	–	16,250
Total
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
2021	699	4,102	9,526	20,446	18,853	4,561	256	–	58,443
	Live births per 1,000 relevant female population (ASFR)								TPFR
Quarter 1
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
2021	4.5	26.7	62.5	119.2	87.7	21.2	0.9	–	1.6
Quarter 2
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
2021	3.6	21.7	52.4	100.0	74.8	18.3	1.0	–	1.4
Quarter 3
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
2021	4.7	31.7	76.9	143.8	110.5	24.8	1.8	–	2.0
Quarter 4
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
2021	4.8	27.9	71.5	139.2	110.5	25.1	1.9	–	1.9
Total
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
2021	4.4	27.0	65.8	126.4	96.4	22.2	1.4	–	1.7

Table 3 Births registered, classified by area of residence of mother, 2021
Area of residence	Total	Male	Female	Rate¹
State	58,443	29,823	28,620	11.7

Leinster	32,929	16,940	15,989	11.8
Carlow	786	408	378	13.2
Dublin City	6,463	3,349	3,114	11.3
South Dublin	3,562	1,864	1,698	12.3
Fingal	4,067	2,104	1,963	12.8
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2,504	1,292	1,212	10.2
Kildare	2,912	1,472	1,440	12.2
Kilkenny	1,111	570	541	10.7
Laois	1,057	555	502	11.8
Longford	543	245	298	12.7
Louth	1,493	726	767	11.0
Meath	2,674	1,401	1,273	12.7
Offaly	998	496	502	12.1
Westmeath	1,185	596	589	12.8
Wexford	1,774	911	863	11.2
Wicklow	1,800	951	849	11.7

Munster	15,394	7,746	7,648	11.5
Clare	1,304	654	650	10.6
Cork City	1,306	658	648	10.4
Cork County	5,418	2,716	2,702	12.3
Kerry	1,668	838	830	10.9
Limerick City	726	356	370	12.4
Limerick County	1,591	815	776	11.2
Tipperary	2,003	1,029	974	12.0
Waterford City	634	301	333	12.8
Waterford County	744	379	365	10.3

Connacht	6,590	3,315	3,275	11.5
Galway City	850	429	421	11.1
Galway County	2,358	1,171	1,187	12.4
Leitrim	405	199	206	12.1
Mayo	1,451	750	701	10.6
Roscommon	746	370	376	10.9
Sligo	780	396	384	11.5

Ulster (Part of)	3,489	1,800	1,689	11.2
Cavan	950	489	461	12.0
Donegal	1,749	892	857	10.4
Monaghan	790	419	371	12.2

Regional Authorities:
Border	4,674	2,395	2,279	11.3
Midland	3,783	1,892	1,891	12.3
West	5,405	2,720	2,685	11.4
Dublin	16,596	8,609	7,987	11.6
Mid-East	8,879	4,550	4,329	12.0
Mid-West	5,624	2,854	2,770	11.5
South-East	5,049	2,569	2,480	11.4
South-West	8,392	4,212	4,180	11.7

Mother Residing Outside the State	41	22	19	–
¹ Births per year per 1,000 population. Annual rates based on estimated usual residence 2021 population.

Table 4 Births registered, classified by age of mother and previous number of liveborn children, 2021
		Previous number of liveborn children
Age of mother at maternity	Total	0	1	2	3	4	5 or more
All ages	58,443	22,700	20,341	10,358	3,324	1,032	688

15 and under	16	15	1	–	–	–	–
16	38	38	–	–	–	–	–
17	79	74	4	1	–	–	–
18	191	167	22	2	–	–	–
19	375	302	64	8	1	–	–
Under 20	699	596	91	11	1	–	–

20	507	395	90	18	2	2	–
21	676	465	157	46	6	2	–
22	827	527	231	53	12	4	–
23	1,019	575	321	87	31	5	–
24	1,073	570	339	120	31	10	3
20-24	4,102	2,532	1,138	324	82	23	3

25	1,305	640	441	163	49	10	2
26	1,504	731	501	186	57	20	9
27	1,867	850	649	224	103	28	13
28	2,149	1,050	676	280	92	31	20
29	2,701	1,265	884	377	110	45	20
25-29	9,526	4,536	3,151	1,230	411	134	64

30	3,167	1,503	1,033	433	119	58	21
31	3,729	1,837	1,154	470	161	71	36
32	4,156	1,911	1,394	555	192	66	38
33	4,569	1,823	1,730	711	212	59	34
34	4,825	1,709	1,943	832	220	66	55
30-34	20,446	8,783	7,254	3,001	904	320	184

35	4,785	1,535	1,858	969	289	73	61
36	4,340	1,224	1,632	1,047	303	69	65
37	3,832	969	1,450	990	300	69	54
38	3,217	697	1,167	930	307	72	44
39	2,679	641	937	709	259	77	56
35-39	18,853	5,066	7,044	4,645	1,458	360	280

40	1,952	470	660	501	199	70	52
41	1,252	263	448	315	135	51	40
42	745	185	270	167	61	32	30
43	406	118	136	81	34	20	17
44	206	59	67	40	16	12	12
40-44	4,561	1,095	1,581	1,104	445	185	151

45 and over	256	92	82	43	23	10	6

Table 5 Number and percentage of births registered within and outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by age of mother, 2021
	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	58,443	34,271	24,172	15,372	58.6	41.4	26.3

15 and under	16	–	16	1	–	100.0	6.3
16	38	1	37	11	2.6	97.4	28.9
17	79	8	71	18	10.1	89.9	22.8
18	191	30	161	44	15.7	84.3	23.0
19	375	70	305	101	18.7	81.3	26.9
Under 20	699	109	590	175	15.6	84.4	25.0

20	507	84	423	135	16.6	83.4	26.6
21	676	99	577	206	14.6	85.4	30.5
22	827	132	695	246	16.0	84.0	29.7
23	1,019	212	807	309	20.8	79.2	30.3
24	1,073	232	841	382	21.6	78.4	35.6
20-24	4,102	759	3,343	1,278	18.5	81.5	31.2

25	1,305	318	987	497	24.4	75.6	38.1
26	1,504	408	1,096	573	27.1	72.9	38.1
27	1,867	592	1,275	752	31.7	68.3	40.3
28	2,149	755	1,394	847	35.1	64.9	39.4
29	2,701	1,201	1,500	960	44.5	55.5	35.5
25-29	9,526	3,274	6,252	3,629	34.4	65.6	38.1

30	3,167	1,583	1,584	1,061	50.0	50.0	33.5
31	3,729	2,148	1,581	1,103	57.6	42.4	29.6
32	4,156	2,633	1,523	1,108	63.4	36.6	26.7
33	4,569	3,134	1,435	1,045	68.6	31.4	22.9
34	4,825	3,450	1,375	1,042	71.5	28.5	21.6
30-34	20,446	12,948	7,498	5,359	63.3	36.7	26.2

35	4,785	3,478	1,307	1,036	72.7	27.3	21.7
36	4,340	3,187	1,153	905	73.4	26.6	20.9
37	3,832	2,838	994	746	74.1	25.9	19.5
38	3,217	2,370	847	645	73.7	26.3	20.0
39	2,679	1,950	729	544	72.8	27.2	20.3
35-39	18,853	13,823	5,030	3,876	73.3	26.7	20.6

