Vital Statistics - Deaths Registration

The data is collected under the Vital Statistics Act 1952 and Section 73 of the Civil Registration Act 2004.

Purpose: To collect vital statistics on all deaths in Ireland.

Coverage: All deaths in Ireland.

Data received on an ongoing basis from the GRO.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Additional Info

Field Value
Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
Department of Social Protection
Email
data@department-of-social.ie
Identifier
Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Department of Social Protection
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
Identifier
Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 1864
Modification date August 19, 2025
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0127
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL
Provenance

All data is received electronically. Prior to Sept 2003, data was coded from death certificates. In September 2003, electronic transfer of data from the General Registry Office commenced on a phased basis.

Data is received weekly from the GRO.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 1864
End
August 15, 2025
Temporal resolution
Spatial coverage
Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
Geometry
Bounding Box
Centroid
Spatial resolution in meters
Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/NON_PUBLIC
Other identifier
Theme
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
Documentation
Conforms to
Is referenced by
Analytics
Applicable legislation
Has version
Code values
Coding system
Purpose
Health category
  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/public-health
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/chronic-disease
Legal basis
Minimum typical age 18
Maximum typical age 65
Number of records 172728
Number of records for unique individuals. 231230
Personal data
Publisher note
Publisher type
Trusted Data Holder
Population coverage
Retention period
Health data access body
Qualified relation
Provenance Activity
URI
Qualified Attribution
Quality annotations