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Kildare's Suicide Toll In 2021: 27 Lives Lost, Majority Male And Over 35

Males accounted for 78 per cent of deaths by suicide in 2021.

27 people died by suicide in Kildare in 2021.

Between 2017 and 2021, 110 died by suicide in  Kildare.

Nationally, 512 people died by suicide in 2021.

CSO figures released today show just under seven in ten deaths were of those who were 35 years and over.

Males accounted for 78 per cent of deaths by suicide in 2021.

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