CITIZENS FOR KEVIN SHEEHY issued the following announcement on July 28.
The latest statistics show there were 885 excess deaths reported in Northern Ireland for the four-month period up to the end of June – which closely corresponds with the 837 coronavirus deaths recorded over the same period.
The figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) from March 1st to June 30th illustrate the number of deaths in the North were 17.4 per cent above expected levels when taking in death number over the last five years.
The number of excess deaths for women (474) is higher than that for men (411), while 421 women died from Covid-19-related illness compared to 416 men.
Although coronavirus is known to affect more men than women, this apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that women live longer that men and most of the coronavirus deaths impact on the elderly.
Nisra said that, based on the statistics, proportionally more men than women die from Covid-19.
The vast majority of excess deaths (78.4 per cent) and Covid-19-related deaths (79.8 per cent) are accounted for by those aged 75 and over. In this age group, excess deaths were 21.3 per cent above expected levels, compared to 17.4 per cent for all ages.
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