Death of males due to poison, injury

MORE than 75% of males who died between the ages five and 34 years in 2007 died due to poisoning and other external causes of injury, according to figures.

The report on vital statistics for 2007 released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) gives a breakdown of the births and deaths that occurred in 2007.

The figures show that one in 16 of all deaths were due to poisoning and external causes of injury. More than 71% of these deaths were male. The figure may even be higher as deaths not registered within one year of their occurrence were excluded from the report.