Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012
1070. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health the number of people aged between 16 to 25 years who died between 2005 and 2012 here following an acute complication secondary to Type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47993/12]
View answerVital Statistics are compiled by the Central Statistics Office. From 2007 to 2011 (the latest available full year of data), five persons between the ages of 16 and 25 died from insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (which includes Type 1 diabetes but excludes other types, such as Type 2). For three of the five deaths an additional diagnosis of ketoacidosis is recorded. No further information is available for the other two deaths.
Prior to 2007, due to the use of an earlier version of the International Cause of Death Classification system (i.e. ICD-9), it is not possible to distinguish between the different types of diabetes. However, one person between the ages of 16 and 25, in the period 2005 to 2006, is recorded as having died from diabetes mellitus.
