Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Department of Health and Children
Suicide Incidence
10:00 pm
Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the death rate by suicide per 100,000 of population by health board, regional authority and county areas for 2004. [22265/05]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Data on mortality are compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics. The latest period for which data are available is January to September 2004. These figures are provided in the table below.
| Number of deaths from suicide per 100,000 population by health board-regional authority and county, January to September 2004. | |
| Health Board/Regional Authority and County | Rate per 100,000 Population |
| Eastern | |
| Dublin | 6.1 |
| Kildare | 7.6 |
| Wicklow | 7.8 |
| Total Eastern | 6.4 |
| Midland | |
| Laois | 4.4 |
| Longford | 8.5 |
| Offaly | 16.2 |
| Westmeath | 8.8 |
| Total Midland | 9.7 |
| Mid-Western | |
| Clare | 14.9 |
| Limerick | 9.6 |
| Tipperary NR | 15.0 |
| Total Mid-Western | 12.2 |
| North Eastern | |
| Cavan | 4.6 |
| Louth | 8.8 |
| Meath | 12.1 |
| Monaghan | 10.0 |
| Total North-Eastern | 9.6 |
| North-Western | |
| Donegal | 8.5 |
| Leitrim | 0.0 |
| Sligo | 4.5 |
| Total North-Western | 6.5 |
| South-Eastern | |
| Carlow | 5.6 |
| Kilkenny | 14.5 |
| Tipperary SR | 4.9 |
| Waterford | 10.2 |
| Wexford | 4.4 |
| Total South-Eastern | 7.9 |
| Southern | |
| Cork | 13.6 |
| Kerry | 11.8 |
| Total Southern | 13.2 |
| Western | |
| Galway | 6.1 |
| Mayo | 10.0 |
| Roscommon | 2.4 |
| Total Western | 6.8 |
| Grand Total | 8.6 |
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