Health List Women and Men in Ireland 2013 - Central Statistics Office

Ireland: Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years

5.1 Ireland: Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years, 1925-2007

years
	At birth			At 65 years
Period	Men	Women	Difference	Men	Women	Difference
1925-1927	57.4	57.9	0.5	12.8	13.4	0.6
1935-1937	58.2	59.6	1.4	12.5	13.1	0.6
1940-1942	59.0	61.0	2.0	12.3	13.2	0.9
1945-1947	60.5	62.4	1.9	12.0	13.1	1.1
1950-1952	64.5	67.1	2.6	12.1	13.3	1.2
1960-1962	68.1	71.9	3.8	12.6	14.4	1.8
1965-1967	68.6	72.9	4.3	12.4	14.7	2.3
1970-1972	68.8	73.5	4.7	12.4	15.0	2.6
1978-1980	69.5	75.0	5.5	12.4	15.4	3.0
1980-1982	70.1	75.6	5.5	12.6	15.7	3.1
1985-1987	71.0	76.7	5.7	12.6	16.2	3.6
1990-1992	72.3	77.9	5.6	13.4	17.1	3.7
1995-1997	73.0	78.5	5.5	13.8	17.4	3.6
2001-2003	75.1	80.3	5.2	15.4	18.7	3.3
2005-2007	76.8	81.6	4.8	16.6	19.8	3.2
Source: CSO Irish Life Tables No 15, 2005-2007

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.1 (XLS 12KB)

In Ireland, women's life expectancy at birth increased from 57.9 years in the period 1925-1927 to 81.6 years in 2005-2007. Over the same period, the life expectancy at birth of men increased from 57.4 years to 76.8 years.
The difference between male and female life expectancy at birth increased from 0.5 years in 1925-1927 to 5.7 years in 1985-1987 before decreasing to 4.8 years in 2005-2007.
The difference between male and female life expectancy at 65 years of age increased from 0.6 years in 1925-1927 to 3.7 years in 1990-1992. However, this difference had decreased to 3.2 years by 2005-2007.

EU: Life expectancy at birth

5.2 EU: Life expectancy at birth, 2012

years
Country	Males	Females	Difference
Sweden	79.9	83.6	3.7
Italy	79.8	84.8	5.0
Spain	79.5	85.5	6.0
Netherlands	79.3	83.0	3.7
United Kingdom	79.1	82.8	3.7
Luxembourg	79.1	83.8	4.7
Cyprus	78.9	83.4	4.5
Ireland	78.7	83.2	4.5
France	78.7	85.4	6.7
Malta	78.6	83.0	4.4
Germany	78.6	83.3	4.7
Austria	78.4	83.6	5.2
Denmark	78.1	82.1	4.0
Greece	78.0	83.4	5.4
Belgium	77.8	83.1	5.3
Finland	77.7	83.7	6.0
EU	77.5	83.1	5.6
Portugal	77.3	83.6	6.3
Slovenia	77.1	83.3	6.2
Czech Republic	75.1	81.2	6.1
Croatia	73.9	80.6	6.7
Poland	72.7	81.1	8.4
Slovakia	72.5	79.9	7.4
Hungary	71.6	78.7	7.1
Estonia	71.4	81.5	10.1
Romania	71.0	78.1	7.1
Bulgaria	70.9	77.9	7.0
Latvia	68.9	78.9	10.0
Lithuania	68.4	79.6	11.2

Iceland	81.6	84.3	2.7
Switzerland	80.6	84.9	4.3
Norway	79.5	83.5	4.0
Turkey	74.8	80.5	5.7
Macedonia	73.0	76.9	3.9
Source: Eurostat

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.2 (XLS 13KB)

Life expectancy at birth in 2012 for Irish males was 78.7 years, over one year higher than the EU average of 77.5 years. Irish females born in 2012 could expect to live to 83.2 years, just above the EU average of 83.1 years.
The highest male life expectancy at birth in 2012 was in Sweden at 79.9 years while the lowest was in Lithuania at 68.4 years.
The highest female life expectancy at birth was 85.5 years in Spain with the lowest in Bulgaria at 77.9 years.
The lowest difference between female and male life expectancy at birth in 2012 was 3.7 years in Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom with the largest gap in Lithuania at 11.2 years.