40	1,952	1,383	569	425	70.9	29.1	21.8
41	1,252	882	370	274	70.4	29.6	21.9
42	745	516	229	170	69.3	30.7	22.8
43	406	285	121	78	70.2	29.8	19.2
44	206	127	79	49	61.7	38.3	23.8
40-44	4,561	3,193	1,368	996	70.0	30.0	21.8

45 and over	256	165	91	59	64.5	35.5	23.0

Table 6 Number and percentage of births registered within and outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by area of residence of mother, 2021
	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	58,443	34,271	24,172	15,372	58.6	41.4	26.3

Leinster	32,929	19,078	13,851	8,512	57.9	42.1	25.8
Carlow	786	404	382	239	51.4	48.6	30.4
Dublin City	6,463	3,361	3,102	1,622	52.0	48.0	25.1
South Dublin	3,562	2,009	1,553	899	56.4	43.6	25.2
Fingal	4,067	2,535	1,532	989	62.3	37.7	24.3
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2,504	1,813	691	481	72.4	27.6	19.2
Kildare	2,912	1,799	1,113	730	61.8	38.2	25.1
Kilkenny	1,111	695	416	254	62.6	37.4	22.9
Laois	1,057	605	452	322	57.2	42.8	30.5
Longford	543	318	225	156	58.6	41.4	28.7
Louth	1,493	743	750	433	49.8	50.2	29.0
Meath	2,674	1,642	1,032	740	61.4	38.6	27.7
Offaly	998	549	449	276	55.0	45.0	27.7
Westmeath	1,185	692	493	313	58.4	41.6	26.4
Wexford	1,774	888	886	563	50.1	49.9	31.7
Wicklow	1,800	1,025	775	495	56.9	43.1	27.5

Munster	15,394	8,903	6,491	4,188	57.8	42.2	27.2
Clare	1,304	751	553	375	57.6	42.4	28.8
Cork City	1,306	668	638	334	51.1	48.9	25.6
Cork County	5,418	3,447	1,971	1,424	63.6	36.4	26.3
Kerry	1,668	939	729	490	56.3	43.7	29.4
Limerick City	726	322	404	175	44.4	55.6	24.1
Limerick County	1,591	961	630	422	60.4	39.6	26.5
Tipperary	2,003	1,095	908	573	54.7	45.3	28.6
Waterford City	634	300	334	167	47.3	52.7	26.3
Waterford County	744	420	324	228	56.5	43.5	30.6

Connacht	6,590	4,206	2,384	1,758	63.8	36.2	26.7
Galway City	850	553	297	213	65.1	34.9	25.1
Galway County	2,358	1,556	802	589	66.0	34.0	25.0
Leitrim	405	241	164	145	59.5	40.5	35.8
Mayo	1,451	923	528	374	63.6	36.4	25.8
Roscommon	746	459	287	229	61.5	38.5	30.7
Sligo	780	474	306	208	60.8	39.2	26.7

Ulster (Part of)	3,489	2,068	1,421	900	59.3	40.7	25.8
Cavan	950	585	365	253	61.6	38.4	26.6
Donegal	1,749	964	785	472	55.1	44.9	27.0
Monaghan	790	519	271	175	65.7	34.3	22.2

Regional Authorities:
Border	4,674	2,783	1,891	1,253	59.5	40.5	26.8
Midland	3,783	2,164	1,619	1,067	57.2	42.8	28.2
West	5,405	3,491	1,914	1,405	64.6	35.4	26.0
Dublin	16,596	9,718	6,878	3,991	58.6	41.4	24.0
Mid-East	8,879	5,209	3,670	2,398	58.7	41.3	27.0
Mid-West	5,624	3,129	2,495	1,545	55.6	44.4	27.5
South-East	5,049	2,707	2,342	1,451	53.6	46.4	28.7
South-West	8,392	5,054	3,338	2,248	60.2	39.8	26.8

Mother Residing Outside the State	41	16	25	14	39.0	61.0	34.1

Table 7 Births registered, classified by area of residence and age of mother, 2021
								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	58,443	699	4,102	9,526	20,446	18,853	4,817	33.3	31.6

Leinster	32,929	445	2,397	5,471	11,542	10,423	2,651	33.1	31.5
Carlow	786	18	79	152	259	221	57	32.3	30.3
Dublin City	6,463	109	517	1,113	2,234	1,932	558	33.0	31.8
South Dublin	3,562	55	335	615	1,241	1,063	253	32.7	31.0
Fingal	4,067	55	239	617	1,430	1,377	349	33.5	31.8
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2,504	12	80	226	827	1,073	286	35.0	33.4
Kildare	2,912	30	163	445	1,069	963	242	33.5	31.9
Kilkenny	1,111	13	75	163	394	378	88	33.4	31.7
Laois	1,057	26	74	190	356	341	70	32.8	30.7
Longford	543	7	46	138	173	143	36	32.2	30.6
Louth	1,493	23	132	306	531	395	106	32.3	30.5
Meath	2,674	20	173	430	989	865	197	33.3	31.6
Offaly	998	12	103	193	356	269	65	32.3	30.5
Westmeath	1,185	21	88	225	417	347	87	32.7	30.8
Wexford	1,774	32	176	370	626	454	116	32.2	30.2
Wicklow	1,800	12	117	288	640	602	141	33.4	31.7

Munster	15,394	167	1,077	2,473	5,349	5,053	1,275	33.3	31.6
Clare	1,304	21	88	208	449	420	118	33.3	31.6
Cork City	1,306	16	123	220	429	419	99	32.9	31.5
Cork County	5,418	37	253	736	1,914	1,983	495	34.0	32.4
Kerry	1,668	16	117	233	575	550	177	33.6	31.8
Limerick City	726	14	93	171	249	154	45	31.4	29.5
Limerick County	1,591	17	122	273	551	512	116	33.1	31.1
Tipperary	2,003	29	175	378	689	600	132	32.7	30.8
Waterford City	634	10	67	145	215	156	41	31.9	29.6
Waterford County	744	7	39	109	278	259	52	33.6	31.8

Connacht	6,590	57	381	921	2,255	2,317	659	33.9	32.4
Galway City	850	10	57	138	246	296	103	33.8	32.4
Galway County	2,358	16	109	268	829	898	238	34.3	32.8
Leitrim	405	2	22	59	155	128	39	33.7	32.4
Mayo	1,451	13	87	211	481	520	139	33.8	32.2
Roscommon	746	7	54	129	257	239	60	33.1	31.8
Sligo	780	9	52	116	287	236	80	33.5	32.5

Ulster (Part of)	3,489	30	241	655	1,281	1,051	231	33.0	31.2
Cavan	950	9	70	164	324	313	70	33.2	31.7
Donegal	1,749	16	126	347	650	504	106	32.8	30.8
Monaghan	790	5	45	144	307	234	55	33.2	31.4

