Jim Higgins
Question:102 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of people who died from lung cancer in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 on a county by county basis. [1427/95]
Written Answers. - Lung Cancer Deaths.
Limerick East): The number of deaths from lung cancer by county for the years 1990 to 1993 inclusive is set out in the following table. Figures for 1991, 1992 and 1993 are provisional. Annual mortality data are not yet available for 1994.
|
County |
1990 |
1991* |
1992* |
1993* |
|
Carlow |
27 |
15 |
15 |
21 |
|
Cavan |
24 |
28 |
25 |
30 |
|
Clare |
28 |
31 |
24 |
30 |
|
Cork |
269 |
161 |
177 |
166 |
|
Donegal |
56 |
47 |
60 |
54 |
|
Dublin |
509 |
493 |
474 |
522 |
|
Galway |
55 |
53 |
65 |
61 |
|
Kerry |
55 |
44 |
53 |
34 |
|
Kildare |
48 |
37 |
44 |
51 |
|
Kilkenny |
21 |
20 |
20 |
27 |
|
Laois |
20 |
29 |
28 |
26 |
|
Leitrim |
14 |
9 |
13 |
15 |
|
Limerick |
54 |
65 |
66 |
81 |
|
Longford |
12 |
18 |
16 |
17 |
|
Louth |
42 |
44 |
52 |
59 |
|
Mayo |
49 |
40 |
45 |
51 |
|
Meath |
46 |
38 |
31 |
37 |
|
Monaghan |
20 |
19 |
27 |
12 |
|
Offaly |
22 |
22 |
21 |
29 |
|
Roscommon |
26 |
23 |
26 |
27 |
|
Sligo |
29 |
25 |
21 |
16 |
|
Tipperary |
56 |
73 |
63 |
67 |
|
Waterford |
37 |
46 |
46 |
46 |
|
Westmeath |
21 |
28 |
29 |
33 |
|
Wexford |
43 |
48 |
47 |
37 |
|
Wicklow |
46 |
45 |
45 |
47 |
|
Total |
1,529 |
1,501 |
1,533 |
1,596 |
*Provisional figures based on year of registration.