Show Map - 5.2 EU: Male life expectancy at birth

Show Map - 5.2 EU: Female life expectancy at birth

Show Graph - 5.2 Ireland: Life expectancy at birth

	Men	Women
2003	75.7	80.7
2004	76.1	81.1
2005	76.7	81.3
2006	76.9	81.7
2007	77.3	82.1
2008	77.9	82.4
2009	77.8	82.7
2010	78.5	83.1
2011	78.6	83
2012	78.7	83.2

Ireland: Age-sex specific death rates

5.3 Ireland: Age-sex specific death rates, 2012

	per 100,000 population
Age group	Males	Females	Male:Female ratio
0-4	87	75	1.2:1
5-14	10	9	1.1:1
15-24	68	22	3.1:1
25-64	275	167	1.6:1
65-74	1,934	1,177	1.6:1
75 and over	8,318	7,127	1.2:1
Source: CSO Vital Statistics

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.3 (XLS 10KB)

The death rate in Ireland was higher for males than for females in all age groups in 2012.
The most pronounced difference was in the 15-24 age group where the male death rate was more than three times that of the female rate.

Ireland: Death rates for persons aged 65-74

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	Women	Men
2002	1751.94401244168	2981.19658119658
2003	1623.45679012346	2770.13422818792
2004	1582.63518659558	2711.23872026251
2005	1533.73313343328	2535.25641025641
2006	1394.44027047333	2483.69132856006
2007	1463.64985163205	2329.96894409938
2008	1328.77697841727	2347.92452830189
2009	1304.7419804742	2190.85631349782
2010	1311.0661268556	2060.01395673412
2011	1249.18672739102	2002.6936026936
2012	1177.13567839196	1933.54838709677

The death rate for the 65-74 age group decreased by over a third for men (35.1%) over the period 2002-2012.
Over the same time period the death rate for women decreased by just under a third, falling by 32.8%.

Ireland: Mortality by cause of death

5.5 Ireland: Mortality by cause of death, 2012

		number	per 100,000 population
Cause of death	Men	Women	Men	Women
Circulatory diseases	4,656	4,611	205	199
Malignant neoplasms	4,577	3,967	202	171
Accidents	633	323	28	14
Suicide	413	94	18	4
Source: CSO Vital Statistics

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.5 (XLS 12KB)

The mortality rate due to accidents for men (28 per 100,000) was twice that of women in 2012.
The male mortality rate due to suicide (18 per 100,000) was over four times the female rate.

Ireland: Persons with a medical card

5.6 Ireland: Persons with a medical card, 2013

%
Age Group	Men	Women
0-15	40.4	39.8
16-24	36.9	43.2
25-34	27.4	32.9
35-44	30.1	33.6
45-54	31.0	31.4
55-64	33.6	35.7
65-69	43.6	55.8
70+	89.9	93.8
Total	38.3	42.2
Persons registered	871,086	978,294
Source: HSE, CSO Census of Population

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.6 (XLS 11KB)

In 2013, 38.3% of males and 42.2% of females in Ireland had a medical card.
About 40% of boys and girls aged up to 15 years old had a medical card in 2013. However for all other age groups more women than men had a medical card, with the difference most pronounced in the 65-69 age group where 43.6% of men had a medical card compared to 55.8% of women.
Between 2001 and 2008 all persons aged 70 and over were entitled to a medical card. However, from January 2009 only persons with income under certain limits are entitled to a card, see Appendix 1 for further details. By 2013 89.9% of men and 93.8% of women aged 70 and over had a medical card.

Show Graph - 5.6 Ireland: Persons with a medical card

	Men	Women
0-15	40.3829447255563	39.8003194124341
16-24	36.8537538329651	43.2488227962052
25-34	27.4146982011953	32.8533477492826
35-44	30.0925676078701	33.6140711114621
45-54	31.0431005950733	31.3935527873062
55-64	33.6008266177697	35.6716643061271
65-69	43.5717382798041	55.8414317937475
70+	89.88848966175	93.7737958756175

Ireland: Acute hospital discharges by principal diagnosis

5.7 Ireland: Acute hospital discharges by principal diagnosis, 2012¹

%
Diagnosis	Males	Females
Neoplasms	8.4	7.5
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs	5.0	4.9
Circulatory diseases	6.4	3.9
Respiratory diseases	5.7	4.6
Digestive diseases	10.0	8.6
Genitourinary diseases	3.4	5.7
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	0.0	15.0
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions	8.4	8.1
Injury and poisoning	4.5	3.0
Other diagnoses	18.1	14.4
Supplementary classifications	30.1	24.2
of which Dialysis	14.1	7.8
Total	100.0	100.0
Total discharges per 1,000 population	310.9	360.3
Source: Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE), Information Unit, Department of Health

¹ HIPE data covers discharges from all publicly funded acute hospitals.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.7 (XLS 12KB)

In 2012 the rate of discharges from acute hospitals was 310.9 per 1,000 population for males and 360.3 per 1,000 for females.
15% of conditions diagnosed for women related to pregnancy and childbirth. The most common single condition diagnosed for males (apart from "other diagnoses") was dialysis at 14.1% of discharges.

