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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland
IRELAND		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
67.9
71.6
69.7
10
26
17
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
73.9
79.1
76.4
32
32
32
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
77.9
82.4
80.1
13
21
14
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Ireland
IRELAND		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
77.9
82.4
13
21
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
78.4
83.3
30
31
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
78.4
83.3
30
31
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
78.4
83.4
30
31
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
78.6
83.4
30
31
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
78.9
83.5
30
31
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
79.2
83.6
29
31
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
79.5
83.7
29
31
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
79.8
83.9
30
31
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
80.1
84.1
31
31
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
80.5
84.4
33
33
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
81.1
84.8
33
35
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
81.8
85.4
38
33
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
82.8
86.1
42
36
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.2
87.0
47
38
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
85.9
88.2
52
39
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.0
90.0
62
40
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.9
92.3
79
49
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.4
95.3
91
54
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.4
98.9
99
59
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.8
103.1
110
60
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland
IRELAND		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
79.21
138
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
30.44
175
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
28.34
26
  
30.98
18
4 Breast Cancer
26.13
10
  
23.62
20
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
20.95
134
  
23.69
125
6 Lung Disease
18.25
111
  
21.47
98
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.05
23
  
15.49
33
8 Alzheimers/Dementia
11.81
24
  
17.08
14
9 Suicide
9.17
78
  
6.90
101
10 Prostate Cancer
7.83
66
  
8.21
58
11 Pancreas Cancer
7.69
31
  
6.81
39
12 Lymphomas
7.55
30
  
7.35
36
13 Diabetes Mellitus
7.08
175
  
5.04
185
14 Oesophagus Cancer
6.75
33
  
7.62
30
15 Poisonings
6.22
34
  
2.81
89
16 Road Traffic Accidents
6.11
166
  
4.77
180
17 Stomach Cancer
5.59
118
  
4.81
130
18 Kidney Disease
5.54
163
  
3.23
185
19 Liver Disease
5.54
156
  
9.48
96
20 Congenital Anomalies
5.41
117
  
3.68
164
21 Falls
4.56
73
  
3.51
109
22 Hypertension
4.50
178
  
3.67
183
23 Leukemia
4.41
59
  
4.39
63
24 Ovary Cancer
4.39
10
  
3.96
20
25 Other Injuries
3.89
181
  
5.54
170
26 Endocrine Disorders
3.61
132
  
3.13
147
27 Skin Cancers
3.47
16
  
2.74
32
28 Liver Cancer
3.36
153
  
3.07
164
29 Bladder Cancer
3.33
57
  
4.27
28
30 Inflammatory/Heart
3.26
139
  
2.97
152
31 Other Neoplasms
3.04
88
  
2.95
92
32 Parkinson Disease
2.60
27
  
3.48
8
33 Oral Cancer
2.26
121
  
2.39
113
34 Cervical Cancer
1.98
147
  
1.38
161
35 Low Birth Weight
1.88
162
  
3.39
144
36 Drug Use
1.75
34
  
2.14
27
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
149
  
2.54
123
38 Uterin Cancer
1.56
61
  
1.53
64
39 Epilepsy
1.28
129
  
1.57
104
40 Violence
1.17
158
  
1.14
160
41 Asthma
0.94
165
  
1.09
153
42 Drownings
0.93
165
  
0.35
187
43 Alcohol
0.88
102
  
1.10
76
44 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.88
32
  
0.67
68
45 Multiple Sclerosis
0.75
21
  
1.33
4
46 Skin Disease
0.69
141
  
1.50
104
47 Fires
0.69
137
  
0.45
158
48 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.66
153
  
0.90
140
49 Tuberculosis
0.60
161
  
0.41
170
50 Diarrhoeal diseases
0.57
151
  
1.95
119
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Ireland
IRELAND		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
5,276
22.76
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
2,107
9.09
  
