IE · 2017 · tps00122
Death due to suicide, by sex
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's death due to suicide, by sex decreased by 10.6% compared to 2016, reaching 16.8.
Ireland accounts for 79.9% of the EU-27 total of 21.0.
Ireland ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.9% (from 24.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00122, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.