Irish rate of suicide has dropped, just below 400 cases were reported in 2016. Of the 399 reported suicides the vast majority were among men with 318 deaths and 81 women committed suicides in 2016. The rate of suicide was 8.5% down from 9.7% in 2015 and 12.1% of all deaths in 2011. The rate of suicide among men was 13.8% with 3.4% among women.