Dan Neville
Question:119 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides by gender and county in 1998. [13928/99]
Written Answers. - Suicide Statistics.
Data on mortality are routinely published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The most recent figures available refer to the third quarter of 1998 and are set out in the table below. These figures are provisional as they refer to deaths registered during January to September 1998 rather than deaths which actually occurred during that period.
Deaths from Suicide by Gender and County, January to
September 1998*
|
County |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Carlow |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Cavan |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
Clare |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|
Cork |
51 |
10 |
61 |
|
Donegal |
11 |
2 |
13 |
|
Dublin |
74 |
19 |
93 |
|
Galway |
17 |
5 |
22 |
|
Kerry |
13 |
3 |
16 |
|
Kildare |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
Kilkenny |
5 |
2 |
7 |
|
Laois |
7 |
2 |
9 |
|
Leitrim |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Limerick |
12 |
3 |
15 |
|
Longford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Louth |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|
Mayo |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Meath |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|
Monaghan |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Offaly |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
Roscommon |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Sligo |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
Tipperary |
12 |
5 |
17 |
|
Waterford |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
Westmeath |
6 |
2 |
8 |
|
Wexford |
5 |
2 |
7 |
|
Wicklow |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
Total |
293 |
66 |
359 |
* All figures are provisional based on period of registration. Source: Central Statistics Office.