Regional Authorities:
Border	4,674	41	315	830	1,723	1,415	350	33.1	31.6
Midland	3,783	66	311	746	1,302	1,100	258	32.6	30.7
West	5,405	46	307	746	1,813	1,953	540	33.9	32.4
Dublin	16,596	231	1,171	2,571	5,732	5,445	1,446	33.4	31.9
Mid-East	8,879	85	585	1,469	3,229	2,825	686	33.2	31.5
Mid-West	5,624	81	478	1,030	1,938	1,686	411	32.8	30.9
South-East	5,049	80	436	939	1,772	1,468	354	32.6	30.7
South-West	8,392	69	493	1,189	2,918	2,952	771	33.8	32.2

Mother Residing Outside the State	41	–	6	6	19	9	1	32.3	32.0

Table 8 Births registered outside marriage/civil partnership, classified by area of residence and age of mother, 2021
							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	24,172	3,933	6,252	7,498	5,030	1,459	31.1	30.0

Leinster	13,851	2,326	3,571	4,285	2,850	819	31.0	29.9
Carlow	382	83	110	104	72	13	29.9	28.3
Dublin City	3,102	532	754	981	616	219	31.1	30.3
South Dublin	1,553	307	404	445	323	74	30.6	29.2
Fingal	1,532	212	348	479	388	105	31.8	30.5
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	691	82	107	210	228	64	33.2	32.5
Kildare	1,113	156	291	364	232	70	31.4	30.3
Kilkenny	416	75	105	139	77	20	30.7	29.5
Laois	452	88	126	128	90	20	30.4	28.6
Longford	225	38	86	59	36	6	30.0	29.2
Louth	750	140	213	236	121	40	30.3	28.6
Meath	1,032	151	259	348	218	56	31.3	30.3
Offaly	449	88	137	146	59	19	30.0	28.8
Westmeath	493	89	155	141	89	19	30.2	28.4
Wexford	886	172	272	264	139	39	30.2	28.7
Wicklow	775	113	204	241	162	55	31.4	29.7

Munster	6,491	1,047	1,697	2,036	1,335	376	31.1	29.9
Clare	553	94	133	175	115	36	31.1	30.0
Cork City	638	115	160	191	139	33	30.9	30.0
Cork County	1,971	252	472	660	448	139	31.8	30.8
Kerry	729	109	167	241	152	60	31.6	30.5
Limerick City	404	101	121	115	49	18	29.3	27.5
Limerick County	630	106	186	179	132	27	30.8	29.3
Tipperary	908	168	274	273	165	28	30.2	28.8
Waterford City	334	62	98	94	61	19	30.3	27.8
Waterford County	324	40	86	108	74	16	31.5	30.2

Connacht	2,384	318	561	750	562	193	31.9	31.0
Galway City	297	42	69	71	81	34	32.4	31.6
Galway County	802	85	160	279	208	70	32.5	31.8
Leitrim	164	20	40	50	40	14	32.2	30.5
Mayo	528	77	142	153	122	34	31.5	30.8
Roscommon	287	47	73	95	49	23	31.1	30.4
Sligo	306	47	77	102	62	18	31.3	30.2
Ulster (Part of)	1,421	236	418	416	280	71	30.8	29.6
Cavan	365	65	100	102	78	20	30.9	29.9
Donegal	785	128	237	238	146	36	30.7	29.4
Monaghan	271	43	81	76	56	15	31.0	29.7

Regional Authorities:
Border	1,891	303	535	568	382	103	31.0	29.8
Midland	1,619	303	504	474	274	64	30.2	28.7
West	1,914	251	444	598	460	161	32.0	31.2
Dublin	6,878	1,133	1,613	2,115	1,555	462	31.4	30.4
Mid-East	3,670	560	967	1,189	733	221	31.1	29.9
Mid-West	2,495	469	714	742	461	109	30.4	29.0
South-East	2,342	432	671	709	423	107	30.4	28.9
South-West	3,338	476	799	1,092	739	232	31.6	30.6

Mother Residing Outside the State	25	6	5	11	3	–	30.3	29.0

Table 9 Births registered, classified by nationality of mother, marital status and age, 2021
	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	58,443	100.0	34,271	58.6	24,172	41.4	33.3
Ireland	45,381	77.7	25,700	56.6	19,681	43.4	33.5
United Kingdom	1,167	2.0	586	50.2	581	49.8	32.5
EU14 excl. Irl	1,222	2.1	719	58.8	503	41.2	34.5
EU15 to EU27²	4,914	8.4	2,590	52.7	2,324	47.3	31.7
Other ¹	5,736	9.8	4,660	81.2	1,076	18.8	32.6
Not stated	23	0.0	16	69.6	7	30.4	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, 2021
Area of residence	Total	Male	Female	Rate¹
STATE	33,055	17,212	15,843	6.6

LEINSTER	16,715	8,571	8,144	6.0
Carlow	409	222	187	6.8
Dublin City	4,248	2,042	2,206	7.4
South Dublin	1,446	783	663	5.0
Fingal	1,255	696	559	3.9
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	1,534	711	823	6.3
Kildare	1,109	566	543	4.7
Kilkenny	697	352	345	6.7
Laois	511	277	234	5.7
Longford	295	161	134	6.9
Louth	887	465	422	6.5
Meath	1,054	575	479	5.0
Offaly	574	305	269	7.0
Westmeath	616	303	313	6.6
Wexford	1,178	620	558	7.5
Wicklow	902	493	409	5.9

MUNSTER	9,849	5,115	4,734	7.4
Clare	925	495	430	7.5
Cork City	1,246	626	620	9.9
Cork County	2,752	1,400	1,352	6.2
Kerry	1,168	595	573	7.6
Limerick City	543	271	272	9.3
Limerick County	969	513	456	6.8
Tipperary	1,340	736	604	8.0
Waterford City	366	186	180	7.4
Waterford County	540	293	247	7.5

CONNACHT	4,186	2,275	1,911	7.3
Galway City	390	201	189	5.1
Galway County	1,343	740	603	7.1
Leitrim	247	120	127	7.4
Mayo	1,112	622	490	8.1
Roscommon	539	294	245	7.9
Sligo	555	298	257	8.2

ULSTER (PART OF)	2,305	1,251	1,054	7.4
Cavan	583	345	238	7.4
Donegal	1,233	645	588	7.4
Monaghan	489	261	228	7.6

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:
Border	3,107	1,669	1,438	7.5
Midland	1,996	1,046	950	6.5
West	3,384	1,857	1,527	7.2
Dublin	8,483	4,232	4,251	5.9
Mid-East	3,952	2,099	1,853	5.4
Mid-West	3,777	2,015	1,762	7.7
South-East	3,190	1,673	1,517	7.2
South-West	5,166	2,621	2,545	7.2
¹Deaths per year per 1,000 population. Annual rates based on estimated 2021 Usual Residence population.

