News

15/02/2023 - NINIS SHUTDOWN

Important Information regarding shut down of NINIS at the end of June 2023

As outlined in previous correspondence and a news story on the NINIS website, NINIS is being replaced with a new dissemination system – The NISRA Data Portal.

NINIS has been NISRA’s main method of disseminating statistical data relating to small areas across NI for a number of years. The NISRA Data Portal will host a wider range of NISRA data as well as hosting NINIS data. The Data Portal has been live now for a number of months and is populated with various datasets. The Portal meets accessibility requirements and gives users the ability to:

• slice and dice datasets,
• run meta-data searches,
• filter results,
• plot interactive charts,
• visualise data over interactive maps,
• save queries and create favourite tables,
• share results and automate processes by reading data via API queries, and
• download the data in multiple formats (CSV, JSON-stat, PX, and XLSX).

Training materials (NISRA Data Portal user guide, instructional video and FAQ section) have been published to help you navigate and use the new system (linked in the footer of the portal). Free Online training sessions and help, if needed, will also be available – contact: info@nisra.gov.uk

Plans on replacing the area profile element of NINIS will be shared in the coming months.

If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch - info@nisra.gov.uk

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11/08/2022 - NEW NISRA Data Portal

NINIS Users

NINIS has been NISRA’s main method of disseminating statistical data relating to small areas across NI, as well as NI as a whole, for a number of years. Whilst NINIS is still operational, it doesn’t conform to Accessibility requirements, is not mobile responsive and is inefficient to update, creating the need to develop a new dissemination system. NISRA has been developing a replacement for NINIS which will also host other NISRA data. A beta version of the new system - The NISRA Data Portal has been launched. Branch resources have been redirected to testing and uploading to this site therefore NINIS Workshops will no longer be delivered.

The NISRA Data Portal will give users the flexibility to slice and dice datasets, run meta-data searches, filter results, plot interactive charts, visualise data over interactive maps, share results and automate processes by reading data via API queries. The outputs follow the Open Data recommendations by providing access to multiple data formats (CSV, JSON-stat, PX, and XLSX).

NINIS is still available and will be available in the medium term, however the plan is data will move across to the NISRA Data Portal over the coming months. Data currently on NINIS will either, move across to the Data Portal, be archived or made available on the NISRA website, depending on the dataset.

A matrix will be created that maps where the data currently sits on NINIS to where it will be found in the future. A NISRA Data Portal user guide, instructional video and FAQ section (linked in the footer) has been created to help you navigate and use the new system. Free Online training sessions, if needed, will also be available.

The system is currently live, although not yet widely publicised. Currently there is a limited amount of data available, more will be populated in the coming months. We are inviting you as NINIS subscribers to explore the beta site and provide us with some feedback, on both the system and the training materials provided, by completing our short feedback survey (this can also be accessed via the feedback link in the banner across the top).

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16/02/2022 - NISRA Household Surveys

Incomplete Datasets due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

NISRA suspended all face-to-face survey interviews in the middle of March 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the reporting period April 2020 – March 2021 all interviews carried out, were conducted by telephone. Consequently, the sample size of many surveys was greatly reduced and therefore not suitable for breakdown by sub Northern Ireland geographies. Where datasets are incomplete, please refer to the metadata for further information..

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26/05/2022 - Area Profiles

‘Making Life Better’ Area Profiles have been updated.

These Area Profiles provide some high level statistics on health and wellbeing grouped by the themes of the ‘Making Life Better’ strategic framework. District Electoral Area (DEA) Area Profiles were updated in May 2022 with the most up to date data.

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26/05/2022 - Datasets and Maps

Datasets and maps recently uploaded to NINIS include:

Updated datasets include

• Standardised Admission Rate for All Hospital Admissions (administrative geographies)
• Standardised Admission Rate for Elective Inpatients (administrative geographies)
• Standardised Death Rate - All Cause (administrative geographies)
• Standardised Death Rate - Cancer Under 75 (administrative geographies)
• Potential Years of Life Lost (administrative geographies)

Updated Maps

• Percentage Claimant Count Unemployed Monthly - Assembly Area
• Percentage Claimant Count Unemployed Monthly - LGD2014
• Claimant Count Unemployed Monthly - Super output Areas
• Road Traffic Collisions by Severity of Injury
• Economic Activity and Qualifications
• Northern Ireland House Price Index

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29/04/2022 - Essential Maintenance

NINIS interruption 29th April to 2nd May 2022.

Essential maintenance will be carried out on NINIS next weekend. As a result of this NINIS will be offline intermittently from 6pm on Friday 29th April until 9am on Tuesday 2nd May. If you try to access NINIS website during this period you may get an error message indicating that the site can’t be found. Normal service will resume thereafter, apologies for any inconvenience.

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22/04/2022 - Essential Maintenance Update

Essential Maintenance 22nd April to 25th April has been POSTPONED.

Essential maintenance on NINIS website planned for this weekend has been postponed. Maintenance will be rescheduled - details to follow. Access to NINIS website will be available as normal.

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13/04/2022 - Essential Maintenance

NINIS interruption 22nd April to 25th April 2022

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23/03/2022 - Area Profiles

‘Making Life Better’ Area Profiles have been updated.

These Area Profiles provide some high level statistics on health and wellbeing grouped by the themes of the ‘Making Life Better’ strategic framework. Northern Ireland (NI), Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT), Assembly Area (AA) and Local Council (LGD2014) Area Profiles were updated in March 2022 with the most up to date data.

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16/03/2022 - Datasets and Maps

Datasets and maps recently uploaded to NINIS include:

Updated datasets include

• Civil Servants by home and work location (administrative geographies)
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Coverage (administrative geographies)
• Further Education Regulated Enrolments (administrative geographies)
• Further Education Achievements (administrative geographies)

Updated Maps

• Percentage Claimant Count Unemployed Monthly - Assembly Area
• Percentage Claimant Count Unemployed Monthly - LGD2014
• Claimant Count Unemployed Monthly - Super output Areas
• NI House Price Index

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