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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 29 Jan 2003

Vol. 560 No. 1

Written Answers. - Suicide Incidence.

Dan Neville

Question:

648 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths by suicide per 100,000 of population, per county, for 1997 to 2002, inclusive. [1295/03]

Data on mortality is compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics. The latest period for which data are available is January to September 2002. These figures are set out in the following table, in addition to figures for 1997 to 2001.

Number of Deaths from Suicide per 100,000 Population 1997 to 2002

County

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

January toSeptember 2002

Carlow

23.8

11.8

4.7

4.6

16.0

8.7

Cavan

20.6

7.4

7.3

12.7

16.2

9.5

Clare

10.5

15.6

12.4

8.2

11.1

9.0

Cork

19.3

17.2

12.2

15.3

16.2

16.1

Donegal

13.0

10.6

10.5

9.6

8.0

8.7

Dublin

9.8

10.9

10.9

10.4

8.8

8.7

Galway

17.3

11.5

11.8

10.2

9.5

8.9

Kerry

13.4

20.2

14.6

15.2

12.8

8.1

Kildare

14.0

8.7

5.8

14.2

11.2

9.8

Kilkenny

7.9

16.9

18.0

21.7

20.1

9.9

Laois

9.4

16.7

9.2

10.9

16.2

4.5

Leitrim

23.7

19.6

15.5

15.4

15.2

31.0

Limerick

10.8

16.6

15.3

18.6

10.9

11.4

Longford

6.6

9.8

19.3

9.6

18.9

12.9

Louth

12.9

17.0

11.6

13.5

9.2

5.2

Mayo

14.2

14.1

11.3

14.7

13.6

13.6

Meath

11.7

9.8

14.2

9.6

13.9

11.0

Monaghan

13.5

15.3

9.5

20.6

7.4

5.1

Offaly

10.1

16.6

14.8

29.3

22.5

20.9

Roscommon

13.4

13.2

11.2

11.1

9.1

7.4

Sligo

5.3

21.1

10.4

5.4

10.2

9.2

Tipperary NR

12.0

10.1

16.7

14.9

13.1

13.1

Tipperary SR

11.8

18.2

15.4

14.0

15.1

16.8

Waterford

18.8

11.4

11.3

12.1

11.0

17.1

Westmeath

6.3

20.1

19.9

13.7

15.0

13.0

Wexford

19.9

16.9

14.9

21.1

13.6

10.3

Wicklow

13.5

17.2

16.0

8.1

6.5

4.6

Ireland

13.1

13.9

12.2

12.8

11.7

10.7

Notes:
(i) Figures for 2001 are provisional based on year of registration.
(ii) Figures for 2002 represent the estimated full year rate based on deaths registered during January to September 2002.
Source: Central Statistics Office.
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