In 2004 eight parishes had over 90% of their deaths being registered in the same parish as the parish of residence of the deceased. These were St. Catherine, St. Thomas, Portland, Westmoreland, Hanover, Trelawny, Clarendon and St. Elizabeth. In the previous reporting year, only one additional parish, St. Mary, had over 90% coincidence. The parish of Kingston deviated drastically from this trend as it had only 33.2% coincidence and most of its death registrations were for persons who resided in St. Andrew at 41.1% of all its registrations.

TABLE 13: TOTAL DEATHS REGISTERED IN 2004 CLASSIFIED BY PARISH OF RESIDENCE OF DECEASED

For 2004 death occurrences, the trend was the same for the eight parishes mentioned in the previous paragraph. For Kingston, it had 32.9% coincidence and 41.4% of its deaths were persons who resided in St. Andrew.

13a: TOTAL DEATHS OCCURRING IN 2004 CLASSIFIED BY PARISH OF RESIDENCE OF DECEASED