Written answers
Tuesday, 1 February 2005
Department of Health and Children
Suicide Incidence
8:00 pm
Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides by gender for each year since 1994. [2448/05]
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 and a breakdown of these figures by gender are set out in the following table.
Year | Male | Female | Total |
1994 | 305 | 90 | 395 |
1995 | 321 | 83 | 404 |
1996 | 345 | 64 | 409 |
1997 | 386 | 92 | 478 |
1998 | 433 | 81 | 514 |
1999 | 358 | 97 | 455 |
2000 | 395 | 91 | 486 |
2001 | 429 | 90 | 519 |
2002 | 371 | 80 | 451 |
2003 | 358 | 86 | 444 |
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