Mary Flaherty
Question:64 Miss Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the statistics for infant and child deaths from non-accidental injury in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4782/95]
Written Answers. - Infant and Child Deaths.
, Limerick East): Statistics on cause of death by age for each year are available from the reports on vital statistics published by the Central Statistics Office. Figures taken from these reports on deaths of infants and children from non-accidental injury for each year from 1984 to 1993 are presented in the following table.
Deaths from Non-Accidental Injury, 1984 to 1993.
|
Year |
Non-Accidental Injury* |
||
|
Infants (Under 1 Year) |
Children (1-14 Years) |
Total |
|
|
1984 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1985 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1986 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
1987 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
1988 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1989 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1990 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
1991† |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1992† |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1993† |
0 |
4 |
4 |
* Self-inflicted injury is not included.
† Provisional figures based on year of registration.