Ireland – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Ireland
IRELAND – A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 4,419,859
Female percentage of population (2007): 50.00%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 20.3% |
| Ages 15-24 | 14.8% |
| Ages 25-49 | 38.3% |
| Ages 50-64 | 15.5% |
| Ages 65-79 | 8.4% |
| Age 80 and older | 2.7% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004):
- Female: 20.21%
- Male: 21.5%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 12.48%
- Male: 9.8%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 82.1 years female
- 77.3 years male
Cesarean sections per 1000 live births (2004): 254.18
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births (2005): 1
Percentage using contraception (1996): 60.2%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 60.6%
- Male: 77.4%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: 45.9%
- 1997: 60.6%
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 4.2%
- Male: 4.9%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 33,729
- Male: 43,478
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 67.6%
Marriage rate (2005): 5.13 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2005): 0.8 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Death rate from stroke ages 0-64:
- – Female: 92
- – Male: 108
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 158.3
- – Male: 211.6
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000(2004):
- – Incidence: 9.84
- – Death: 4.57
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 107.55
- – Death: 30.8
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2006):
- – Stomach: 22
- – Colorectal: 62
- – Lung: 176
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 36.9
- Male: 65.2
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 34.1
- Male: 60.2
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 26.9
- Male: 56.7
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week:
- Female: 16%
- Male: 48%
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita(2003): 11.6
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 1813.94
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 74.8%
- Male: 72.3%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 20.5%
- Male: 23.9%
Percentage overweight (1999):
- Female: 32.5%
- Male: 46.3%
Percentage obese (1999):
- Female: 15.9%
- Male: 20.1%
Low Energy Expenditure (2002):
- Female: 40.6%
- Male: 47.6%
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.