Top five areas in Ireland with the highest birth rate
In contrast, there were nearly 36,000 deaths across the year, with a break-down of the figures detailing where the lowest and highest births and deaths occurred throughout the 12 months.
The Irish Birth Rate stood at 10.2 births per 1,000 of population across Ireland, with Tallaght South, South Dublin, Enniscrothy, and Ongar having the highest birth rates by Local Electoral Areas. There were just under 55,000 births across Ireland in 2022, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Pic: Getty Images
Tallaght and South Dublin had 13.7 per 1,000 followed by Enniscorthy in Wexford at 13.3 and Ongar Fingal, County Dublin at 13.2.
Donegal's Glenties; Killiney, Shankill and Galway City Central had the lowest birth rates at 7.4; 7.6 and 7.6 respectively.
The death rate was 6.7 per 1,000 of population with Belmullet, Mayo; Enniscorthy, Wexford and Swinford, Mayo recording the highest rates by Local Electoral Area nationwide. Tallaght and South Dublin had 13.7 per 1,000 followed by Enniscorthy in Wexford at 13.3 and Ongar Fingal, County Dublin at 13.2. Pic: Getty Images
Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Fingal; Lucan; Swords and Maynooth had the lowest recorded death rates, with Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart recording 2.8 per 1,000.
The CSO revealed that Neoplasms and Disease of the Circulatory System accounted for more than half (56.7%) of deaths across Ireland in 2022.
They explained that neoplasm deaths can be benign or malignant (cancerous) with the highest LEAs Tralee in Kerry, Swinford, Co Kerry and Rosecrea-Templemore in Tipperary. In contrast, there were nearly 36,000 deaths across the year, with a break-down of the figures detailing where the lowest and highest births and deaths occurred throughout the 12 months. Pic: Shutterstock
Diseases of the circulatory system include heart attacks and strokes, with Ballinamore, Co Leitrim the LEA with the highest death rate as a result of this.
Other causes of death include mental and behavioural disorders (including dementia); nervous system and sense organ diseases; external causes of injury and poisoning or COVID-19 or other unidentified viruses.
15 out of 166 (9%) of Ireland's Local Electoral Areas experienced what the CSO called a 'negative natural increase' which means there were more deaths recorded than birth.
These included three LEAs in Dublin and Kerry, two in Mayo and one respectively in Clare, Cork, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, and Wexford.
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