Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2005
152 Mr. Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths by suicide in each county between 1997 and 2004; the number of attempted suicides in each county between 1997 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17097/05]
View answerData 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 is available is January to September 2004 and this data is set out in the following table in addition to the data for 1997 to 2003 as requested by the Deputy.
|
County |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
Jan to Sept 2004 |
|
Carlow |
10 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
|
Cavan |
11 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
|
Clare |
10 |
15 |
12 |
8 |
13 |
16 |
13 |
12 |
|
Cork |
82 |
74 |
53 |
67 |
100 |
62 |
64 |
47 |
|
Donegal |
17 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
15 |
20 |
14 |
9 |
|
Dublin |
105 |
118 |
120 |
115 |
120 |
103 |
111 |
53 |
|
Galway |
33 |
28 |
23 |
20 |
23 |
26 |
21 |
10 |
|
Kerry |
17 |
26 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
13 |
9 |
12 |
|
Kildare |
19 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
12 |
21 |
18 |
10 |
|
Kilkenny |
6 |
13 |
14 |
17 |
15 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
|
Laois |
5 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
|
Leitrim |
6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
18 |
28 |
26 |
32 |
16 |
30 |
24 |
13 |
|
Longford |
2 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
Louth |
12 |
16 |
11 |
13 |
7 |
14 |
16 |
7 |
|
Mayo |
16 |
16 |
13 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
10 |
9 |
|
Meath |
13 |
11 |
16 |
11 |
19 |
19 |
11 |
13 |
|
Monaghan |
7 |
8 |
5 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
|
Offaly |
6 |
10 |
9 |
18 |
12 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
|
Roscommon |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
3 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
|
Tipperary |
16 |
20 |
22 |
20 |
23 |
22 |
26 |
10 |
|
Waterford |
18 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
17 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
|
Westmeath |
4 |
13 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
|
Wexford |
21 |
18 |
16 |
23 |
19 |
17 |
23 |
4 |
|
Wicklow |
14 |
18 |
17 |
9 |
9 |
15 |
11 |
7 |
|
Total |
478 |
514 |
455 |
486 |
519 |
478 |
444 |
261 |
Note: Figures for 2003 and 2004 are provisional.
Source: Central Statistics Office.
Data on the number of persons presenting to hospitals following deliberate self harm has been collated by the National Parasuicide Registry since its establishment in 2000 and published in its annual report. The third annual report published in December 2004 indicates that there were approximately 11,200 presentations due to deliberate self harm in 2003. As information is not available from all hospitals, it is not possible to provide data on a county-by-county basis as requested by the Deputy. The National Parasuicide Registry has however secured approval to collect data from all acute hospitals in the country from 2004.
As the Deputy is aware, work is now well under way on the preparation of a national strategy for action on suicide prevention. The strategy, which involves the project management unit of the Health Service Executive in partnership with the national suicide review group supported by the Department of Health and Children will be action-based from the outset and will outline the priority initiatives for suicide prevention and mental health promotion across the country for the coming years. All measures aimed at reducing the number of deaths by suicide will be considered in the preparation of the strategy which will be published in September of this year.
