Deirdre Clune
Ceist:623 Ms Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the mortality rate in Cork city was the highest in the country in each of the years 1992 and 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2103/99]
Written Answers. - Mortality Rates.
The annual reports on vital statistics compiled by the Central Statistics Office include both crude and standardised mortality rates for each province, county and county borough. Data for 1992 and 1993 which are reproduced in the table following do not indicate that the rate for Cork City was the highest in the country for either year.
Crude and Standardised Mortality Rates per 1,000 Population in each Province, County and County Borough, 1992 and 1993
|
Province, County or County Borough |
1992 |
Crude |
Standardised |
1993 |
Crude |
Standardised |
|
Leinster |
7.75 |
8.70 |
8.04 |
9.04 |
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|
Carlow |
9.91 |
10.75 |
9.25 |
10.05 |
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|
Dublin County Borough |
9.92 |
8.94 |
10.28 |
9.26 |
||
|
Dublin Belgard |
3.55 |
7.60 |
3.69 |
8.10 |
||
|
Dublin Fingal |
3.96 |
7.36 |
4.54 |
8.44 |
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|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown |
7.06 |
7.27 |
7.49 |
7.72 |
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|
Kildare |
6.47 |
9.80 |
6.43 |
9.82 |
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|
Kilkenny |
8.49 |
8.36 |
9.34 |
9.24 |
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|
Laois |
9.86 |
9.64 |
8.90 |
8.74 |
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|
Longford |
10.02 |
8.65 |
10.94 |
9.43 |
||
|
Louth |
8.54 |
9.41 |
8.94 |
9.84 |
||
|
Meath |
7.26 |
8.61 |
7.38 |
8.76 |
||
|
Offaly |
9.91 |
10.24 |
9.46 |
9.82 |
||
|
Westmeath |
8.74 |
8.91 |
9.76 |
9.94 |
||
|
Wexford |
9.58 |
9.39 |
9.95 |
9.74 |
||
|
Wicklow |
7.60 |
8.42 |
8.00 |
8.86 |
||
|
Munster |
9.40 |
8.97 |
9.64 |
9.19 |
||
|
Clare |
9.08 |
8.33 |
9.09 |
8.34 |
||
|
Cork County Borough |
8.78 |
8.82 |
9.01 |
9.10 |
||
|
Cork County |
9.15 |
8.96 |
9.51 |
9.30 |
||
|
Kerry |
11.88 |
9.41 |
11.33 |
8.97 |
||
|
Limerick County Borough |
9.39 |
9.61 |
9.98 |
10.25 |
||
|
Limerick County |
8.23 |
8.67 |
8.63 |
9.07 |
||
|
Tipperary N.R. |
9.55 |
8.55 |
11.17 |
9.99 |
||
|
Tipperary S.R. |
10.17 |
9.49 |
10.32 |
9.61 |
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|
Waterford County Borough |
7.23 |
8.15 |
7.36 |
8.41 |
||
|
Waterford County |
9.92 |
9.32 |
9.81 |
9.21 |
||
|
Connacht |
10.56 |
8.32 |
11.06 |
8.68 |
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|
Galway County Borough |
5.09 |
6.41 |
5.14 |
6.51 |
||
|
Galway County |
10.52 |
8.57 |
11.20 |
9.05 |
||
|
Leitrim |
15.30 |
9.86 |
15.28 |
9.96 |
||
|
Mayo |
11.62 |
8.25 |
12.19 |
8.65 |
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|
Roscommon |
10.90 |
7.65 |
11.69 |
8.21 |
||
|
Sligo |
11.09 |
8.76 |
11.37 |
9.00 |
||
|
Ulster (part of) |
9.97 |
8.44 |
10.09 |
8.53 |
||
|
Cavan |
11.07 |
8.99 |
10.35 |
8.40 |
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|
Donegal |
9.68 |
8.13 |
10.11 |
8.47 |
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|
Monaghan |
9.56 |
8.69 |
9.75 |
8.48 |
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|
Total |
8.71 |
8.71 |
8.99 |
8.99 |
Source: Central Statistics Office