Deaths increase by ten percent in 2022 – media release
20 February 2023
The number of deaths in New Zealand rose to 38,574 in 2022, Stats NZ said today.
This was a 10 percent increase in the number of registered deaths compared with 2021, when there were 34,932 deaths registered.
“The increased number of deaths in 2022 was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,” population estimates and projections manager Michael MacAskill said.
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