Patient Statistics.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2008

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Questions (107)

John O'Mahony

Question:

106 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have presented themselves to accident and emergency departments who have attempted suicide in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number that attended each hospital in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34931/08]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (Deputy John Moloney)

A National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm has been operating in general hospitals since 2001 and data is compiled and published on an annual basis by the National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF). The Registry had near complete coverage of hospitals for the period 2002 — 2005. In 2006 and 2007, data was collected from all general and paediatric hospitals.

The numbers of individuals treated for deliberate self-harm in hospital emergency departments since 2004 are set out in the following table:

Hospital	2004	2005	2006	2007
Adelaide & Meath & National Children’s Hospital Tallaght	507	465	444	508
Bantry General Hospital	62	45	37	42
Beaumont Hospital	538	511	534	493
Cavan General Hospital	159	132	157	166
Children’s University Hospital Temple Street	28	37	34	28
Cork University Hospital	360	318	271	264
James Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown	429	446	399	359
Kerry General Hospital	227	221	225	268
Letterkenny General Hospital	303	238	245	250
Louth County Hospital	145	153	108	107
Mallow General Hospital	82	71	68	71
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital		143	465	486
Mayo General Hospital	171	172	178	203
Mercy University Hospital Cork	390	425	357	320
Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar	200	191	152	169
Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise	112	92	90	99
Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore	143	124	100	123
Mid-Western Regional Hospital Ennis	190	138	116	149
Mid-Western Regional Hospital Limerick	537	478	454	496
Mid-Western Regional Hospital Nenagh	164	114	140	131
Monaghan General Hospital	45	58	59	57
Naas General Hospital	258	281	284	332
Our Lady Hospital, Cashel	34	24	25	5
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda	222	225	200	217
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin			27	32
Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan	170	174	151	165
Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe	147	119	106	116
Roscommon County Hospital	87	99	89	78
Sligo General Hospital	148	134	146	135
South Tipperary General Hospital	173	165	163	173
Southern Infirmary Cork	98	49	35	36
St. Colmcille’s Hospital Loughlinstown	371	375	342	305
St. James’s Hospital	634	637	602	668
St. John’s Hospital Limerick	32	25	22	28
St. Luke’s General Hospital Kilkenny	273	264	223	209
St. Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire	47	37	48	23
University College Hospital Galway	420	407	363	481
Waterford Regional Hospital	225	254	196	222
Wexford General Hospital	248	304	276	283

Note: These figures do not include repeat presentations.