Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 29 Jan 2003

Vol. 560 No. 1

Written Answers. - Mortality Statistics.

Phil Hogan

Question:

601 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on an annual basis who die as a result of sudden cardiac arrest; the age and gender profile of such persons; the extent of fatalities by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27176/02]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin)

Data on mortality are compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics. Table 1 below sets out the total number of deaths due to acute myocardial infarction for the years 1997 to 2001. Table 2 provides a detailed breakdown of these deaths by age group, gender and county for 2001.

Table 1: Number of Deaths due to Acute Myocardial

Infarction 1997 to 2001

Year	Number
1997	4,831
1998	4,671
1999	4,441
2000	4,013
2001*	3,713

*Provisional figure based on year of registration.

Source: Central Statistics Office.

Table 2

Number of Deaths due to Acute Myocardial Infarction by Age Group, County and Gender, 2001

	Male	Under 45 Years	45-64 years	65 years and over	All Ages	Female	Under 45 years	45-64 years	65 years and over	All Ages
Carlow	0	6	26	32	0	0	26	26
Cavan	1	4	30	35	0	1	29	30
Clare	1	14	46	61	1	1	41	43
Cork	1	39	218	258	1	14	212	227
Donegal	0	16	95	111	0	3	79	82
Dublin	7	78	285	370	1	15	308	324
Galway	1	19	112	132	0	1	90	91
Kerry	1	11	83	95	1	0	82	83
Kildare	2	6	42	50	2	2	41	45
Kilkenny	1	5	33	39	1	1	35	37
Laois	0	7	35	42	0	0	24	24
Leitrim	0	5	18	23	0	1	8	9
Limerick	0	20	81	101	0	4	65	69
Longford	0	7	24	31	0	0	20	20
Louth	0	10	52	62	0	4	44	48
Mayo	0	12	73	85	0	3	75	78
Meath	1	12	35	48	0	4	36	40
Monaghan	0	9	42	51	0	2	21	23
Offaly	0	10	29	39	0	1	21	22
Roscommon	1	9	42	52	0	1	35	36
Sligo	3	11	25	39	0	1	18	19
Tipperary NR	1	4	38	43	0	1	43	44
Tipperary SR	2	9	37	48	0	2	42	44
Waterford	0	9	47	56	0	0	50	50
Westmeath	1	10	36	47	0	0	33	33
Wexford	1	12	67	80	0	1	42	43
Wicklow	0	12	44	56	0	2	35	37
Ireland	25	366	1,695	2,086	7	65	1,555	1,627

Note: All figures are provisional based on year of registration.

Source: Central Statistics Office.