Jim Higgins
Ceist:158 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the statistics for coronary failure deaths for each county for each of the years from 1986 to 1990.
Written Answers. - Coronary Failure Deaths Statistics.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The latest year for which annual statistics are available is 1989.
Numbers of Deaths due to Ischaemic Heart Disease by County: 1986-1989
|
County |
1986 |
1987 |
1988* |
1989* |
|
Carlow |
78 |
85 |
99 |
96 |
|
Dublin |
2,060 |
1,981 |
1,872 |
1,934 |
|
Kildare |
190 |
206 |
194 |
181 |
|
Kilkenny |
198 |
169 |
161 |
179 |
|
Laois |
121 |
131 |
96 |
117 |
|
Longford |
114 |
101 |
88 |
88 |
|
Louth |
189 |
172 |
214 |
192 |
|
Meath |
201 |
190 |
213 |
254 |
|
Offaly |
150 |
137 |
138 |
131 |
|
Westmeath |
128 |
127 |
160 |
146 |
|
Wexford |
265 |
255 |
245 |
275 |
|
Wicklow |
221 |
219 |
195 |
187 |
|
Total Leinster |
3,915 |
3,773 |
3,675 |
3,780 |
|
Clare |
275 |
248 |
248 |
219 |
|
Cork |
1,110 |
1,019 |
1,069 |
940 |
|
Kerry |
402 |
377 |
360 |
384 |
|
Limerick |
442 |
501 |
380 |
420 |
|
Tipperary |
429 |
379 |
376 |
361 |
|
Waterford |
227 |
208 |
211 |
218 |
|
Total Munster |
2,885 |
2,732 |
2,644 |
2,542 |
|
Galway |
439 |
411 |
427 |
425 |
|
Leitrim |
98 |
104 |
130 |
120 |
|
Mayo |
356 |
341 |
367 |
335 |
|
Roscommon |
180 |
173 |
188 |
222 |
|
Sligo |
170 |
164 |
183 |
149 |
|
Total Connaught |
1,243 |
1,193 |
1,295 |
1,251 |
|
Cavan |
195 |
227 |
210 |
187 |
|
Donegal |
396 |
409 |
372 |
363 |
|
Monaghan |
171 |
165 |
167 |
143 |
|
Total Ulster (part of) |
762 |
801 |
749 |
693 |
|
Total |
8,805 |
8,499 |
8,363 |
8,266 |
*The figures for 1988 and 1989 are based on year of registration rather than year of occurrence and are, therefore, provisional.