There were 13,364 deaths which occurred in 2004 and are registered. The previous year had 14,667 death occurrences which indicates a decrease of 1,303 or 8.9% from 2003 to 2004. The 2004 total was also less than the 14,042 in 2002 by 678 or 4.8%.

As with population and live birth trends, the regional contributions were in the expected order of South Eastern, then Southern, Western and North Eastern. Additionally, the four regions fluctuated over the three-year period of 2002 to 2004. In 2004, the death occurrence regional totals respectively were 6,128 (45.9%), 3,158 (23.6%), 2,237 (16.7%) and 1,841 (13.8%). In 2003, they were 7,134 (48.6%), 3,114 (21.2%), 2,436 (16.6%) and 1,983 (13.5%). In 2002, the contributions were 6,405 (45.6%), 3,198 (22.8%), 2,426 (17.3%) and 2,013 (14.3%).

In 2004, the three leading months for death occurrences were January, June and October with 1,352 (10.1%), 1,178 (8.8%) and 1,174 (8.8%) respectively. In 2003, January, December and March led with 1,451 (9.9%), 1,331 (9.1%) and 1,257 (8.6%) respectively. The situation differed in 2002, however, as the leading months were July, October and April with 1,369 (9.7%), 1,262 (9.0%) and 1,216 (8.7%) respectively.

TABLE 10: DEATH OCCURRING IN 2004 BY PARISH AND MONTH OF OCCURRENCE