Health in Ireland 1,281 indicators covering health for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Physical activity policies focused on active systems 10 2023 unchanged 101st Midwifery personnel 4,389 2024 down 58.8% 46th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 68 2024 up 871.4% 58th Personal remittances, paid 2.69 billion 2024 up 36.3% 23rd Health care - Regions — Active physicians 4.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 30.3% 20th Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Active physicians 4.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 30.3% 20th Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories 6 Days 2024 up 7.1% 22nd Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 84 2024 down 8.7% 91st Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 84 2024 down 8.7% 91st Unemployment, national estimate (% of total labor force) - SDG 8.5.2 4.47 2024 down 62.3% 46th Gender gap in life expectancy by age group 0.8913 2017 down 10.9% 20th Death rate from poisonings 0.3 2021 unchanged 110th 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 83 2021 up 7.8% 26th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 9.6 2021 down 16.5% 151st Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.3 2021 unchanged 99th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 8.5 2021 down 29.8% 65th Rotavirus number unvaccinated 7,544 2023 up 8.4% 75th Share of deaths registered 98.44 2019 — 57th Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 1.63 2022 down 31.8% 148th Personal remittances, received 656.41 million 2024 down 9.6% 56th Health expenditure and financing per capita 6,095 2025 up 32.7% 12th Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Age-adjusted 8.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 13.6% 29th Road deaths over the long term 155 2022 down 4.9% 52nd Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2021 — 19th Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 700,600 Discharges 2024 up 10.9% 28th Mean systolic blood pressure 125.3 2009 down 2.3% 99th Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.2 2009 unchanged 127th Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 64 2024 down 28.9% 80th Infant mortality rates 1.8 2016 down 14.3% 23rd Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 13.5 2020 up 57.9% 128th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.8% 2020 unchanged 19th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.1% 2020 down 50.0% 84th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 — 34th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 — 42nd Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.2% 2020 up 11.8% 10th Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.5% 2020 up 18.6% 21st Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 15.99 2020 up 43.5% 5th Number healthy diet unaffordable 100,000 2024 unchanged 128th Import of environmentally sound technologies 4.06 billion 2020 up 60.6% 46th Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 17.31 2020 up 69.2% 8th Export of environmentally sound technologies 2.76 billion 2020 down 45.6% 43rd Pcv3 number unvaccinated 9,866 2023 up 56.0% 87th Infant mortality 173 2016 down 45.4% 27th Health risks - Regions — Respiratory system diseases mortality crude 78.1 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 up 3.1% 17th Gross national income per capita 90,885 2023 up 84.6% 4th Health risks - Regions — Circulatory system diseases mortality crude 185.2 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 down 9.5% 33rd Avoidable mortality 8,419 Deaths 2022 up 6.8% 33rd Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 5,519 Deaths 2022 up 10.3% 32nd Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 2,900 Deaths 2022 up 0.7% 33rd Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2023 — 62nd Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 89.5 2100 up 0.9% 7th Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0022 2100 down 13.6% 14th Projected life expectancy by age, sex and type of projection 89.6 2100 up 1.2% 3rd Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0003 2100 down 31.0% 19th Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 89.9 2100 up 1.0% 5th Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 99.6% 2020 down 0.2% 24th Life expectancy by age and sex 83.1 2024 up 2.2% 9th Crude death rate hmd 6.91 2022 up 8.2% 35th Births and deaths 6.91 2022 up 8.2% 35th Period versus cohort life expectancy 81.99 2022 up 1.8% 19th ← Previous Page 19 of 22 Next →