Health in the Republic of Ireland

Smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity in Ireland occur at rates higher than the OECD average.

[1][2] There have been dramatic reductions in mortality from the three principal causes of death in Ireland - heart disease, cancer and stroke - in recent years[when?

measure of expected human capital calculated for 195 countries from 1990 to 2016 and defined for each birth cohort as the expected years lived from age 20 to 64 years and adjusted for educational attainment, learning or education quality, and functional health status was published by The Lancet in September 2018.

Ireland had the sixteenth highest level of expected human capital with 24 health, education, and learning-adjusted expected years lived between age 20 and 64 years.

[6] In Ireland, childhood vaccination (up to age 16) requires the consent of the parents.