Bernard Allen
Ceist:369 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of suicides recorded in Ireland in each of the years between 1985 to 1991.
Written Answers. - Suicide Statistics.
The information sought by the Deputy is routinely published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The data is set out in the table below:
|
Year |
Number of recorded deaths by suicide |
|
1985 |
276 |
|
1986 |
283 |
|
1987 |
245 |
|
1988 |
266 |
|
*1989 |
252 |
|
*1990 |
311 |
|
*1991 (to end June) |
153 |
* The figures for 1989, 1990 and 1991 (to end June) are based on year of registration rather than year of occurrence and are therefore provisional.