Ireland: Acute hospital discharges by patient type

5.8 Ireland: Acute hospital discharges by patient type, 2002-2012

per 1,000 population
	Day patients		In-patients		All patients
Year	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
2002	85.2	95.2	118.9	156.2	204.1	251.3
2003	93.0	102.8	117.1	158.1	210.1	260.9
2004	100.9	109.6	117.1	160.4	218.0	270.0
2005	103.0	111.7	114.9	158.3	217.9	270.0
2006	161.2	151.6	115.6	159.8	276.8	311.4
2007	167.9	160.7	112.9	160.8	280.8	321.5
2008	173.6	170.3	108.3	158.1	281.9	328.4
2009	182.5	179.6	106.3	154.1	288.8	333.7
2010	193.4	183.7	105.0	153.1	298.4	336.8
2011	195.0	191.4	104.5	152.7	299.5	344.1
2012	199.6	199.9	111.3	160.4	310.9	360.3
Source: Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE), Information Unit, Department of Health

¹ HIPE Data includes discharges from all publicly funded acute hospitals.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.8 (XLS 13KB)

The rate of discharges for day patients in 2012 was 199.6 per 1,000 for males and 199.9 for females. Data for years from 2006 onwards include patients admitted for dialysis on a day care basis which was previously excluded and thus there is a discontinuity in the data between years 2005 and 2006 in the series on day patients.
Discharges of in-patients decreased for men over the period 2002-2011 from 118.9 per 1,000 to 104.5 before rising to 111.3 in 2012.
Discharges of in-patients for females increased from 156.2 per 1,000 in 2002 to 160.8 in 2007 before falling to 152.7 in 2011 and then rising to 160.4 in 2012.

Ireland: Persons with an intellectual disability by level of disability

5.9 Ireland: Persons with an intellectual disability by level of disability, 2012

		number		%
Level	Men	Women	Men	Women
Mild	5,213	3,913	32.7	33.5
Moderate	6,283	4,774	39.4	40.9
Severe	2,349	1,733	14.7	14.9
Profound	526	438	3.3	3.8
Not verified	1,581	812	9.9	7.0
Total	15,952	11,670	100.0	100.0
Source: National Intellectual Disability Database

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.9 (XLS 12KB)

There were 27,622 persons registered on the National Intellectual Disability database in 2012, of whom 57.8% were men.
The gender breakdown at each level of disability shows a similar pattern with men representing more than half of persons in each category.
Nearly three-quarters of both men and women with a disability were classified as having a mild or moderate disability.

Ireland: Admissions to psychiatric hospitals and units

5.10 Ireland: Admissions to psychiatric hospitals and units, 2012

	per 100,000 population		of which first admissions (%)
Condition	Men	Women	Men	Women
Organic mental disorder	10.6	9.3	56.4	54.2
Schizophrenia	95.9	66.7	20.4	21.2
Depressive disorders	107.4	127.3	40.6	33.6
Mania	40.7	50.7	24.4	22.1
Neuroses	32.8	35.1	51.9	47.4
Personality and behavioural disorders	14.2	32.3	24.5	18.4
Alcoholic disorders	37.1	22.4	38.8	37.5
Other drug disorders	27.2	9.2	43.4	42.3
Intellectual disability	1.9	0.9	25.0	15.0
Eating disorders	0.6	8.0	30.8	35.5
Other psychoses and Unspecified	33.0	29.4	49.5	46.7
Total	401.6	391.2	35.6	31.9
Source: Health Research Board, Activities of Irish Psychiatric Services

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.10 (XLS 10KB)

In 2012 the rate of admission to psychiatric units for men was 401.6 per 100,000 population, slightly higher than the rate for women at 391.2 per 100,000.
For both men and women the highest cause of admission was depressive disorders, with a rate for women of 127.3 per 100,000, 19% higher than the rate for men.
The next most common cause of admission for both men and women was schizophrenia, with an admission rate of 95.9 per 100,000 for men, 44% higher than the rate for women.
There were clear gender differences in the rates of admissions for other conditions. Women were more than twice as likely as men to be admitted for personality and behavioural disorders.
The male rate of admissions for alcoholic disorders was 66% higher than the female rate while the male rate of admissions for other drug disorders was nearly three times higher than the female rate.