Table A Estimated population classified by sex and age group, 2016 - 2021⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
	thousands
Sex and Age Group	2016³	2017¹	2018¹	2019¹	2020¹	2021¹
Total Persons	4,739.6	4,792.5	4,857.0	4,921.5	4,977.4	5,011.5
0 - 4 years	331.4	324.6	319.3	315.2	309.5	302.6
5 - 9 "	355.3	359.1	356.9	352.3	344.1	335.0
10 - 14 "	318.9	323.3	332.6	341.4	350.0	358.0
15 - 19 "	301.2	308.5	316.2	319.9	323.9	325.3
20 - 24 "	273.5	276.3	289.3	298.1	307.2	310.3
25 - 29 "	296.7	292.4	291.1	289.2	292.2	291.6
30 - 34 "	360.3	347.9	335.8	330.8	324.0	317.2
35 - 39 "	388.1	394.6	398.3	397.0	386.5	375.7
40 - 44 "	356.5	363.1	369.9	379.9	393.7	402.1
45 - 49 "	324.9	333.1	341.2	351.1	358.5	364.4
50 - 54 "	298.4	303.3	306.7	310.5	316.0	324.0
55 - 59 "	268.2	274.0	279.9	285.9	292.7	297.2
60 - 64 "	236.5	242.3	246.5	253.8	258.9	265.9
65 - 69 "	208.0	211.3	215.8	219.3	224.2	229.2
70 - 74 "	159.9	169.2	177.7	184.8	190.8	194.3
75 - 79 "	114.2	116.8	121.9	127.5	134.1	142.8
80 - 84 "	80.5	82.9	85.1	87.4	89.8	91.4
85 years and over	67.3	69.7	73.0	77.3	81.2	84.6

Total males	2,346.5	2,372.1	2,405.8	2,438.0	2,465.6	2,481.1
0 - 4 years	169.7	166.1	163.3	161.1	158.2	154.4
5 - 9 "	181.4	183.1	182.1	180.2	176.3	171.6
10 - 14 "	163.1	165.5	170.5	175.2	179.4	183.0
15 - 19 "	154.4	157.6	161.2	162.3	164.7	166.0
20 - 24 "	138.4	140.4	147.3	151.5	156.0	158.1
25 - 29 "	145.2	144.3	145.2	145.3	147.4	146.9
30 - 34 "	172.5	166.3	161.1	159.8	157.5	155.4
35 - 39 "	190.6	192.7	193.1	192.0	186.4	180.0
40 - 44 "	177.2	180.1	183.2	187.4	193.8	196.7
45 - 49 "	162.5	166.2	170.2	174.7	177.7	180.4
50 - 54 "	147.7	150.1	152.0	154.5	157.4	161.6
55 - 59 "	133.1	135.9	138.6	141.1	144.1	146.4
60 - 64 "	117.7	120.5	122.4	126.0	128.0	131.2
65 - 69 "	103.4	104.8	106.8	108.4	111.0	113.1
70 - 74 "	78.4	82.9	87.4	90.8	93.5	95.1
75 - 79 "	53.5	55.1	57.6	60.6	64.0	68.3

Table 11 Deaths registered by cause of death and county of residence of deceased, 2021
Area of residence	Total Deaths	Malignant Neoplasms	Diseases of the Circulatory system	Diseases of the Respiratory system	External causes	All other causes
STATE	33,055	9,436	8,753	3,011	1,428	10,427

LEINSTER	16,715	4,765	4,344	1,532	669	5,405
Carlow	409	107	111	38	18	135
Dublin City	4,248	1,127	1,161	375	155	1,430
South Dublin	1,446	438	353	134	65	456
Fingal	1,255	409	309	100	40	397
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	1,534	436	422	135	56	485
Kildare	1,109	319	269	110	60	351
Kilkenny	697	208	184	77	17	211
Laois	511	136	135	41	24	175
Longford	295	77	82	33	13	90
Louth	887	252	172	85	56	322
Meath	1,054	311	281	97	46	319
Offaly	574	175	146	39	26	188
Westmeath	616	163	174	68	20	191
Wexford	1,178	332	310	117	48	371
Wicklow	902	275	235	83	25	284

MUNSTER	9,849	2,849	2,637	880	438	3,045
Clare	925	296	242	73	43	271
Cork City	1,246	306	329	129	61	421
Cork County	2,752	800	749	227	108	868
Kerry	1,168	324	356	100	41	347
Limerick City	543	162	132	49	28	172
Limerick County	969	270	250	99	38	312
Tipperary	1,340	404	371	126	72	367
Waterford City	366	113	76	31	14	132
Waterford County	540	174	132	46	33	155

CONNACHT	4,186	1,206	1,103	390	204	1,283
Galway City	390	126	90	31	26	117
Galway County	1,343	376	349	128	72	418
Leitrim	247	58	63	34	11	81
Mayo	1,112	321	276	117	43	355
Roscommon	539	160	159	42	29	149
Sligo	555	165	166	38	23	163

ULSTER (PART OF)	2,305	616	669	209	117	694
Cavan	583	158	158	64	38	165
Donegal	1,233	327	367	100	50	389
Monaghan	489	131	144	45	29	140

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:
Border	3,107	839	898	281	151	938
Midland	1,996	551	537	181	83	644
West	3,384	983	874	318	170	1,039
Dublin	8,483	2,410	2,245	744	316	2,768
Mid-East	3,952	1,157	957	375	187	1,276
Mid-West	3,777	1,132	995	347	181	1,122
South-East	3,190	934	813	309	130	1,004
South-West	5,166	1,430	1,434	456	210	1,636

Table 12 Deaths registered classified by cause and age-group, 2021
						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	33,055	180	14	35	146	262	674	1,447	2,975	5,847	9,835	11,640

Infectious and parasitic diseases:-			1	A00-B99	262	3	–	1	–	1	8	9	19	37	68	116
		Tuberculosis	2	A15-A19,B90	13	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	1	3	4
		Meningococcal infection	3	A39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		AIDS (HIV Disease)	4	B20-B24	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	–	–	–
		Viral Hepatitis	5	B15-B19	6	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	1	–	–
		Other infectious and parasitic			238	3	–	1	–	1	4	6	11	35	65	112
		diseases

