Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 May 1998

Vol. 490 No. 7

Written Answers. - Suicide Incidence.

Dan Neville

Question:

168 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will give a breakdown by gender and age group of the number of suicides in each of the provinces in 1997. [11000/98]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

Data on mortality are routinely published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The most recent year for which figures are available is 1996. The numbers of deaths from suicide in 1996 in each of the provinces by age group and sex are set out in table 1 below. Figures for January to September 1997 are provided in table 2.

TABLE 1

DEATHS FROM SUICIDE IN EACH PROVINCE BY AGE GROUP AND SEX, 1996*

Province	0-14 Years	15-34 Years	35-54 Years	Over 55 Years	All Ages
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Leinster	0	1	1	66	19	85	42	10	52	19	7	26	127	37	164
Munster	1	0	1	55	4	59	44	10	54	20	7	27	120	21	141
Connacht	0	0	0	12	3	15	14	2	16	11	3	14	37	8	45
Ulster (part of)	0	0	0	12	0	12	7	1	8	7	1	8	26	2	28
Total	1	1	2	145	26	171	107	23	130	57	18	75	310	68	378

* All figures are provisional based on year of registration.

TABLE 2

DEATHS FROM SUICIDE IN EACH PROVINCE BY AGE GROUP AND SEX, JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1997*

Province	0-14 Years	15-34 Years	35-54 Years	Over 55 Years	All Ages
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Leinster	3	0	3	64	14	78	34	7	41	17	1	18	118	22	140
Munster	4	0	4	35	6	41	24	10	34	15	10	25	78	26	104
Connacht	0	0	0	12	3	15	15	2	17	10	2	12	37	7	44
Ulster (part of)	0	0	0	8	0	8	7	0	7	2	1	3	17	1	18
Total	7	0	7	119	23	142	80	19	99	44	14	58	250	56	306

* All figures are provisional based on period of registration.