Written answers

Thursday, 8 July 2010

Department of Health and Children

Suicide Incidence

10:00 pm

Photo of Dan NevilleDan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide the suicide rate for 2009 by county and gender. [30862/10]

Photo of John MoloneyJohn Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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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 number of deaths by suicide in 2009, classified by County, is shown in the table below. These figures are based on year of registration and are therefore subject to future revision.

Death by suicide by County and gender 2009

CountyMaleFemaleTotal
Carlow358
Cavan9211
Clare13316
Cork791493
Donegal15520
Dublin8625111
Galway26329
Kerry17118
Kildare14418
Kilkenny123
Laois224
Leitrim303
Limerick21425
Longford101
Louth14317
Mayo9413
Meath17724
Monaghan213
Offaly9211
Roscommon325
Sligo505
Tipperary25328
Waterford11314
Westmeath8311
Wexford17522
Wicklow12214
Total422105527

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