Dan Neville
Question:356 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who died by suicide in each quarter of 2000, 2001 and 2002. [3375/03]
Written Answers. - Mortality Data.
Data on mortality are 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 from January to September 2002. The figures are set out in the following table in addition to figures for 2000 and 2001.
Number of Deaths from Suicide by Quarter 2000 to 2002
|
Quarter |
2000 |
2001* |
2002* |
|
January-March |
120 |
70 |
67 |
|
April-June |
128 |
104 |
132 |
|
July-September |
130 |
98 |
114 |
|
October-December |
108 |
176 |
N.A. |
|
Total |
486 |
448 |
313 |
*Provisional figures based on year of registration.
N.A. indicates ‘Not available'.
Source: Central Statistics Office.