Written answers

Wednesday, 26 January 2005

Department of Health and Children

Suicide Incidence

9:00 pm

Photo of Seymour CrawfordSeymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of suicide recorded in each of the past three years nationally; the breakdown of these figures on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1604/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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The number of deaths by suicide as published annually by the Central Statistics Office are as follows: 2001- 519, 2002 — 451, 2003 — 444, 2004 — not yet available. A breakdown of these figures on a county by county basis as requested by the Deputy, is as follows:

County 2001 2002 2003
Carlow 8 3 6
Cavan 9 6 8
Clare 13 12 13
Cork 100 77 64
Donegal 15 20 14
Dublin 120 95 111
Galway 23 26 21
Kerry 20 10 9
Kildare 12 16 18
Kilkenny 15 12 11
Laois 7 4 4
Leitrim 6 6 3
Limerick 16 24 24
Longford 6 5 2
Louth 7 7 16
Mayo 17 19 10
Monaghan 2 2 8
Meath 19 19 11
Offaly 12 13 7
Roscommon 5 5 3
Sligo 10 4 7
Tipperary 23 17 26
Waterford 17 14 8
Westmeath 9 8 6
Wexford 19 16 23
Wicklow 9 11 11
519 451 444

As the Deputy may be aware, a new strategic action plan for suicide reduction is currently being prepared by the project management unit, Health Service Executive, in partnership with the national suicide review group and supported by the Department of Health and Children. This plan will build on existing policy and on the recommendations contained in the report of the national task force on suicide. All measures aimed at reducing the number of deaths by suicide will be considered in the preparation of this strategic action plan, which will be published later this year.

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