1. Chapter 1 - Demographics
2. Chapter 2 - Population Health
3. Chapter 3 - Hospital Care
4. Chapter 4 - Primary Care and Community Service
5. Chapter 5 - Health Service Employment
6. Chapter 6 - Health Service Expenditure

• The number of people in Ireland who reported their health as being good or very good (79.5%) in 2023 was the highest in the EU, well above the EU average of 67.7%. Ireland also had the highest rate of self-perceived good health in 2022.
• Life expectancy in Ireland is fifth highest in the EU, at 82.6 years.
• The population has grown by 14.8% since 2015, with the over 65s group increasing by 36.5% between 2015 and 2024.
• The total number of consultant and non-consultant hospital doctors employed in the public health service in Ireland increased to 13,772 (61.3% increase) between 2015 and 2024.
• The number of nurses and midwives increased to almost 48,000 (34.9% increase) between 2015 and 2024.
• Between 2014 and 2023, the mortality rate from cancer fell by 14.7%, the mortality rate from circulatory system diseases fell by 19.5%, the mortality rate for ischaemic heart disease fell by 27.7% and the mortality rate from respiratory system diseases fell by 15.4%.
• The proportion of total health expenditure paid for either out-of-pocket or through private health insurance has been reducing in recent years; the government funded 77.4% of total health expenditure in Ireland in 2023.

Figure 2.9 (a) Alcohol consumption per annum, per capita aged 15 years and over, 2004 to 2023
Figure 2.9 (b) Cigarette consumption per annum, per capita aged 15 years and over, 2004 to 2023

Table 4.4 Number of cases in treatment for problem drug and alcohol use and rate per 100,000 population aged 15–64 years, Ireland, 2014–2023 
Figure 4.6 Rate per 100,000 population aged 15–64 of cases in treatment for problem drug and alcohol use, 2014–2023