Vol. 507 No. 2
168 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides for each of the years from 1996 to 1998 for the age categories up to nine years, ten to 19 years, 20 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 64 years, 65 to 75 years and over 75 years. [16744/99]
The numbers of deaths from suicide for the years 1996 to 1998 are set out in the table below using the age groups requested by the Deputy with the exception of 65 to 75 years and over 75 years. The age groups 65 to 74 years and 75 years and over have been used instead as mortality data are routinely provided in five year age groups.
Deaths from Suicide by Age Group, 1996 to 1998
|
Age Group |
1996 |
1997* |
1998* |
|
0-9 years |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10-19 years |
39 |
41 |
53 |
|
20-29 years |
121 |
123 |
152 |
|
30-39 years |
91 |
97 |
100 |
|
40-49 years |
69 |
73 |
87 |
|
50-64 years |
58 |
67 |
73 |
|
65-74 years |
14 |
25 |
28 |
|
75 years and over |
17 |
18 |
11 |
|
All ages |
409 |
444 |
504 |
169 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides by gender in each county for each of the years 1997 and 1998. [16745/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Deaths from Suicide by Gender and County, 1997 and 1998.
|
County |
1997 |
Male |
Female |
Total |
1998 |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Carlow |
12 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
||
|
Cavan |
6 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
||
|
Clare |
7 |
2 |
9 |
13 |
1 |
14 |
||
|
Cork |
51 |
18 |
69 |
67 |
13 |
80 |
||
|
Donegal |
10 |
2 |
12 |
15 |
2 |
17 |
||
|
Dublin |
79 |
19 |
98 |
98 |
23 |
121 |
||
|
Galway |
22 |
4 |
26 |
24 |
5 |
29 |
||
|
Kerry |
16 |
1 |
17 |
24 |
5 |
29 |
||
|
Kildare |
16 |
4 |
20 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
||
|
Kilkenny |
6 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
||
|
Laois |
3 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
||
|
Leitrim |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
||
|
Limerick |
12 |
5 |
17 |
19 |
3 |
22 |
||
|
Longford |
5 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
Louth |
11 |
0 |
11 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
||
|
Mayo |
16 |
4 |
20 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
||
|
Meath |
12 |
3 |
15 |
9 |
2 |
11 |
||
|
Monaghan |
6 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
||
|
Offaly |
3 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
||
|
Roscommon |
8 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
||
|
Sligo |
2 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
||
|
Tipperary |
12 |
1 |
13 |
19 |
5 |
24 |
||
|
Waterford |
10 |
5 |
15 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
||
|
Westmeath |
5 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
2 |
11 |
||
|
Wexford |
16 |
5 |
21 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
||
|
Wicklow |
13 |
0 |
13 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
||
|
Total |
363 |
81 |
444 |
421 |
83 |
504 |
