Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Suicide in Ireland: Discussion

11:10 am

Dr. Steve MacFeely:

He brings data back to the 1960s. It reinforces the point. Depending on what part of the graph one looks at as one’s starting point one can reach a very different conclusion.

I have no information on the suicide rates of emigrants. What we can do is inquire of some of our colleagues in statistical offices to see if they code suicide by nationality.

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