Number of deaths in New Zealand

All causes, Dec 2013–Dec 2023

The following information applies to all values in the table. Sex: Total
Month	Number of deaths
Dec 2013	2,259
Jan 2014	2,322
Feb 2014	2,160
Mar 2014	2,349
Apr 2014	2,295
May 2014	2,688
Jun 2014	2,658
Jul 2014	2,958
Aug 2014	2,925
Sep 2014	2,841
Oct 2014	2,694
Nov 2014	2,550
Dec 2014	2,541
Jan 2015	2,514
Feb 2015	2,259
Mar 2015	2,457
Apr 2015	2,445
May 2015	2,619
Jun 2015	2,676
Jul 2015	3,084
Aug 2015	3,063
Sep 2015	2,838
Oct 2015	2,682
Nov 2015	2,490
Dec 2015	2,511
Jan 2016	2,409
Feb 2016	2,226
Mar 2016	2,310
Apr 2016	2,427
May 2016	2,664
Jun 2016	2,670
Jul 2016	2,940
Aug 2016	2,997
Sep 2016	2,784
Oct 2016	2,754
Nov 2016	2,538
Dec 2016	2,586
Jan 2017	2,547
Feb 2017	2,289
Mar 2017	2,589
Apr 2017	2,535
May 2017	2,850
Jun 2017	2,967
Jul 2017	3,429
Aug 2017	3,405
Sep 2017	2,907
Oct 2017	2,775
Nov 2017	2,565
Dec 2017	2,634
Jan 2018	2,658
Feb 2018	2,292
Mar 2018	2,655
Apr 2018	2,655
May 2018	2,820
Jun 2018	2,886
Jul 2018	3,018
Aug 2018	3,153
Sep 2018	2,859
Oct 2018	2,850
Nov 2018	2,625
Dec 2018	2,604
Jan 2019	2,649
Feb 2019	2,241
Mar 2019	2,820
Apr 2019	2,766
May 2019	2,982
Jun 2019	3,129
Jul 2019	3,336
Aug 2019	3,129
Sep 2019	2,910
Oct 2019	2,853
Nov 2019	2,652
Dec 2019	2,565
Jan 2020	2,700
Feb 2020	2,496
Mar 2020	2,700
Apr 2020	2,694
May 2020	2,718
Jun 2020	2,700
Jul 2020	2,925
Aug 2020	2,817
Sep 2020	2,664
Oct 2020	2,781
Nov 2020	2,649
Dec 2020	2,868
Jan 2021	2,871
Feb 2021	2,475
Mar 2021	2,835
Apr 2021	2,769
May 2021	2,940
Jun 2021	2,967
Jul 2021	3,288
Aug 2021	3,345
Sep 2021	2,928
Oct 2021	2,886
Nov 2021	2,802
Dec 2021	2,856
Jan 2022	2,874
Feb 2022	2,628
Mar 2022	3,267
Apr 2022	3,141
May 2022	3,420
Jun 2022	3,501
Jul 2022	3,921
Aug 2022	3,528
Sep 2022	3,174
Oct 2022	3,207
Nov 2022	2,979
Dec 2022	3,138
Jan 2023	3,090
Feb 2023	2,667
Mar 2023	2,979
Apr 2023	3,018
May 2023	3,213
Jun 2023	3,228
Jul 2023	3,414
Aug 2023	3,420
Sep 2023	3,348
Oct 2023	3,261
Nov 2023	3,063
Dec 2023	3,201

Data calculation/treatment

Deaths data are based on deaths registered in New Zealand to people resident in New Zealand by date of death (not date of registration). Data from 1990 are subject to revision.

Limitations of the data

Data has been randomly rounded to three to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different tables.

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Births and Deaths: Month and year of death (Monthly) December 2023

Webpage:

https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Population > Deaths - VSD >Month and year of death (Monthly)'. All variables were selected to create this dataset.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Births and Deaths: Month and year of death (Monthly) December 2023

From the dataset Births and Deaths: Month and year of death (Monthly) December 2023, this data was extracted:

Rows: 3-530
Column: 2
Provided: 528 data points

This data forms the table Deaths - Deaths by month and year Jan 1980–Dec 2023.

Dataset originally released on:

May 15, 2024

Purpose of collection

Under the provisions of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995, every death occurring in New Zealand must be registered.
Death statistics provide local authorities, health authorities, and research institutions with information needed to plan future and current social services.

Number of deaths in New Zealand

All causes, Dec 2013–Dec 2023

About this data

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