Dan Neville
Question:292 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the annual suicide rate; and the rate per gender for each of the years since 1960. [10890/00]
Written Answers. - Suicide Incidence.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:
Suicide: Crude Death Rates per 100,000 Population 1960 to 1998
|
Year |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
1960 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
|
1961 |
5.0 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
|
1962 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
|
1963 |
3.7 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
|
1964 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
|
1965 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
|
1966 |
3.6 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
|
1967 |
3.7 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
|
1968 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
|
1969 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
|
1970 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
|
1971 |
3.9 |
1.5 |
2.7 |
|
1972 |
4.3 |
1.7 |
3.0 |
|
1973 |
4.9 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
|
1974 |
5.9 |
1.7 |
3.8 |
|
1975 |
6.5 |
2.8 |
4.7 |
|
1976 |
7.9 |
3.4 |
5.7 |
|
1977 |
6.0 |
3.3 |
4.6 |
|
1978 |
6.4 |
3.5 |
4.9 |
|
Year |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
1979 |
8.6 |
2.9 |
5.7 |
|
1980 |
8.4 |
4.3 |
6.4 |
|
1981 |
9.1 |
3.8 |
6.5 |
|
1982 |
10.2 |
3.6 |
6.9 |
|
1983 |
11.5 |
4.6 |
8.0 |
|
1984 |
9.3 |
3.9 |
6.6 |
|
1985 |
12.2 |
3.4 |
7.8 |
|
1986 |
12.3 |
3.7 |
8.0 |
|
1987 |
10.5 |
3.4 |
6.9 |
|
1988 |
11.1 |
4.0 |
7.5 |
|
1989 |
12.2 |
3.7 |
7.9 |
|
1990 |
14.4 |
4.7 |
9.5 |
|
1991 |
16.1 |
3.6 |
9.8 |
|
1992 |
17.2 |
3.3 |
10.2 |
|
1993 |
14.6 |
3.7 |
9.1 |
|
1994 |
17.1 |
5.0 |
11.0 |
|
1995 |
18.0 |
4.6 |
11.2 |
|
1996* |
17.2 |
3.7 |
10.4 |
|
1997* |
19.5 |
4.2 |
11.8 |
|
1998* |
22.9 |
4.4 |
13.6 |
*Provisional figures based on year of registration.
Source: Central Statistics Office.