The Central Statistics Workplace has suggested that care needs to be taken when evaluating deaths recorded in 2021 with 2022.
There have been 35,477 deaths final 12 months, in contrast with 33,055 in 2021.
Cancers and circulatory illness had been the largest causes of loss of life final 12 months, whereas Covid-19 accounted for 1,848 deaths or 5.2% of registered deaths.
The CSO stated that in accordance with World Well being Organisation guidelines, the choice of Covid-19 because the underlying reason behind loss of life depends on the place Covid-19 is positioned within the hierarchy of a loss of life certificates by the medical certifier.
The CSO stated that because of the HSE cyberattack in Could 2021, Normal Register Places of work had been closed.
This meant that the registration of births, deaths and marriages weren’t potential at the moment.
It has cautioned that because of this, the full births, deaths, and marriages in quarter two, three and 4 of 2021 isn’t comparable, with earlier and or subsequent quarters and so care needs to be taken on this regard.
It additionally identified that deaths will be registered as much as three months after the date of loss of life.
