Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 8 May 2003

Vol. 566 No. 2

Written Answers. - Suicide Incidence.

Dan Neville

Question:

152 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths from suicide by health board area and county from 1997 to 2002 inclusive. [12473/03]

Dan Neville

Question:

153 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths from suicide per 100,000 population in 1997 to 2002 by county. [12474/03]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Martin):

I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:

Number of Deaths from Suicide and Rates per 100,000 Population by Health Board/Regional Authority and County, 1997 to 2002

Health Board/RegionalAuthority and County	1997			1998			1999			2000			2001*			2002*
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Eastern
Dublin	105	9.8	118	10.9	120	10.9	115	10.4	99	8.8	95	8.5
Kildare	19	14.0	12	8.7	8	5.8	20	14.2	16	11.2	16	9.8
Wicklow	14	13.5	18	17.2	17	16.0	9	8.4	7	6.5	11	9.6
Total Eastern	138	10.5	148	11.2	145	10.8	144	10.6	122	8.9	122	8.7
Midland
Laois	5	9.4	9	16.7	5	9.2	6	10.9	9	16.2	4	6.8
Longford	2	6.6	3	9.8	6	19.3	3	9.6	6	18.9	5	16.1
Offaly	6	10.1	10	16.6	9	14.8	18	29.3	14	22.5	13	20.4
Westmeath	4	6.3	13	20.1	13	19.9	9	13.7	10	15.0	8	11.1
Total Midland	17	8.2	35	16.7	33	15.6	36	16.8	39	18.0	30	13.3
Mid-Western
Clare	10	10.5	15	15.6	12	12.4	8	8.2	11	11.1	12	11.6
Limerick	18	10.8	28	16.6	26	15.3	32	18.6	19	10.9	24	13.7
Tipperary NR	7	12.0	6	10.1	10	16.7	9	14.9	8	13.1	7	11.5
Total Mid-Western	35	10.9	49	15.1	48	14.7	49	14.8	38	11.3	43	12.7
North-Eastern
Cavan	11	20.6	4	7.4	4	7.3	7	12.7	9	16.2	6	10.6
Louth	12	12.9	16	17.0	11	11.6	13	13.5	9	9.2	7	6.9
Meath	13	11.7	11	9.8	16	14.2	11	9.6	16	13.9	19	14.2
Monaghan	7	13.5	8	15.3	5	9.5	11	20.6	4	7.4	2	3.8
Total North-Eastern	43	13.9	39	12.5	36	11.4	42	13.2	38	11.8	34	9.9
North-Western
Donegal	17	13.0	14	10.6	14	10.5	13	9.6	11	8.0	20	14.6
Leitrim	6	23.7	5	19.6	4	15.5	4	15.4	4	15.2	6	23.2
Sligo	3	5.3	12	21.1	6	10.4	3	5.2	6	10.2	4	6.9
Total North-Western	26	12.2	31	14.4	24	11.1	20	9.1	21	9.4	30	13.6
South-Eastern
Carlow	10	23.8	5	11.8	2	4.7	2	4.6	7	16.0	3	6.5
Kilkenny	6	7.9	13	16.9	14	18.0	17	21.7	16	20.1	12	14.9
Tipperary SR	9	11.8	14	18.2	12	15.4	11	14.0	12	15.1	10	12.6
Waterford	18	18.8	11	11.4	11	11.3	12	12.1	11	11.0	14	13.8
Wexford	21	19.9	18	16.9	16	14.9	23	21.1	15	13.6	16	13.7
Total South-Eastern	64	16.2	61	15.3	55	13.6	65	15.9	61	14.8	55	13.0
Southern
Cork	82	19.3	74	17.2	53	12.2	67	15.3	72	16.2	77	17.2
Kerry	17	13.4	26	20.2	19	14.6	20	15.2	17	12.8	10	7.6
Total Southern	99	18.0	100	17.9	72	12.8	87	15.2	89	15.4	87	15.0
Western
Galway	33	17.3	28	14.5	23	11.8	20	10.2	19	9.5	26	12.5
Mayo	16	14.2	16	14.1	13	11.3	17	14.7	16	13.6	19	16.2
Roscommon	7	13.4	7	13.2	6	11.2	6	11.1	5	9.1	5	9.3
Total Western	56	15.8	51	14.2	42	11.6	43	11.7	40	10.8	50	13.2
Grand Total	478	13.1	514	13.9	455	12.2	486	12.8	448	11.7	451	11.5

*Provisonal figures based on year of registration.

Source: Central Statistics Office.