Causes of mortality in Ireland
Ireland: Causes of mortality was 35,598 Deaths in 2023. βΌ Falling
Causes of mortality in Ireland, 1960β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2023, causes of mortality in Ireland stood at 35,598 Deaths.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Ireland peaked at 35,804 Deaths in 2022 and was at its lowest, 27,122 Deaths, in 2010.
That places Ireland 32nd out of 36 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,411 Deaths | 31,400 Deaths | 35,113 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 33,748 Deaths | 31,890 Deaths | 34,921 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,592 Deaths | 31,405 Deaths | 33,704 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,643 Deaths | 30,931 Deaths | 32,608 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,106 Deaths | 28,117 Deaths | 31,391 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,706 Deaths | 27,122 Deaths | 31,184 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,776 Deaths | 32,856 Deaths | 35,804 Deaths | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 29 Finland 58,214 Deaths compare
- 30 Israel 49,654 Deaths compare
- 31 Norway 43,233 Deaths compare
- 33 New Zealand 32,787 Deaths compare
- 34 Costa Rica 28,995 Deaths compare
- 35 Luxembourg 4,153 Deaths compare
More health data for Ireland
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -4.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.89 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,122 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 20 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 34,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 33,483 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 34,837 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 34,019 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Ireland?
- Causes of mortality in Ireland was 35,598 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 35,804 Deaths in 2022.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,122 Deaths in 2010.
- How does Ireland rank for causes of mortality?
- Ireland ranks 32nd out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.