Ireland: Recipients of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit

5.11 Ireland: Recipients of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit, 2003-2013

		number
Year	Men	Women	Total	% women
2003	4,378	17,577	21,955	80.1
2004	4,674	19,035	23,709	80.3
2005	4,879	20,958	25,837	81.1
2006	5,561	23,560	29,121	80.9
2007	6,869	28,278	35,147	80.5
2008	9,175	36,643	45,818	80.0
2009	10,213	39,926	50,139	79.6
2010	10,524	40,053	50,577	79.2
2011	11,166	42,137	53,303	79.1
2012	11,477	42,370	53,847	78.7
2013	13,011	45,723	58,734	77.8
Source: Department of Social Protection

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.11 (XLS 12KB)

There were 58,734 people in receipt of caring-related social welfare payments in 2013, of whom nearly four-fifths (77.8%) were women.
The number of recipients has more than doubled since 2003, when 21,955 people received these payments, while the number of men receiving these payments has nearly trebled, growing from 4,378 in 2003 to 13,011 by 2013.

Ireland: Recipients of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit by age

5.12 Ireland: Recipients of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit by age, 2013

		number
Age group	Men	Women	Total	% women
Under 25	147	469	616	1.0
25-34	710	4,879	5,589	10.7
35-44	2,246	11,485	13,731	25.1
45-54	3,617	11,955	15,572	26.1
55-64	3,164	8,799	11,963	19.2
65 & over	3,127	8,136	11,263	17.8
Total	13,011	45,723	58,734	100.0
Source: Department of Social Protection

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.12 (XLS 12KB)

Just over half of all women in receipt of caring-related social welfare payments in 2013 were aged between 35 and 54.
27.8% of men in receipt of caring-related social welfare payments in 2013 were in the 45-54 age group while just under a quarter were aged 55-64 (24.3%) and 65 or over (24%).

Ireland: Labour force participation rate of carers by unpaid help provided

5.13 Ireland: Labour force participation rate of carers¹ by unpaid help provided, 2011

labour force participation rate
Hours per week	Men	Women
1-14	77.9	65.5
15-28	72.8	55.4
29-42	69.1	48.4
43 or more	50.1	32.0
Total carers	69.5	52.5
All persons aged 15 and over	69.4	54.6
Source: CSO Census of Population

¹ Carers aged 15 years and over.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.13 (XLS 11KB)

In 2011 the labour force participation rate for male carers aged 15 years and over was 69.5%, almost exactly the same as the rate of 69.4% for all men aged 15 and over.
The labour force participation rate for female carers aged 15 years and over was 52.5%, 2.1 percentage points below the rate of 54.6% for all women aged 15 and over.
Labour force participation rates for carers are highest for those providing 1-14 hours of unpaid help a week and lowest for those providing 43 hours or more a week.

Ireland: Health service personnel by grade category

5.14 Ireland: Health service personnel by grade category¹, 2013

			number
Grade category	Men	Women	Total	% women
Medical/Dental - Consultant	1,857	1,097	2,954	37.1
Medical/Dental - non-Consultant	2,814	3,450	6,264	55.1
Nursing	3,121	36,222	39,343	92.1
Health and social care professionals	2,834	15,067	17,901	84.2
General support staff	4,593	6,868	11,461	59.9
Other patient and client care	5,022	14,644	19,666	74.5
Management & administration	2,601	15,013	17,614	85.2
Total	22,842	92,361	115,203	80.2
Source: Health Service Executive, Service Personnel Census

¹Excludes home helps and those on career break. Caution should be exercised in making grade category classification comparisons over time due to the reclassification of certain grades. See Appendix 1.

Open in Excel: Women and Men in Ireland, 2013 Table 5.14 (XLS 12KB)

In 2013 four out of five (80.2%) employees in the Irish Health Service were women.
Women were in the majority in all the grades shown in the table with the exception of Medical and Dental consultants where men accounted for 62.9% of the positions.
Women accounted for 92.1% of nurses, 85.2% of managers and administrators and 84.2% of other health care professionals.

Show Graph - 5.14 Ireland: Health services personnel by grade category

	Men	Women
Total	22842	92361
Nursing	3121	36222
Management & administration	2601	15013
Health and social care professionals	2834	15067
Other patient and client care	5022	14644
General support staff	4593	6868
Medical/Dental non-consultants	2814	3450
Medical/Dental consultants	1857	1097

Women and Men in Ireland 2013

Health

Ireland: Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years

EU: Life expectancy at birth

Ireland: Age-sex specific death rates

Ireland: Death rates for persons aged 65-74

Ireland: Mortality by cause of death

Ireland: Persons with a medical card

Ireland: Acute hospital discharges by principal diagnosis

Ireland: Acute hospital discharges by patient type

Ireland: Persons with an intellectual disability by level of disability

Ireland: Admissions to psychiatric hospitals and units

Ireland: Recipients of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit

Ireland: Recipients of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit by age

Ireland: Labour force participation rate of carers by unpaid help provided

Ireland: Health service personnel by grade category

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