Written answers
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Department of Health and Children
Suicide Incidence
8:00 pm
Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 274: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the suicide number registered in each Health Service Executive region between 2000 and 2004 inclusive by age and gender and average per annum rate per 100,000 population. [32844/05]
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. Place of residence is coded to the level of county and county borough. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to suicide by county for 2000 to 2004 is set out in the following tables:
Table 1 | ||||||||||
Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury: Number of Deaths and Rates per 100,000 Population by County, 2000 to 2004 | ||||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003* | 2004* | ||||||
County | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate |
Carlow | 2 | 4.5 | 8 | 17.8 | 3 | 6.5 | 6 | 12.8 | 6 | 12.5 |
Cavan | 7 | 12.8 | 9 | 16.2 | 10 | 17.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.5 |
Clare | 8 | 8.1 | 13 | 12.9 | 16 | 15.5 | 13 | 12.4 | 14 | 13.0 |
Cork | 67 | 15.4 | 100 | 22.7 | 62 | 13.8 | 64 | 14.1 | 69 | 15.0 |
Donegal | 13 | 9.7 | 15 | 11.1 | 20 | 14.5 | 14 | 10.1 | 18 | 12.7 |
Dublin | 115 | 10.5 | 120 | 10.9 | 103 | 9.2 | 111 | 9.8 | 104 | 9.0 |
Galway | 20 | 10.0 | 23 | 11.3 | 26 | 12.4 | 21 | 9.9 | 15 | 6.9 |
Kerry | 20 | 15.5 | 20 | 15.3 | 13 | 9.8 | 9 | 6.7 | 21 | 15.5 |
Kildare | 20 | 13.1 | 12 | 7.6 | 21 | 12.8 | 18 | 10.6 | 13 | 7.4 |
Kilkenny | 17 | 21.8 | 15 | 19.0 | 11 | 13.7 | 11 | 13.5 | 10 | 12.1 |
Laois | 6 | 10.7 | 7 | 12.2 | 6 | 10.2 | 4 | 6.7 | 3 | 4.9 |
Leitrim | 4 | 15.8 | 6 | 23.5 | 7 | 27.1 | 3 | 11.5 | 4 | 15.3 |
Limerick | 32 | 18.8 | 16 | 9.3 | 30 | 17.1 | 24 | 13.5 | 25 | 13.9 |
Longford | 3 | 9.8 | 6 | 19.5 | 4 | 12.9 | 2 | 6.4 | 5 | 15.8 |
Louth | 13 | 13.3 | 7 | 7.0 | 14 | 13.8 | 16 | 15.4 | 12 | 11.3 |
Mayo | 17 | 14.8 | 17 | 14.7 | 18 | 15.3 | 10 | 8.4 | 11 | 9.1 |
Meath | 11 | 8.8 | 19 | 14.7 | 19 | 14.2 | 11 | 7.9 | 24 | 16.7 |
Monaghan | 11 | 21.2 | 2 | 3.8 | 4 | 7.6 | 8 | 15.1 | 8 | 15.0 |
Offaly | 18 | 29.2 | 12 | 19.2 | 11 | 17.3 | 7 | 10.8 | 12 | 18.3 |
Roscommon | 6 | 11.4 | 5 | 9.4 | 4 | 7.4 | 3 | 5.5 | 1 | 1.8 |
Sligo | 3 | 5.3 | 10 | 17.4 | 4 | 6.9 | 7 | 11.9 | 10 | 16.9 |
Tipperary | 20 | 14.6 | 23 | 16.6 | 22 | 15.7 | 26 | 18.4 | 17 | 11.9 |
Waterford | 12 | 12.2 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 11.8 | 8 | 7.8 | 16 | 15.3 |
Westmeath | 9 | 13.2 | 9 | 12.9 | 6 | 8.4 | 6 | 8.2 | 7 | 9.3 |
Wexford | 23 | 20.6 | 19 | 16.7 | 17 | 14.6 | 23 | 19.3 | 11 | 9.0 |
Wicklow | 9 | 8.2 | 9 | 8.0 | 15 | 13.1 | 11 | 9.4 | 12 | 10.0 |
Ireland | 486 | 12.8 | 519 | 13.5 | 478 | 12.2 | 444 | 11.2 | 457 | 11.3 |
*Provisional figures based on year of registration. | ||||||||||
Source: Central Statistics Office. |
Table 2 | |||||||||||||||
Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury | |||||||||||||||
Number of Deaths by County and Age Group, 2000 to 2004 | |||||||||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003* | 2004* | |||||||||||
County | Under 25 Years | 25-44 Years | 45 Years and Over | Under 25 Years | 25-44 Years | 45 Years and Over | Under 25 Years | 25-44 Years | 45 Years and Over | Under 25 Years | 25-44 Years | 45 Years and Over | Under 25 Years | 25-44 Years | 45 Years and Over |
Carlow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Cavan | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Clare | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
Cork | 19 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 11 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 24 | 34 |
Donegal | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
Dublin | 25 | 57 | 33 | 20 | 53 | 47 | 19 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 59 | 28 | 19 | 41 | 44 |
Galway | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Kerry | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Kildare | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Kilkenny | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Laois | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Leitrim | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Limerick | 7 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Longford | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Louth | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Mayo | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Meath | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 |
Monaghan | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Offaly | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Roscommon | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sligo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Tipperary | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
Waterford | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
Westmeath | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Wexford | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Wicklow | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Ireland | 110 | 214 | 162 | 108 | 224 | 187 | 108 | 204 | 166 | 112 | 180 | 152 | 95 | 192 | 170 |
*Provisional figures based on year of registration. | |||||||||||||||
Source: Central Statistics Office. |
Table 3 | ||||||||||
Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury: | ||||||||||
Number of Deaths by County and Gender, 2000 to 2004 | ||||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003* | 2004* | ||||||
County | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
Carlow | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Cavan | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Clare | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
Cork | 57 | 10 | 82 | 18 | 46 | 16 | 47 | 17 | 51 | 18 |
Donegal | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
Dublin | 93 | 22 | 90 | 30 | 77 | 26 | 81 | 30 | 81 | 23 |
Galway | 15 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
Kerry | 15 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 4 |
Kildare | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
Kilkenny | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Laois | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Leitrim | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Limerick | 28 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 5 |
Longford | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Louth | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
Mayo | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Meath | 10 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
Monaghan | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Offaly | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Roscommon | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sligo | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Tipperary | 16 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
Waterford | 10 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
Westmeath | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Wexford | 20 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Wicklow | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
Ireland | 395 | 91 | 429 | 90 | 387 | 91 | 358 | 86 | 356 | 101 |
*Provisional figures based on year of registration. | ||||||||||
Source: Central Statistics Office |
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