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Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023

Monday, 11 September 2023

Questions (1856)

Fergus O'Dowd

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1856. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will seek advice or seek the details on the broad causation of deaths among the population of Ireland over the six years between 2017 and 2022, including from sepsis, breast cancer and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38911/23]

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The table contains the cause of deaths registered per year by ICD-10 Diagnostic Group, 2017-2022.

Data Source: CSO, Vital Statistics, Table VSQ20: Deaths Registered: data.cso.ie/table/VSQ20  

Causes of deaths registered per year by ICD-10 diagnostic group 2017-2022

ICD-10 Code

ICD-10 Diagnostic Group

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

(A00-B99)

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

291

294

281

242

262

347

(C00-D48)

Neoplasms (C00-D48)

9,441

9,454

9,881

9,578

9,674

10,541

(D50-D89)

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, immunological disorders (D50-D89)

97

94

120

96

87

115

(E00-E90)

Endocrine, Nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)

749

790

740

893

840

963

(F00-F99)

Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)

1,726

1,974

1,932

1,790

1,758

2,097

(G00-H95)

Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (G00-H95)

1,544

1,651

1,559

1,561

1,662

1,783

(I00-I99)

Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00-I99)

8,927

8,938

8,989

8,744

8,753

9,652

(J00-J99)

Diseases of the Respiratory system (J00-J99)

4,079

4,165

3,807

3,404

3,011

3,717

(K00-K93)

Diseases of the Digestive system (K00-K93)

1,059

1,100

1,124

1,139

1,227

1,337

(L00-L99)

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

57

63

47

57

62

91

(M00-M99)

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system/connective tissue (M00-M99)

234

258

225

270

246

333

(N00-N99)

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)

611

580

582

587

591

683

(O00-O99)

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)

2

0

0

0

.

.

(P00-P96)

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)

82

87

89

72

83

89

(Q00-Q99)

Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnomalities (Q00-Q99)

155

183

208

176

180

186

(R00-R99)

Symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, ill-defined causes (R00-R99)

115

144

157

197

179

196

(U00-U49)

Provisional assignment of new diseases of uncertain etiology or emergency use (U00-U49) (COVID-19)

.

.

.

1,672

3,012

1,849

(V01-Y89)

External causes of injury and poisoning (V01-Y89)

1,315

1,341

1,393

1,276

1,428

1,498

(A00-Y89)

Total deaths (A00-Y89)

         30,484

         31,116

         31,134

         31,754

         33,055

         35,477

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