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Ireland Population Pyramid
 


Ireland
IRELAND LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
67.9
71.6
69.7
10
26
17
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
2000
73.9
79.1
76.4
32
32
32
2010
77.9
82.4
80.1
13
21
14
 
 
Ireland
IRELAND LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
77.9
82.4
13
21
Age 5
77.4
82.3
30
31
Age 10
77.4
82.3
30
31
Age 15
77.4
82.4
30
31
Age 20
77.6
82.4
30
31
Age 25
77.9
82.5
30
31
Age 30
78.2
82.6
29
31
Age 35
78.5
82.7
29
31
Age 40
78.8
82.9
30
31
Age 45
79.1
83.1
31
31
Age 50
79.5
83.4
33
33
Age 55
80.1
83.8
33
35
Age 60
80.8
84.4
38
33
Age 65
81.8
85.1
42
36
Age 70
83.2
86.0
47
38
Age 75
84.9
87.2
52
39
Age 80
87.0
89.0
62
40
Age 85
89.9
91.3
79
49
Age 90
93.4
94.3
91
54
Age 95
97.4
97.9
99
59
Age 100
101.8
102.1
110
60
 
 
Ireland
IRELAND TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
5,276
22.76
2 Stroke
2,107
9.09
3 Lung Cancers
1,669
7.20
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,536
6.63
5 Lung Disease
1,248
5.38
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,039
4.48
7 Alzheimers/Dementia
874
3.77
8 Breast Cancer
806
3.48
9 Prostate Cancer
525
2.26
10 Diabetes Mellitus
474
2.04
11 Pancreas Cancer
463
2.00
12 Lymphomas
458
1.98
13 Suicide
422
1.82
14 Oesophagus Cancer
405
1.75
15 Kidney Disease
392
1.69
16 Stomach Cancer
341
1.47
17 Hypertension
325
1.40
18 Poisonings
297
1.28
19 Liver Disease
287
1.24
20 Road Traffic Accidents
284
1.23
21 Falls
280
1.21
22 Leukemia
262
1.13
23 Ovary Cancer
253
1.09
24 Other Injuries
221
0.95
25 Congenital Anomalies
219
0.94
  Deaths %
26 Endocrine Disorders
215
0.93
27 Bladder Cancer
214
0.92
28 Skin Cancers
208
0.90
29 Other Neoplasms
205
0.88
30 Liver Cancer
199
0.86
31 Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.82
32 Parkinson Disease
184
0.79
33 Oral Cancer
131
0.57
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
108
0.47
35 Cervical Cancer
105
0.45
36 Uterin Cancer
94
0.41
37 Drug Use
80
0.35
38 Low Birth Weight
71
0.31
39 Epilepsy
68
0.29
40 Asthma
58
0.25
41 Rheumatoid Arthritis
56
0.24
42 Violence
54
0.23
43 Skin Disease
48
0.21
44 Alcohol
46
0.20
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
44
0.19
46 Drownings
43
0.19
47 Multiple Sclerosis
41
0.18
48 Tuberculosis
39
0.17
49 Diarrhoeal diseases
39
0.17
50 Fires
36
0.16
 
 
Ireland
IRELAND TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
79.21
138
2 Stroke
30.44
175
3 Lung Cancers
28.34
26
4 Breast Cancer
26.13
10
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
20.95
134
6 Lung Disease
18.25
111
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.05
23
8 Alzheimers/Dementia
11.81
24
9 Suicide
9.17
78
10 Prostate Cancer
7.83
66
11 Pancreas Cancer
7.69
31
12 Lymphomas
7.55
30
13 Diabetes Mellitus
7.08
175
14 Oesophagus Cancer
6.75
33
15 Poisonings
6.22
34
16 Road Traffic Accidents
6.11
166
17 Stomach Cancer
5.59
118
18 Kidney Disease
5.54
163
19 Liver Disease
5.54
156
20 Congenital Anomalies
5.41
117
21 Falls
4.56
73
22 Hypertension
4.50
178
23 Leukemia
4.41
59
24 Ovary Cancer
4.39
10
25 Other Injuries
3.89
181
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Endocrine Disorders
3.61
132
27 Skin Cancers
3.47
16
28 Liver Cancer
3.36
153
29 Bladder Cancer
3.33
57
30 Inflammatory/Heart
3.26
139
31 Other Neoplasms
3.04
88
32 Parkinson Disease
2.60
27
33 Oral Cancer
2.26
121
34 Cervical Cancer
1.98
147
35 Low Birth Weight
1.88
162
36 Drug Use
1.75
34
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
149
38 Uterin Cancer
1.56
61
39 Epilepsy
1.28
129
40 Violence
1.17
158
41 Asthma
0.94
165
42 Drownings
0.93
165
43 Alcohol
0.88
102
44 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.88
32
45 Multiple Sclerosis
0.75
21
46 Skin Disease
0.69
141
47 Fires
0.69
137
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.66
153
49 Tuberculosis
0.60
161
50 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.57
151
 
 
Ireland
IRELAND CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
28.34
26
2 Breast Cancer
26.13
10
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.05
23
4 Prostate Cancer
7.83
66
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.69
31
6 Lymphomas
7.55
30
7 Oesophagus Cancer
6.75
33
8 Stomach Cancer
5.59
118
9 Leukemia
4.41
59
  Rate World Rank
10 Ovary Cancer
4.39
10
11 Skin Cancers
3.47
16
12 Liver Cancer
3.36
153
13 Bladder Cancer
3.33
57
14 Other Neoplasms
3.04
88
15 Oral Cancer
2.26
121
16 Cervical Cancer
1.98
147
17 Uterin Cancer
1.56
61
 
 
Ireland
IRELAND HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
14.7
8
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
26.5
26.0
93
29
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
14.3
12.9
82
136
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
253
12

 
Ireland
IRELAND DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
4,203,200
122
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
Population 0-14
20.9 %
137
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
12.0 %
46
Birth Rate / 1000
14.23
135
Death Rate / 1000
7.75
103
Fertulity Rate
1.85
133
Infant Mortality
5.05
163
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.07
24
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.07
18
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
72
Net Migrattion
4.71
15
Population Growth
1.12
106
Literacy Total
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.2
107
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.1
14
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$46,200
8
 
 
 

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