Suicide Incidence.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2005

Wednesday, 4 May 2005

Ceisteanna (148)

Dan Neville

Ceist:

174 Mr. Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides in 2004 by age and gender. [14203/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children (Ms Harney)

Data 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 2004. These figures,which are provisional, are set out in the tables following.

Table 1

Number of Deaths from Suicide by Age Group and Quarter, January to September, 2004.
Age Group	January to March	April to June	July to September	Total January to September
5-14 years	0	1	0	1
15-24 years	7	29	14	50
25-34 years	14	22	16	52
35-44 years	15	30	10	55
45-54 years	4	31	11	46
55-64 years	8	20	11	39
65-74 years	4	3	4	11
75-84 years	2	4	1	7
85 years and over	0	0	0	0
All Ages	54	140	67	261

Table 2

Number of Deaths from Suicide by Gender and Quarter, January to September, 2004
Gender	January to March	April to June	July to September	Total January to September
Male	40	101	59	200
Female	14	39	8	61
Total	54	140	67	261