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Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Photo of Gerry AdamsGerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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604. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date Department statistics on suicide and self-harm since 2010 in tabular form by constituency and county. [19844/15]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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National mortality data, including that relating to suicide, is published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on a quarterly and annual basis. The most recent CSO data available is for 2013; however this data is provisional and is subject to change, when the data by year of occurrence is published. Details of the number of deaths by suicide, for the period 2010 to 2013 is set out below.

Deaths by Suicide and Intentional Self-harm from 2010-2013 by Area of Residence

Province County201020112012*2013
Leinster
Carlow77511
Dublin City51576148
South Dublin18371516
Fingal19101717
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown18101613
Kildare18272423
Kilkenny8141213
Laois18131010
Longford4235
Louth17142117
Meath10141811
Offaly1510128
Westmeath1312911
Wexford16293323
Wicklow1517105
Munster
Clare8131514
Cork City22162714
Cork County44623742
Kerry24263228
Limerick City813158
Limerick County19181912
North Tipperary61056
South Tipperary13121312
Waterford City4741
Waterford County9778
Connacht
Galway City51336
Galway County22242522
Leitrim6630
Mayo 18172516
Roscommon105712
Sligo9774
Ulster (part of)
Cavan78715
Donegal 6131215
Monaghan84129
Total 495554541475

Statistics on the number of people presenting to hospital emergency departments as a result of an episode of deliberate self harm are published on an annual basis by the National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm. Information by HSE Hospitals Group, for the years 2010 to 2013, is set out below.

Treated Episodes of Deliberate Self Harm by Hospital HSE Region

Dublin./Mid-LeinsterDublin North EastSouthWestTotal
Dublin

Midlands
Dublin SouthDublin North EastNorth EasternSouth EasternSouthernMid -WesternWest North Western
2010163016421868932132516321169176811966
2011164217522131936127318251015164212216
2012181416232050941129817191003156212010
201317161631196074911561492894146311061

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