Current health

General health

The health status of the Irish population has markedly improved.

In overall population health terms, the past decade presents a clear picture of rapid decreases in mortality rates accompanied by a rapid rise in life expectancy. The average life expectancy for men and women now are quite similar to de average of the EU countries ( for men 77.46 years and for women 82.22 years).

Mortality from circulatory system diseases fell by almost 36% between 2002 and 2011 and cancer death rates reduced by 8%. Mortality from circulatory system diseases is now virtually the same as that for cancer. Between them, these two causes accounted for 63% of all deaths registered in 2011.

Source: Department of Health

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