55,919
11.98
3 Lung Cancers
1,669
7.20
  
35,845
7.68
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,536
6.63
  
37,348
8.00
5 Lung Disease
1,248
5.38
  
29,069
6.23
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,039
4.48
  
18,951
4.06
7 Alzheimers/Dementia
874
3.77
  
29,116
6.24
8 Breast Cancer
806
3.48
  
14,343
3.07
9 Prostate Cancer
525
2.26
  
11,508
2.46
10 Diabetes Mellitus
474
2.04
  
6,682
1.43
11 Pancreas Cancer
463
2.00
  
7,954
1.70
12 Lymphomas
458
1.98
  
8,744
1.87
13 Suicide
422
1.82
  
4,660
1.00
14 Oesophagus Cancer
405
1.75
  
8,762
1.88
15 Kidney Disease
392
1.69
  
4,804
1.03
16 Stomach Cancer
341
1.47
  
6,006
1.29
17 Hypertension
325
1.40
  
5,191
1.11
18 Poisonings
297
1.28
  
1,805
0.39
19 Liver Disease
287
1.24
  
7,767
1.66
20 Road Traffic Accidents
284
1.23
  
3,073
0.66
21 Falls
280
1.21
  
4,450
0.95
22 Leukemia
262
1.13
  
5,077
1.09
23 Ovary Cancer
253
1.09
  
4,366
0.94
24 Other Injuries
221
0.95
  
6,029
1.29
25 Congenital Anomalies
219
0.94
  
1,950
0.42
26 Endocrine Disorders
215
0.93
  
3,056
0.65
27 Bladder Cancer
214
0.92
  
5,842
1.25
28 Skin Cancers
208
0.90
  
2,947
0.63
29 Other Neoplasms
205
0.88
  
3,829
0.82
30 Liver Cancer
199
0.86
  
3,470
0.74
31 Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.82
  
3,014
0.65
32 Parkinson Disease
184
0.79
  
5,348
1.15
33 Oral Cancer
131
0.57
  
2,428
0.52
34 Peptic Ulcer Disease
108
0.47
  
3,294
0.71
35 Cervical Cancer
105
0.45
  
1,322
0.28
36 Uterin Cancer
94
0.41
  
1,852
0.40
37 Drug Use
80
0.35
  
1,247
0.27
38 Low Birth Weight
71
0.31
  
1,386
0.30
39 Epilepsy
68
0.29
  
1,201
0.26
40 Asthma
58
0.25
  
1,260
0.27
41 Rheumatoid Arthritis
56
0.24
  
905
0.19
42 Violence
54
0.23
  
703
0.15
43 Skin Disease
48
0.21
  
2,188
0.47
44 Alcohol
46
0.20
  
862
0.18
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
44
0.19
  
1,204
0.26
46 Drownings
43
0.19
  
233
0.05
47 Multiple Sclerosis
41
0.18
  
1,206
0.26
48 Tuberculosis
39
0.17
  
443
0.09
49 Diarrhoeal diseases
39
0.17
  
3,081
0.66
50 Fires
36
0.16
  
380
0.08
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland
IRELAND		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
28.34
26
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
26.13
10
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.05
23
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
7.83
66
  
8.21
58
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.69
31
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
7.55
30
  
7.35
36
7 Oesophagus Cancer
6.75
33
  
7.62
30
8 Stomach Cancer
5.59
118
  
4.81
130
9 Leukemia
4.41
59
  
4.39
63
10 Ovary Cancer
4.39
10
  
3.96
20
11 Skin Cancers
3.47
16
  
2.74
32
12 Liver Cancer
3.36
153
  
3.07
164
13 Bladder Cancer
3.33
57
  
4.27
28
14 Other Neoplasms
3.04
88
  
2.95
92
15 Oral Cancer
2.26
121
  
2.39
113
16 Cervical Cancer
1.98
147
  
1.38
161
17 Uterin Cancer
1.56
61
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Ireland
IRELAND		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
4,203,200
122
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
20.9 %
137
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
67.1 %
64
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
12.0 %
46
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
14.23
135
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
7.75
103
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.85
133
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
5.05
163
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.07
24
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.07
18
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
72
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
4.71
15
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.12
106
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.2
107
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.1
14
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$46,200
8
  
$36,600
23
 

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