Three areas in Ireland record higher death rates than birth rates

The highest number of deaths happened in and around Dublin.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released stats on Births and Deaths at Local Electoral Areas 2021.

The data shows that just three Local Electoral Areas, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Glenties, Co Donegal, and Bantry-West Cork, Co Cork recorded more deaths than births in the country.

Three areas in Ireland record higher death rates than birth rates

The data shows that 34,844 deaths occurred in 2021, with some areas within Dublin City recording the highest number of deaths.

Clontarf, Dublin City (528), Ballymun-Finglas, Dublin City (502), and Artane-Whitehall, Dublin City (499) were the LEAs with the highest number of deaths.

In contrast, Leixlip, Co Kildare (65), Ballinamore, Co Leitrim (76), and Granard, Co Longford (80) recorded the lowest.

There were 60,575 births in 2021, again, with a lot of them happening in and around Dublin.

North Inner City, Dublin City (755), Howth-Malahide, Fingal (732), and Swords, Fingal (727) were the LEAs with the highest number of births, while Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim (104), Belmullet, Co. Mayo (112), and Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim (117) had the lowest.

The data also revealed the national fertility rate, which stood at 47.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15-49 in 2021.

Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim (61.2), Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford (60.8), and Ballybay-Clones, Co. Monaghan (60.6) were the LEAs with the highest general fertility rate in 2021.

South-East Inner City, Dublin City (29.8), Galway City Central, Galway City (30.5), and North Inner City, Dublin City (31.1) had the lowest general fertility rate.