Written answers
Wednesday, 1 November 2006
Department of Health and Children
Suicide Incidence
6:00 am
Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of deaths and rate by 100,000 by suicide in the Health Service Executive Regional areas for each of the years 2002 to 2005. [35621/06]
Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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The responsibility for classifying deaths in Ireland rests with the Central Statistics Office (CSO). They consult with a number of sources before making the classification of cause of death.
As the CSO collect data on a county basis, it is not possible to provide a breakdown on a Health Service Executive regional area basis. According to figures provided by the Central Statistics Office the number of suicides by county and average annual suicide rate per 100,000 population is as follows:
| Deaths by suicide & average suicide rate per 100,000 population classified by county of residence of deceased | ||||||||
| County | 2002 | Rate | 2003 | Rate | 2004 | Rate | 2005 | Rate |
| Carlow | 3 | 0.08 | 6 | 0.15 | 6 | 0.15 | 8 | 0.19 |
| Dublin | 103 | 2.64 | 107 | 2.69 | 104 | 2.58 | 101 | 2.44 |
| Kildare | 21 | 0.54 | 13 | 0.33 | 13 | 0.32 | 19 | 0.46 |
| Kilkenny | 11 | 0.28 | 13 | 0.33 | 10 | 0.25 | 7 | 0.17 |
| Laois | 6 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.08 | 3 | 0.07 | 6 | 0.15 |
| Longford | 4 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.05 | 5 | 0.12 | 4 | 0.10 |
| Louth | 14 | 0.36 | 14 | 0.35 | 12 | 0.30 | 7 | 0.17 |
| Meath | 19 | 0.49 | 16 | 0.40 | 24 | 0.59 | 13 | 0.31 |
| Offaly | 11 | 0.28 | 11 | 0.28 | 12 | 0.30 | 8 | 0.19 |
| Westmeath | 6 | 0.15 | 9 | 0.23 | 7 | 0.17 | 12 | 0.29 |
| Wexford | 17 | 0.43 | 22 | 0.55 | 11 | 0.27 | 13 | 0.31 |
| Wicklow | 15 | 0.38 | 15 | 0.38 | 12 | 0.30 | 17 | 0.41 |
| Clare | 16 | 0.41 | 15 | 0.38 | 14 | 0.35 | 15 | 0.36 |
| Cork | 62 | 1.58 | 80 | 2.01 | 69 | 1.71 | 53 | 1.28 |
| Kerry | 13 | 0.33 | 19 | 0.48 | 21 | 0.52 | 12 | 0.29 |
| Limerick | 30 | 0.76 | 28 | 0.70 | 25 | 0.62 | 16 | 0.39 |
| Tipperary | 22 | 0.56 | 25 | 0.63 | 17 | 0.42 | 23 | 0.55 |
| Waterford | 12 | 0.30 | 14 | 0.36 | 16 | 0.40 | 13 | 0.32 |
| Galway | 26 | 0.67 | 26 | 0.66 | 15 | 0.37 | 26 | 0.63 |
| Leitrim | 7 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.10 | 6 | 0.15 |
| Mayo | 18 | 0.46 | 12 | 0.30 | 11 | 0.27 | 11 | 0.27 |
| Roscommon | 4 | 0.10 | 3 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.12 |
| Sligo | 4 | 0.10 | 7 | 0.18 | 10 | 0.25 | 3 | 0.07 |
| Cavan | 10 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.13 | 9 | 0.22 | 11 | 0.27 |
| Donegal | 20 | 0.51 | 19 | 0.48 | 18 | 0.45 | 12 | 0.29 |
| Monaghan | 4 | 0.10 | 13 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.20 | 10 | 0.24 |
| Total | 478 | 12.20 | 497 | 12.49 | 457 | 11.30 | 431 | 10.43 |
| Note: The figures provided for 2004 and 2005 are by 'year of registration' and are therefore provisional. |
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