Written answers
Tuesday, 12 October 2004
Department of An Taoiseach
Registration of Deaths
9:00 pm
Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 46: To ask the Taoiseach the number of deaths which were registered as undetermined for each year between 2003 and 2004 inclusive. [24170/04]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The following table provides details on the number of deaths registered in 2003 as injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted. The classification is in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases Revision 9 — ICD Rev 9. Corresponding information for 2004 will not be available until May 2005.
| External Cause of Death | Males | Females | Total |
| E980 Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 20 | 6 | 26 |
| E981 Poisoning by gases in domestic use, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| E982 Poisoning by other gases, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| E983 Hanging, strangulation or suffocation, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| E984 Submersion [drowning], undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| E985 Injury by firearms and explosives, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| E986 Injury by cutting and piercing instruments, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| E987 Falling from high place, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E988 Injury by other and unspecified means, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| E989 Late effects of injury, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E980-E989 Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 43 | 9 | 52 |
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