Written answers
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Department of Health
Suicide Incidence
Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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659. To ask the Minister for Health the suicide statistics and the rate per 100,000 of population for the years 2009 to 2012, inclusive. [50763/13]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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National mortality data including that relating to suicide is published by the Central Statistics Office. This data is made available on a quarterly and annual basis. The number and rate of deaths by suicide since 2009 are as follows:
Year | Number | Rate Per 100,000 population |
---|---|---|
2009 | 552 | 12.2 |
2010 | 495 | 10.9 |
2011 | 554 | 12.1 |
*2012 | 507 | 11.1 |
* Figures for 2012 are provisional and are subject to revision.
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