Key findings:

• Over the five-year period, 2019 to 2023, more than nine out of every ten deaths matched to additional datasets was to someone with an Irish nationality. 
• In 2019, the average age at death for someone with an Irish nationality was 77.1 years, and in 2023 it was 78.3.
• In 2019, the average age at death for someone with a nationality other than Irish, was 67.7 years, and in 2023 it was 69.6.
• Deaths due to suicide accounted for around 1% of matched deaths for someone with an Irish nationality over the period 2019 to 2023, while it was around 2% for those of all other nationalities.
• In 2019, the average age at death for someone who self-reported as White Irish in the Census, was 77.7 years, and in 2023 was 78.6. For those who self-reported as White Irish Traveller the average age of death was 58.7 years in 2019, and 58.5 in 2023, while it was 68.7 and 69.7 for all other self-reported ethnicities for the same period.
• Around 1% of matched deaths for someone who self-reported as White Irish in the Census was due to suicide over the period 2019 to 2023, while it was nearly 10% for those who self-reported as White Irish Traveller, and 2% for all other ethnic groups.

Datasets related to this release:
VSA35: Revised Deaths Occurring (including late registrations), by Sex, Age Group and Year
VSA29: Deaths Occurring (based on Annual Report), by Sex, Age Group and Year