Neoplasms			6	C00-D48	9,674	1	3	7	23	31	170	537	1,385	2,557	3,068	1,892
	Malignant Neoplasms of the:-		7	C00-C97	9,436	1	3	7	21	31	162	531	1,364	2,525	2,984	1,807
		Lip, oral cavity, pharynx	8	C00-C14	207	–	–	–	–	1	2	12	40	62	69	21
		Oesophagus	9	C15	417	–	–	–	–	3	6	27	74	127	114	66
		Stomach	10	C16	290	–	–	–	–	1	3	14	40	73	98	61
		Colon	11	C18	416	–	–	–	–	–	7	29	47	81	138	114
		Rectum and anus	12	C19-C21	590	–	–	–	–	2	15	31	85	162	191	104
		Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts	13	C22	401	–	–	–	–	1	4	17	57	118	145	59
		Pancreas	14	C25	555	–	–	–	–	1	5	23	92	163	169	102
		Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung	15	C32-C34	1,985	–	–	–	–	3	12	75	329	711	620	235
		Skin	16	C43	166	–	1	–	–	1	5	16	22	44	42	35
		Breast	17	C50	695	–	–	–	–	6	26	92	126	138	172	135
		Cervix uteri	18	C53	70	–	–	–	–	1	10	20	19	11	5	4
		Other parts of uterus	19	C54-C55	125	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	18	31	43	23
		Ovary	20	C56	324	–	–	–	–	1	9	27	71	91	83	42
		Prostate	21	C61	628	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	39	109	251	224
		Kidney	22	C64	212	–	–	–	–	–	8	15	33	44	75	37
		Bladder	23	C67	225	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	16	41	87	77
		Lymph/haematopoietic tissue	24	C81-C96	763	–	–	1	4	–	7	31	56	199	280	185
		Other malignant neoplasms			1,367	1	2	6	17	10	40	86	200	320	402	283
Diseases of the blood and
blood-forming organs,
immunological disorders			25	D50-D89	87	1	–	–	1	2	1	2	14	13	25	28
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic
diseases			26	E00-E90	840	1	1	1	4	3	15	32	44	140	263	336
		Diabetes mellitus	27	E10-E14	570	–	–	–	1	2	6	11	24	94	184	248
Mental and behavioural disorders			28	F00-F99	1,758	–	–	2	1	–	6	12	17	95	529	1,096
		Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic
		psychosis)	29	F10	22	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	6	3	4	–
		Drug dependence, toxicomania	30	F11-F16,F18-F19	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–
Diseases of the nervous system and
the sense organs			31	G00-H95	1,662	3	–	6	5	15	21	41	102	283	606	580
		Meningitis	32	G00-G03	6	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	–	1
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-			33	I00-I99	8,753	4	3	4	8	28	95	297	616	1,234	2,462	4,002
		Ischaemic heart disease	34	I20-I25	4,121	–	–	–	–	5	52	170	386	719	1,192	1,597
		of which: (Acute myocardial infarction)		I21	1,619	–	–	–	–	1	22	75	153	282	473	613
		Other heart disease	35	I30-I33,I39-I52	1,653	2	–	2	6	11	18	35	63	147	359	1,010
		Cerebrovascular disease	36	I60-I69	1,423	1	1	2	–	6	9	35	86	167	479	637
		Other diseases of circulatory system			1,556	1	2	–	2	6	16	57	81	201	432	758

Diseases of the Respiratory system			37	J00-J99	3,011	2	–	1	1	4	17	39	152	482	1,054	1,259
		Influenza	38	J10-J11	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Pneumonia	39	J12-J19	677	–	–	–	–	–	8	9	26	56	167	411
		Chronic Lower respiratory disease	40	J40-J47	1,443	–	–	–	–	–	2	16	75	294	564	492
		of which: Asthma	41	J45-J46	62	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	7	15	37
		Other diseases of the respiratory			890	2	–	1	1	4	7	14	51	132	323	355
		system

Diseases of the Digestive system			42	K00-K93	1,227	–	1	–	1	11	63	139	177	206	304	325
		Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and
		jejunum	43	K25-K28	65	–	–	–	–	–	1	9	16	12	12	15
		Chronic liver disease	44	K70,K73-K74	368	–	–	–	–	5	44	88	97	75	51	8
		Other diseases of the digestive			794	–	1	–	1	6	18	42	64	119	241	302
		system

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
tissue			45	L00-L99	62	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	4	6	14	37

Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective tissue			46	M00-M99	246	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	15	35	85	105
		Rheumatoid arthritis and
		osteoarthrosis	47	M05-M06,M15-M19	69	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	13	29	25

Diseases of the genitourinary system			48	N00-N99	591	1	1	–	–	–	5	6	16	60	178	324
		Diseases of the kidney and ureter	49	N00-N29	379	1	1	–	–	–	4	5	14	44	116	194

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

Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period¹			51	P00-P96	83	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Congenital malformations and
chromosomal abnormalities			52	Q00-Q99	180	68	4	5	3	2	15	22	32	15	8	6
	Congenital malformations of the:-
		Nervous system	53	Q00-Q07	16	7	1	–	1	1	2	2	1	–	–	1
		Circulatory system	54	Q20-Q28	49	22	1	2	1	1	8	3	3	4	3	1

Symptoms, signs, abnormal
findings, ill-defined causes			55	R00-R99	179	12	–	–	1	3	4	5	7	8	19	120
		Sudden infant death syndrome	56	R95	12	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Unknown and unspecified causes	57	R96-R99	30	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	5	1	5	11

		Codes for special purposes²	58	U07	3,012	–	–	1	3	6	22	72	192	507	997	1,212
		COVID-19 virus identified and virus unidentified	59	U07	3,011	–	–	1	3	6	22	72	192	507	996	1,212
		COVID-19 vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use		U12	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

External causes of injury and poisoning			58	V01-Y89	1,428	1	1	7	95	156	231	228	183	169	155	202
	Accidents		59	V01-X59	1,016	1	1	5	38	92	142	141	122	135	139	200
	of which: Transport accidents		60	V01-V99	82	–	–	4	7	15	12	16	7	14	3	4
	Accidental falls		61	W00-W19	237	–	–	–	2	3	14	12	30	38	61	77
	Accidental poisoning		62	X40-X49	337	1	–	–	22	59	90	81	50	26	7	1
	other accidents				360	–	1	1	7	15	26	32	35	57	68	118
	Suicide and intentional self harm		63	X60-X84	399	–	–	2	56	63	89	85	59	32	12	1
	Homicide/assault		64	X85-Y09	4	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	–
	Events of undetermined intent		65	Y10-Y34	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
	All other external causes				7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	4	1
¹ Stillbirths not included.
² Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology or emergency use

Table 13 Male deaths registered classified by cause and age group, 2021
						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	17,212	91	7	23	106	183	410	889	1,748	3,497	5,499	4,759

Infectious and parasitic diseases:-			1	A00-B99	111	1	–	1	–	–	5	6	11	20	25	42
		Tuberculosis	2	A15-A19,B90	8	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	1	1	2
		Meningococcal infection	3	A39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		AIDS (HIV Disease)	4	B20-B24	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	–
		Viral Hepatitis	5	B15-B19	5	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	–	–	–
		Other infectious and parasitic			95	1	–	1	–	–	1	4	5	19	24	40
		diseases

