Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
Suicide Incidence
10:00 pm
Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the death rate by suicide per 100,000 population by health board/regional authority and county area from 2000 to 2003 inclusive. [20743/05]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.
| Number of Deaths from Suicide per 100,000 Population by Health Board/Regional Authority and County, 2000 to 2003. | ||||
| Health Board/Regional Authority and County | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003* |
| Eastern | ||||
| Dublin | 10.5 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| Kildare | 13.1 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 10.6 |
| Wicklow | 8.2 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 9.4 |
| Total Eastern | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Midland | ||||
| Laois | 10.7 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 6.7 |
| Longford | 9.8 | 19.5 | 12.9 | 6.4 |
| Offaly | 29.2 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 10.8 |
| Westmeath | 13.2 | 12.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
| Total Midland | 16.6 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 8.3 |
| Mid-Western | ||||
| Clare | 8.1 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 12.4 |
| Limerick | 18.8 | 9.3 | 17.1 | 13.5 |
| Tipperary NR | 15.1 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 22.7 |
| Total Mid-Western | 14.9 | 11.7 | 16.8 | 14.8 |
| North-Eastern | ||||
| Cavan | 12.8 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 14.0 |
| Louth | 13.3 | 7.0 | 13.8 | 15.4 |
| Meath | 8.8 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 7.9 |
| Monaghan | 21.2 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 15.1 |
| Total North-Eastern | 12.8 | 11.0 | 13.6 | 12.2 |
| North-Western | ||||
| Donegal | 9.7 | 11.1 | 14.5 | 10.1 |
| Leitrim | 15.8 | 23.5 | 27.1 | 11.5 |
| Sligo | 5.3 | 17.4 | 6.9 | 11.9 |
| Total North-Western | 9.2 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 10.7 |
| South-Eastern | ||||
| Carlow | 4.5 | 17.8 | 6.5 | 12.8 |
| Kilkenny | 21.8 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| Tipperary SR | 14.2 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 15.0 |
| Waterford | 12.2 | 17.0 | 11.8 | 7.8 |
| Wexford | 20.6 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 19.3 |
| Total South-Eastern | 15.9 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 13.9 |
| Southern | ||||
| Cork | 15.4 | 22.7 | 13.8 | 14.1 |
| Kerry | 15.5 | 15.3 | 9.8 | 6.7 |
| Total Southern | 15.4 | 21.0 | 12.9 | 12.4 |
| Western | ||||
| Galway | 10.0 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 9.9 |
| Mayo | 14.8 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 8.4 |
| Roscommon | 11.4 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| Total Western | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 8.8 |
| Grand Total | 12.8 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 11.2 |
| *Provisional figures based on year of registration. | ||||
| Source: Central Statistics Office. |
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