Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 April 2004
137 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 16 November 2003, if he will give details so the report of the clinical director on the death by suicide of a person on ward 5B of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital. [10932/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraIt would not be appropriate for me to release details of the report referred to by the Deputy. My Department has therefore asked the chief executive officer of the Mid-Western Health Board to examine the request and reply directly to the Deputy in this matter.
138 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides in each quarter of 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. [10933/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraData on mortality are compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics. The latest period for which data are available is January to September 2003 and these figures are set out in the table below in addition to figures for years 2000 to 2002.
|
Quarter |
2000# |
2001# |
2002* |
2003* |
|
January-March |
120 |
120 |
67 |
71 |
|
April-June |
128 |
148 |
132 |
111 |
|
July-September |
130 |
128 |
114 |
116 |
|
October-December |
108 |
123 |
138 |
N/A |
|
Total |
486 |
519 |
451 |
298 |
* Provisional figures based on year of registration.
# Figures based on year of occurrence.
N/A Indicates ‘Not Available'.
Source: Central Statistics Office.