Neoplasms			6	C00-D48	5,189	1	3	3	14	15	65	260	691	1,444	1,741	952
	Malignant Neoplasms of the:-		7	C00-C97	5,057	1	3	3	13	15	65	255	680	1,425	1,687	910
		Lip, oral cavity, pharynx	8	C00-C14	144	–	–	–	–	1	–	10	31	50	41	11
		Oesophagus	9	C15	294	–	–	–	–	3	5	25	59	93	77	32
		Stomach	10	C16	186	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	25	50	69	31
		Colon	11	C18	221	–	–	–	–	–	4	20	28	48	72	49
		Rectum and anus	12	C19-C21	358	–	–	–	–	2	7	19	59	103	115	53
		Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts	13	C22	253	–	–	–	–	–	3	12	33	81	94	30
		Pancreas	14	C25	304	–	–	–	–	–	2	15	54	93	91	49
		Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung	15	C32-C34	1,074	–	–	–	–	1	6	44	167	400	348	108
		Skin	16	C43	102	–	1	–	–	1	3	9	10	30	27	21
		Breast	17	C50	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	2	2
		Cervix uteri	18	C53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Other parts of uterus	19	C54-C55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Ovary	20	C56	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Prostate	21	C61	628	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	39	109	251	224
		Kidney	22	C64	141	–	–	–	–	–	3	13	24	28	53	20
		Bladder	23	C67	166	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	13	33	64	55
		Lymph/haematopoietic tissue	24	C81-C96	431	–	–	1	3	–	4	18	27	122	166	90
		Other malignant neoplasms			746	1	2	2	10	7	26	54	110	182	217	135
Diseases of the blood and
blood-forming organs,
immunological disorders			25	D50-D89	43	1	–	–	–	1	1	1	9	7	12	11
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic
diseases			26	E00-E90	463	1	–	1	3	1	10	21	31	90	166	139
		Diabetes mellitus	27	E10-E14	326	–	–	–	1	1	3	9	16	64	123	109
Mental and behavioural disorders			28	F00-F99	655	–	–	2	1	–	5	5	7	50	242	343
		Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic
		psychosis)	29	F10	16	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	4	3	4	–
		Drug dependence, toxicomania	30	F11-F16,F18-F19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Diseases of the nervous system and
the sense organs			31	G00-H95	838	2	–	3	3	8	7	25	52	175	326	237
		Meningitis	32	G00-G03	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-			33	I00-I99	4,608	2	1	3	7	19	71	225	476	840	1,442	1,522
		Ischaemic heart disease	34	I20-I25	2,590	–	–	–	–	5	45	147	319	531	812	731
		of which: (Acute myocardial infarction)		I21	1,024	–	–	–	–	1	19	67	126	222	306	283
		Other heart disease	35	I30-I33,I39-I52	716	1	–	2	6	8	13	21	47	99	187	332
		Cerebrovascular disease	36	I60-I69	635	1	–	1	–	3	5	20	56	94	234	221
		Other diseases of circulatory system			667	–	1	–	1	3	8	37	54	116	209	238

Diseases of the Respiratory system			37	J00-J99	1,545	1	–	1	1	4	9	24	87	274	576	568
		Influenza	38	J10-J11	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
		Pneumonia	39	J12-J19	319	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	18	35	88	169
		Chronic Lower respiratory disease	40	J40-J47	726	–	–	–	–	–	1	10	40	152	290	233
		of which: Asthma	41	J45-J46	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	2	11
		Other diseases of the respiratory			499	1	–	1	1	4	4	9	29	87	198	165
		system

Diseases of the Digestive system			42	K00-K93	628	–	–	–	1	8	40	92	104	118	146	119
		Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and
		jejunum	43	K25-K28	41	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	8	9	9	8
		Chronic liver disease	44	K70,K73-K74	216	–	–	–	–	3	26	58	59	41	26	3
		Other diseases of the digestive			371	–	–	–	1	5	13	28	37	68	111	108
		system

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
tissue			45	L00-L99	27	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	3	5	16

Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective tissue			46	M00-M99	73	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	16	29	24
		Rheumatoid arthritis and
		osteoarthrosis	47	M05-M06,M15-M19	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	4

Diseases of the genitourinary system			48	N00-N99	290	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	10	38	93	143
		Diseases of the kidney and ureter	49	N00-N29	202	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	8	28	62	98

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

Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period¹			51	P00-P96	47	47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Congenital malformations and
chromosomal abnormalities			52	Q00-Q99	87	28	2	3	2	1	9	12	20	5	4	1
	Congenital malformations of the:-
		Nervous system	53	Q00-Q07	5	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Circulatory system	54	Q20-Q28	23	9	–	2	1	1	5	3	1	–	1	–

Symptoms, signs, abnormal
findings, ill-defined causes			55	R00-R99	53	6	–	–	1	3	3	2	1	1	11	25
		Sudden infant death syndrome	56	R95	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Unknown and unspecified causes	57	R96-R99	12	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	–	–	3	3

		Codes for special purposes²	58	U00-U49	1,619	–	–	1	3	4	9	48	121	311	590	532
		COVID-19 virus identified and virus unidentified	59	U07	1,619	–	–	1	3	4	9	48	121	311	590	532
		COVID-19 vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use		U12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

External causes of injury and poisoning			60	V01-Y89	936	1	1	5	70	119	172	164	123	105	91	85
	Accidents		61	V01-X59	625	1	1	4	28	73	103	99	75	79	79	83
	of which: Transport accidents		62	V01-V99	70	–	–	3	7	15	11	12	6	12	3	1
	Accidental falls		63	W00-W19	126	–	–	–	2	2	10	10	18	24	29	31
	Accidental poisoning		64	X40-X49	218	1	–	–	17	45	60	53	26	10	5	1
	other accidents				211	–	1	1	2	11	22	24	25	33	42	50
	Suicide and intentional self harm		65	X60-X84	302	–	–	1	41	45	69	64	46	25	10	1
	Homicide/assault		66	X85-Y09	4	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	–
	Events of undetermined intent		67	Y10-Y34	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
	All other external causes				4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1
¹ Stillbirths not included.
² Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology or emergency use

Table 14 Female deaths registered classified by cause and age group, 2021
						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	15,843	89	7	12	40	79	264	558	1,227	2,350	4,336	6,881

Infectious and parasitic diseases:-			1	A00-B99	151	2	–	–	–	1	3	3	8	17	43	74
		Tuberculosis	2	A15-A19,B90	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	2
		Meningococcal infection	3	A39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		AIDS (HIV Disease)	4	B20-B24	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–
		Viral Hepatitis	5	B15-B19	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
		Other infectious and parasitic			143	2	–	–	–	1	3	2	6	16	41	72
		diseases

Neoplasms			6	C00-D48	4,485	–	–	4	9	16	105	277	694	1,113	1,327	940
	Malignant Neoplasms of the:-		7	C00-C97	4,379	–	–	4	8	16	97	276	684	1,100	1,297	897
		Lip, oral cavity, pharynx	8	C00-C14	63	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	9	12	28	10
		Oesophagus	9	C15	123	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	15	34	37	34
		Stomach	10	C16	104	–	–	–	–	1	1	5	15	23	29	30
		Colon	11	C18	195	–	–	–	–	–	3	9	19	33	66	65
		Rectum and anus	12	C19-C21	232	–	–	–	–	–	8	12	26	59	76	51
		Liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts	13	C22	148	–	–	–	–	1	1	5	24	37	51	29
		Pancreas	14	C25	251	–	–	–	–	1	3	8	38	70	78	53
		Larynx and trachea/bronchus /lung	15	C32-C34	911	–	–	–	–	2	6	31	162	311	272	127
		Skin	16	C43	64	–	–	–	–	–	2	7	12	14	15	14
		Breast	17	C50	686	–	–	–	–	6	26	91	125	135	170	133
		Cervix uteri	18	C53	70	–	–	–	–	1	10	20	19	11	5	4
		Other parts of uterus	19	C54-C55	125	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	18	31	43	23
		Ovary	20	C56	324	–	–	–	–	1	9	27	71	91	83	42
		Prostate	21	C61	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Kidney	22	C64	71	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	9	16	22	17
		Bladder	23	C67	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	8	23	22
		Lymph/haematopoietic tissue	24	C81-C96	332	–	–	–	1	–	3	13	29	77	114	95
		Other malignant neoplasms			621	–	–	4	7	3	14	32	90	138	185	148
Diseases of the blood and
blood-forming organs,
immunological disorders			25	D50-D89	44	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	5	6	13	17
Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic
diseases			26	E00-E90	377	–	1	–	1	2	5	11	13	50	97	197
		Diabetes mellitus	27	E10-E14	244	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	8	30	61	139
Mental and behavioural disorders			28	F00-F99	1,103	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	10	45	287	753
		Alcohol abuse (including alcoholic
		psychosis)	29	F10	6	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	–	–	–
		Drug dependence, toxicomania	30	F11-F16,F18-F19	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–
Diseases of the nervous system and
the sense organs			31	G00-H95	824	1	–	3	2	7	14	16	50	108	280	343
		Meningitis	32	G00-G03	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–
Diseases of the Circulatory System:-			33	I00-I99	4,145	2	2	1	1	9	24	72	140	394	1,020	2,480
		Ischaemic heart disease	34	I20-I25	1,531	–	–	–	–	–	7	23	67	188	380	866
		of which: (Acute myocardial infarction)		I21	595	–	–	–	–	–	3	8	27	60	167	330
		Other heart disease	35	I30-I33,I39-I52	937	1	–	–	–	3	5	14	16	48	172	678
		Cerebrovascular disease	36	I60-I69	788	–	1	1	–	3	4	15	30	73	245	416
		Other diseases of circulatory system			889	1	1	–	1	3	8	20	27	85	223	520

