Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 1 Mar 1994

Vol. 439 No. 5

Written Answers. - Cancer Deaths.

Seamus Kirk

Question:

187 Mr. Kirk asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths from cancer in each year from 1980 to date on a county basis.

Minister for Health (Mr. Howlin)

The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the Table below:

Deaths from Cancer by County 1980 to 1992

County	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991*	1992*
Carlow	67	69	85	64	82	78	58	73	85	75	94	85	92
Dublin County Borough	1,218	1,243	1,188	1,176	1,247	1,176	1,255	1,233	1,380	1,421	1,306	1,353	1,309
Dublin County: (a)	318	389	453	426	456	487	345	366	340	347	355	362	403
Dublin Belgard	—	—	—	—	—	—	196	178	159	172	158	174	227
Dublin Fingal	—	—	—	—	—	—	149	188	181	175	197	188	176
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	141	137	143	157	158	151	290	311	338	355	397	368	398
Kildare	138	141	142	160	150	161	166	161	192	175	171	183	205
Kilkenny	132	111	101	129	120	148	129	109	131	145	125	130	140
Laois	82	86	96	89	71	117	96	106	109	118	97	111	118
Longford	60	72	52	65	82	63	58	70	62	61	62	70	71
Louth	161	151	159	174	189	173	179	178	177	180	198	180	206
Meath	159	174	152	131	155	163	176	142	174	185	186	189	174
Offaly	105	101	98	102	115	92	114	115	110	112	117	124	136
Westmeath	106	116	96	135	128	114	113	112	116	130	125	136	119
Wexford	181	172	193	185	215	199	197	219	194	229	212	221	202
Wicklow	142	129	167	142	173	147	176	181	169	193	199	179	192
Leinster	3,010	3,091	3,125	3,135	3,341	3,269	3,352	3,376	3,577	3,726	3,644	3,691	3,765
Clare	153	179	152	156	166	158	176	166	175	181	177	187	185
Cork County Borough	246	230	273	280	274	265	258	295	258	320	307	264	274
Cork County	541	491	547	524	559	566	555	597	575	555	482	647	580
Kerry	241	256	247	242	223	230	267	278	274	258	259	281	314
Limerick County Borough	120	95	115	94	130	124	111	106	81	77	86	131	126
Limerick County	194	174	154	192	190	192	201	203	217	279	178	187	189
Tipperary NR	122	129	128	143	110	116	110	108	124	126	141	130	141
Tipperary SR	141	161	156	151	164	166	135	173	156	158	127	175	175
Waterford County Borough	62	86	68	66	68	53	74	69	58	61	71	75	87
Waterford County	122	108	93	120	102	132	110	111	123	125	122	110	145
Munster	1,942	1,909	1,933	1,968	1,986	2,002	1,997	2,106	2,041	2,140	1,950	2,187	2,216
Galway County Borough (b)	—	—	—	—	—	—	63	70	63	59	59	69	69
Galway County	302	284	283	300	312	343	277	276	317	286	295	287	272
Leitrim	82	64	54	81	64	76	76	91	65	75	85	64	90
Mayo	268	219	266	270	244	261	297	257	273	253	278	271	261
Roscommon	106	110	124	126	122	111	138	145	145	129	126	133	130
Sligo	137	132	132	141	120	149	125	155	147	154	119	112	143
Connacht	895	809	859	918	862	940	976	994	1,010	956	962	936	965
Cavan	114	125	105	120	122	134	141	124	108	133	140	138	140
Donegal	221	210	229	228	276	243	302	262	314	274	307	255	256
Monaghan	106	76	81	102	79	101	122	104	104	110	112	105	110
Ulster (Part of)	441	411	415	450	477	478	565	490	526	517	559	498	506
Grand Total	6,288	6,220	6,332	6,471	6,666	6,689	6,890	6,966	7,154	7,339	7,115	7,312	7,452

* Provisional, figures.

(a) A breakdown of Dublin County into Dublin in Belgard and Dublin Fingal was not available for 1980 to 1985.

(b) Figures for Galway County for 1980 to 1985 include Galway County Borough.