Written answers
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Department of Health
Suicide Incidence
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of deaths by suicide in the State; if he will further provide a breakdown of same by county for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6119/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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National mortality data including that relating to suicide is published by the Central Statistics Office on a quarterly and annual basis. The data for 2012 is provisional and is subject to change, when the data by year of occurrence is published. The data for 2013 has not yet been published. The number of deaths by suicide by county for the years 2011 and 2012 are as follows:
Province | County | 2011 | *2012 |
---|---|---|---|
Leinster | - | - | - |
- | Carlow | 7 | 4 |
- | Dublin City | 57 | 51 |
- | South Dublin | 37 | 20 |
- | Fingal | 10 | 5 |
- | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | 10 | 9 |
- | Kildare | 27 | 23 |
- | Kilkenny | 14 | 9 |
- | Laois | 13 | 9 |
- | Longford | 2 | 2 |
- | Louth | 14 | 15 |
- | Meath | 14 | 11 |
- | Offaly | 10 | 10 |
- | Westmeath | 12 | 8 |
- | Wexford | 29 | 31 |
- | Wicklow | 17 | 15 |
Munster | - | - | - |
- | Clare | 13 | 16 |
- | Cork City | 16 | 30 |
- | Cork County | 62 | 43 |
- | Kerry | 26 | 27 |
- | Limerick City | 13 | 15 |
- | Limerick County | 18 | 16 |
- | North Tipperary | 10 | 9 |
- | South Tipperary | 12 | 16 |
- | Waterford City | 7 | 8 |
- | Waterford County | 7 | 6 |
Connacht | - | - | - |
- | Galway City | 13 | 8 |
- | Galway County | 24 | 22 |
- | Leitrim | 6 | 6 |
- | Mayo | 17 | 26 |
- | Roscommon | 5 | 3 |
- | Sligo | 7 | 9 |
Ulster (part of) | - | - | - |
- | Cavan | 8 | 6 |
- | Donegal | 13 | 10 |
- | Monaghan | 4 | 9 |
- | - | - | - |
Total | - | 554 | 507 |
* Figures for 2012 are provisional and are subject to revision.
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