Diseases of the Respiratory system			37	J00-J99	1,466	1	–	–	–	–	8	15	65	208	478	691
		Influenza	38	J10-J11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Pneumonia	39	J12-J19	358	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	8	21	79	242
		Chronic Lower respiratory disease	40	J40-J47	717	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	35	142	274	259
		of which: Asthma	41	J45-J46	45	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	5	13	26
		Other diseases of the respiratory			391	1	–	–	–	–	3	5	22	45	125	190
		system

Diseases of the Digestive system			42	K00-K93	599	–	1	–	–	3	23	47	73	88	158	206
		Ulcer of stomach, duodenum and
		jejunum	43	K25-K28	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	8	3	3	7
		Chronic liver disease	44	K70,K73-K74	152	–	–	–	–	2	18	30	38	34	25	5
		Other diseases of the digestive			423	–	1	–	–	1	5	14	27	51	130	194
		system

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
tissue			45	L00-L99	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	9	21

Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective tissue			46	M00-M99	173	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	12	19	56	81
		Rheumatoid arthritis and
		osteoarthrosis	47	M05-M06,M15-M19	57	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	12	22	21

Diseases of the genitourinary system			48	N00-N99	301	1	1	–	–	–	2	3	6	22	85	181
		Diseases of the kidney and ureter	49	N00-N29	177	1	1	–	–	–	1	2	6	16	54	96

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

Certain conditions originating in the
perinatal period¹			51	P00-P96	36	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Congenital malformations and
chromosomal abnormalities			52	Q00-Q99	93	40	2	2	1	1	6	10	12	10	4	5
	Congenital malformations of the:-
		Nervous system	53	Q00-Q07	11	3	–	–	1	1	2	2	1	–	–	1
		Circulatory system	54	Q20-Q28	26	13	1	–	–	–	3	–	2	4	2	1

Symptoms, signs, abnormal
findings, ill-defined causes			55	R00-R99	126	6	–	–	–	–	1	3	6	7	8	95
		Sudden infant death syndrome	56	R95	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Unknown and unspecified causes	57	R96-R99	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	1	2	8

		Codes for special purposes²	58	U07	1,393	–	–	–	–	2	13	24	71	196	407	680
		COVID-19 virus identified and virus unidentified	59	U07	1,392	–	–	–	–	2	13	24	71	196	406	680
		COVID-19 vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use		U12	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

External causes of injury and poisoning			60	V01-Y89	492	–	–	2	25	37	59	64	60	64	64	117
	Accidents		61	V01-X59	391	–	–	1	10	19	39	42	47	56	60	117
	of which: Transport accidents		62	V01-V99	12	–	–	1	–	–	1	4	1	2	–	3
	Accidental falls		63	W00-W19	111	–	–	–	–	1	4	2	12	14	32	46
	Accidental poisoning		64	X40-X49	119	–	–	–	5	14	30	28	24	16	2	–
	other accidents				149	–	–	–	5	4	4	8	10	24	26	68
	Suicide and intentional self harm		65	X60-X84	97	–	–	1	15	18	20	21	13	7	2	–
	Homicide/assault		66	X85-Y09	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Events of undetermined intent		67	Y10-Y34	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
	All other external causes				3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–
¹ Stillbirths not included.
² Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology or emergency use

Table 15 Infant and neonatal mortality by area of residence of deceased, 2021
	Infant mortality¹		Neonatal mortality ²
Area of residence	Number	Rate	Number	Rate³
STATE	180	3.1	140	2.4

LEINSTER	88	2.7	68	2.1
Carlow	5	6.4	5	6.4
Dublin City	22	3.4	19	2.9
South Dublin	5	1.4	3	0.8
Fingal	6	1.5	3	0.7
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	7	2.8	3	1.2
Kildare	7	2.4	5	1.7
Kilkenny	6	5.4	5	4.5
Laois	–	–	–	–
Longford	2	3.7	1	1.8
Louth	5	3.3	4	2.7
Meath	7	2.6	5	1.9
Offaly	4	4.0	4	4.0
Westmeath	3	2.5	3	2.5
Wexford	5	2.8	5	2.8
Wicklow	4	2.2	3	1.7

MUNSTER	54	3.5	44	2.9
Clare	5	3.8	4	3.1
Cork City	5	3.8	3	2.3
Cork County	20	3.7	16	3.0
Kerry	5	3.0	4	2.4
Limerick City	2	2.8	1	1.4
Limerick County	2	1.3	2	1.3
Tipperary	11	5.5	10	5.0
Waterford City	2	3.2	2	3.2
Waterford County	2	2.7	2	2.7

CONNACHT	26	3.9	23	3.5
Galway City	5	5.9	4	4.7
Galway County	11	4.7	9	3.8
Leitrim	–	–	–	–
Mayo	5	3.4	5	3.4
Roscommon	1	1.3	1	1.3
Sligo	4	5.1	4	5.1

ULSTER (PART OF)	12	3.4	5	1.4
Cavan	2	2.1	–	–
Donegal	6	3.4	3	1.7
Monaghan	4	5.1	2	2.5

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:
Border	16	3.4	9	1.9
Midland	9	2.4	8	2.1
West	22	4.1	19	3.5
Dublin	40	2.4	28	1.7
Mid-East	23	2.6	17	1.9
Mid-West	20	3.6	17	3.0
South-East	20	4.0	19	3.8
South-West	30	3.6	23	2.7
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, 2016¹, 2020² and 2021²
	2021
	Number of suicides			Suicide rate³ all persons			Suicide rate³males			Suicide rate³females
Area of residence	Total	Male	Female	2021	2020	2016	2021	2020	2016	2021	2020	2016
STATE	399	302	97	8.0	6.8	8.4	12.2	10.5	13.6	3.8	3.2	3.4

