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Irish Medical Times. [Irish Medical Times] Men’s health in Ireland – facts and figures. (08 Jun 2011)

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According to the report ‘Women and Men in Ireland 2010’ published last February by the Central Statistical Office, Ireland along with Malta and Sweden had the most gender-balanced populations in the EU in 2009 with 99 men per 100 women.

Key fact and figures from the report include:

Men are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals for schizophrenia and alcoholic disorders while women are more likely to be admitted for depression (Figure 4).

In 2008 the rate of admission to psychiatric units for men was 467.4 per 100,000, which was lower than the rate for women at 471.1 per 100,000 population.

For both men and women the highest cause of admission was depressive disorders.

The rate of admission of men to psychiatric units for non-alcohol related drug disorders was nearly three times the rate for women in 2008.

The male rate of admission for schizophrenia was nearly two-thirds higher than the female rate while the female rate of admission for depressive disorders was over one third higher than the male rate.


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