Vital Events Statistics User Survey 2025_26

Overview

The Vital Statistics Team in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) produce statistics on births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and adoptions from civil registration events which are registered with the General Register Office (GRO). Figures on divorces and civil partnership dissolutions are compiled from returns of ‘Decrees made Absolute’ supplied by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service.

This survey gathers feedback on Vital Events Statistics in Northern Ireland and helps NISRA understand how and why you use these statistics. The survey provides an opportunity for you to tell us what matters most to you, and is your opportunity to tell us what improvements, enhancements or changes you would like to see reflected in our outputs.

Privacy Notice

The data collected in this survey will be used for;

• Improving Vital Events outputs of Demographic Statistics Branch, NISRA.

NISRA will hold personal data in line with the Department of Finance Retention and Disposal Schedule. For information regarding the NISRA Privacy Notice following the introduction of GDPR please go to the following link NISRA Privacy notice or phone the Data Protection Office on 028 9052 4961.

All the information you provide will be treated in strict confidence and will not be used to identify you personally. The analysis will be carried out on an anonymous basis under the guidelines of the GDPR.

Anonymised comments may be published on the NISRA website.

Information will not be passed on to anyone else and will only be used for the purposes of this consultation.

Why your views matter

Your feedback will help shape the content of the publications on vital event registrations in Northern Ireland. Additionally, your views will help improve the communication style and frequency about changes or improvements to data on births, deaths, stillbirths, marriages and civil partnerships.