LEINSTER	175	134	41	6.3	5.4	6.7	9.7	8.0	11.4	2.9	2.8	2.3

Carlow	8	7	1	13.4	13.5	19.5	23.6	27.2	28.4	3.3	–	10.6
Dublin City	31	23	8	5.4	5.2	5.8	8.1	7.5	8.8	2.7	3.1	2.9
South Dublin	15	14	1	5.2	7.3	3.1	9.9	8.5	5.0	0.7	6.1	1.4
Fingal	10	8	2	3.1	3.8	2.7	5.1	5.8	4.8	1.2	1.9	0.7
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown	6	5	1	2.5	2.5	0.5	4.2	3.4	1.0	0.8	1.6	–
Kildare	24	15	9	10.1	6.8	9.4	12.7	10.2	16.3	7.5	3.4	2.7
Kilkenny	1	1	–	1.0	–	10.2	1.9	–	12.2	–	–	8.2
Laois	15	9	6	16.8	3.4	11.9	20.0	6.7	21.3	13.5	–	2.4
Longford	1	1	–	2.3	–	12.2	4.6	–	19.4	–	–	4.9
Louth	16	10	6	11.7	2.2	9.3	14.8	4.5	17.2	8.7	–	1.5
Meath	12	10	2	5.7	9.6	7.1	9.6	15.3	11.2	1.9	3.8	3.0
Offaly	8	7	1	9.7	8.6	10.1	17.1	9.9	17.7	2.4	7.3	2.5
Westmeath	3	3	–	3.2	5.4	9.0	6.5	8.7	18.1	–	2.2	–
Wexford	17	14	3	10.8	10.2	12.0	18.0	15.6	21.5	3.7	5.0	2.6
Wicklow	8	7	1	5.2	2.0	7.7	9.3	2.7	15.6	1.3	1.3	–

MUNSTER	118	93	25	8.9	9.0	10.4	14.1	14.0	16.7	3.7	4.1	4.2

Clare	14	11	3	11.4	10.6	13.5	17.9	18.1	23.7	4.9	3.3	3.4
Cork City	7	6	1	5.6	11.2	14.5	9.8	14.6	20.9	1.6	7.9	8.4
Cork County	30	25	5	6.8	5.5	9.8	11.5	8.7	15.4	2.2	2.3	4.3
Kerry	17	11	6	11.1	9.8	14.9	14.5	17.2	24.4	7.7	2.6	5.4
Limerick City	5	3	2	8.5	20.5	8.8	10.4	20.7	10.8	6.8	20.3	6.9
Limerick County	8	6	2	5.6	8.5	5.9	8.4	12.7	8.7	2.8	4.3	2.9
Tipperary	25	21	4	14.9	10.8	–	25.0	18.0	–	4.8	3.6	–
North Tipperary						11.2			19.5			2.8
South Tipperary						7.9			11.3			4.5
Waterford City	1	1	–	2.0	10.2	6.3	4.1	16.5	12.8	–	4.0	–
Waterford County	11	9	2	15.3	8.4	8.7	25.0	16.9	17.4	5.5	–	–

CONNACHT	67	50	17	11.7	8.9	9.4	17.5	14.5	14.4	5.9	3.5	4.4

Galway City	7	6	1	9.1	6.5	8.4	16.1	5.4	8.7	2.5	7.6	8.2
Galway County	25	19	6	13.2	7.4	7.2	20.0	14.9	11.1	6.3	–	3.4
Leitrim	1	–	1	3.0	12.0	9.3	–	24.0	18.5	6.0	–	–
Mayo	15	14	1	10.9	8.1	11.4	20.5	10.3	18.2	1.5	5.8	4.5
Roscommon	11	7	4	16.1	2.9	10.8	20.5	5.9	18.3	11.7	–	3.1
Sligo	8	4	4	11.8	22.3	10.8	11.9	36.0	15.6	11.7	8.9	6.1

ULSTER (PART OF)	39	25	14	12.5	6.5	12.8	16.0	10.4	17.6	9.0	2.6	8.1

Cavan	14	8	6	17.7	10.2	16.2	20.1	15.2	21.5	15.3	5.2	10.8
Donegal	13	7	6	7.8	5.4	12.4	8.4	8.5	16.2	7.2	2.4	8.7
Monaghan	12	10	2	18.6	4.7	9.8	30.8	9.3	16.3	6.2	–	3.3

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	48	29	19	11.6	9.6	11.5	14.0	15.7	17.3	9.2	3.4	5.7
Midland	27	20	7	8.8	4.9	10.6	13.0	7.2	19.1	4.6	2.6	2.0
West	58	46	12	12.3	6.8	9.2	19.6	10.7	13.9	5.0	3.0	4.5
Dublin	62	50	12	4.3	4.9	3.7	7.1	6.6	5.8	1.7	3.2	1.6
Mid-East	60	42	18	8.1	5.7	8.2	11.5	9.0	14.4	4.8	2.4	2.1
Mid-West	52	41	11	10.6	11.3	9.6	16.7	16.8	15.7	4.5	5.7	3.6
South-East	38	32	6	8.6	8.0	10.8	14.6	13.8	17.3	2.7	2.3	4.3
South-West	54	42	12	7.5	7.4	11.7	11.8	11.5	18.3	3.3	3.3	5.2
¹ 2016 deaths are by year of occurrence and are final figures revised to Eurostat NUTS 3 classification introduced in 2018 for comparison purposes
² 2020 and 2021 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 2021 classified by ICD-10 group and sex
ICD-10 group	ICD-10 group	Total	Male	Female
All Causes	A00-Y98	495	273	222
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases	A00-B99	6	3	3
Neoplasms	C00-D48	151	88	63
Diseases of the blood and bloodforming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism	D50-D89	1	1	-
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	E00-E90	22	10	12
Mental and behavioural disorders	F00-F99	28	14	14
Diseases of the nervous system	G00-G99	24	12	12
Diseases of the eye and adnexa	H00-H59	–	–	–
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process	H60-H95	–	–	–
Diseases of the circulatory system	I00-I99	167	94	73
Diseases of the respiratory system	J00-J99	46	26	20
Diseases of the digestive system	K00-K93	15	7	8
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	L00-L99	–	–	–
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	M00-M99	6	1	5
Diseases of genitourinary system	N00-N99	17	10	7
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	11	7	4
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 2021, classified by principal groups of causes, sex and year of occurrence
			Year of occurrence
Cause of Death		2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008 & earlier	Total
Total deaths	M	397	100	20	9	9	5	4	3	3	3	3	39	595
	F	215	68	26	11	9	10	4	1	2	1	2	45	394

Malignant Neoplasms	M	12	3	6	3	2	1	3	–	–	–	1	5	36
	F	15	6	4	3	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	9	40

Diseases of the Circulatory system	M	39	10	3	2	1	2	–	–	–	2	1	16	76
	F	36	11	4	1	4	3	2	–	1	–	1	14	77

Diseases of the Respiratory system	M	15	1	1	2	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	6	28
	F	16	4	1	3	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	1	28

External causes	M	295	65	8	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	–	1	379
	F	117	32	6	3	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	161

All other causes	M	36	21	2	1	2	–	–	1	1	–	1	11	76
	F	31	15	11	1	3	4	2	–	–	1	–	20	88
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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