Jim Higgins
Ceist:159 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health the statistics for each county for deaths from cancer for each year from 1986 to 1990.
Written Answers. - Cancer 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 Cancer by County: 1986-1989
|
County |
1986 |
1987 |
1988* |
1989* |
|
Carlow |
58 |
73 |
77 |
78 |
|
Dublin |
1,890 |
1,910 |
2,052 |
2,081 |
|
Kildare |
166 |
161 |
187 |
178 |
|
Kilkenny |
129 |
109 |
131 |
140 |
|
Laois |
96 |
106 |
108 |
105 |
|
Longford |
58 |
70 |
64 |
62 |
|
Louth |
179 |
178 |
178 |
177 |
|
Meath |
176 |
142 |
159 |
180 |
|
Offaly |
114 |
115 |
109 |
106 |
|
Westmeath |
113 |
112 |
120 |
123 |
|
Wexford |
197 |
219 |
194 |
217 |
|
Wicklow |
176 |
181 |
172 |
186 |
|
Total Leinster |
3,352 |
3,376 |
3,550 |
3,633 |
|
Clare |
176 |
166 |
172 |
181 |
|
Cork |
813 |
892 |
843 |
864 |
|
Kerry |
267 |
278 |
271 |
263 |
|
Limerick |
312 |
309 |
290 |
356 |
|
Tipperary |
245 |
281 |
287 |
262 |
|
Waterford |
184 |
180 |
186 |
192 |
|
Total Munster |
1,997 |
2,106 |
2,049 |
2,118 |
|
Galway |
340 |
346 |
364 |
347 |
|
Leitrim |
76 |
91 |
65 |
73 |
|
Mayo |
297 |
257 |
276 |
253 |
|
Roscommon |
138 |
145 |
138 |
126 |
|
Sligo |
125 |
155 |
147 |
146 |
|
Total Connacht |
976 |
994 |
990 |
945 |
|
Cavan |
141 |
124 |
108 |
121 |
|
Donegal |
302 |
262 |
319 |
267 |
|
Monaghan |
122 |
104 |
110 |
110 |
|
Total Ulster (part of) |
565 |
490 |
537 |
498 |
|
Total |
6,890 |
6,966 |
7,126 |
7,194 |
*The figures for 1988 and 1989 are based on year of registration rather than year of occurrence and are therefore provisional.