Dan Neville
Ceist:98 Mr. Neville asked the Taoiseach the number of suicide victims per every 100,000 of the population in each of the EU countries in each of the past 10 years. [22408/99]
Written Answers. - Suicide Statistics.
The information requested by the Deputy, in so far as it is available from the relevant EUROSTAT demographic yearbooks, is set out in the following table:
|
Country |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997* |
1998* |
|
Belgium |
– |
19.0 |
– |
18.7 |
21.3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Denmark |
26.9 |
24.2 |
– |
22.0 |
22.4 |
19.2 |
17.7 |
17.0 |
– |
– |
|
Germany |
13.1 |
17.6 |
– |
16.8 |
15.7 |
15.6 |
15.8 |
– |
– |
– |
|
Greece |
3.8 |
3.5 |
– |
3.4 |
4.0 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
– |
– |
– |
|
Spain |
– |
7.6 |
– |
7.1 |
7.8 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
– |
– |
– |
|
France |
20.8 |
20.2 |
– |
20.4 |
21.3 |
20.8 |
20.4 |
– |
– |
– |
|
Ireland |
7.9 |
9.5 |
9.8 |
10.2 |
9.1 |
11.0 |
11.2 |
11.3 |
12.1 |
13.6 |
|
Italy |
7.7 |
7.8 |
– |
8.0 |
8.2 |
7.9 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Luxembourg |
19.7 |
17.9 |
– |
15.1 |
16.2 |
18.5 |
15.5 |
17.4 |
– |
– |
|
Netherlands |
10.3 |
9.7 |
– |
10.4 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
9.8 |
– |
– |
– |
|
Austria |
– |
23.7 |
– |
22.4 |
21.4 |
22.2 |
22.2 |
22.1 |
– |
– |
|
Portugal |
7.5 |
8.8 |
– |
8.8 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
8.2 |
6.6 |
– |
– |
|
Finland |
– |
30.4 |
– |
28.9 |
27.6 |
27.3 |
27.2 |
– |
– |
– |
|
Sweden |
– |
17.3 |
– |
15.7 |
15.8 |
15.1 |
15.3 |
14.2 |
– |
– |
|
UK |
8.7 |
8.1 |
– |
8.0 |
7.4 |
7.5 |
7.2 |
– |
– |
– |
*Provisional