Table 1. County regions, populations and independent predictors.
| County | Population * | Population
density * |
Gender
balance * |
Population
ageing * |
Live
alone * |
Social
class * |
Respiratory
deaths + |
Circulatory
deaths + |
NH bed
per cap # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border | |||||||||
| Cavan | 76176 | 39.4 | 49.7% | 13.7% | 28.5% | 29.4% | 13.0% | 28.0% | 49.6 |
| Donegal | 159192 | 32.7 | 50.4% | 15.1% | 28.4% | 29.9% | 12.0% | 32.0% | 40.3 |
| Leitrim | 32044 | 20.2 | 49.9% | 16.9% | 32.7% | 33.6% | 14.0% | 41.0% | 47.5 |
| Monaghan | 61386 | 47.4 | 49.7% | 14.0% | 27.4% | 29.3% | 12.0% | 30.0% | 49.0 |
| Louth | 128884 | 156.0 | 50.6% | 12.5% | 26.4% | 31.1% | 12.0% | 25.0% | 39.1 |
| Midlands | |||||||||
| Laois | 84697 | 49.2 | 49.5% | 11.3% | 26.3% | 32.2% | 16.0% | 25.0% | 37.5 |
| Longford | 40873 | 37.5 | 49.6% | 14.2% | 29.5% | 27.7% | 16.0% | 28.0% | 50.0 |
| Offaly | 77961 | 39.0 | 50.2% | 13.6% | 24.5% | 29.9% | 14.0% | 29.0% | 50.0 |
| Westmeath | 88770 | 48.2 | 50.3% | 12.8% | 26.3% | 33.6% | 14.0% | 29.0% | 54.4 |
| West | |||||||||
| Galway | 258058 | 42.0 | 50.5% | 13.5% | 26.9% | 36.8% | 13.0% | 29.0% | 54.6 |
| Mayo | 130507 | 23.4 | 50.2% | 17.6% | 28.8% | 31.7% | 13.0% | 32.0% | 48.1 |
| Roscommon | 64544 | 25.3 | 49.8% | 16.6% | 29.5% | 33.1% | 14.0% | 31.0% | 67.1 |
| Sligo | 65535 | 35.7 | 50.6% | 16.2% | 28.6% | 34.6% | 12.0% | 28.0% | 36.5 |
| Mid-East | |||||||||
| Dublin | 1347359 | 1461.3 | 51.1% | 12.2% | 26.8% | 40.5% | 13.0% | 28.0% | 49.6 |
| Kildare | 222504 | 131.3 | 50.3% | 9.9% | 22.4% | 37.9% | 13.0% | 28.0% | 74.5 |
| Meath | 195044 | 83.3 | 50.4% | 10.7% | 22.7% | 38.1% | 16.0% | 25.0% | 52.0 |
| Wicklow | 142425 | 70.3 | 50.7% | 13.0% | 23.2% | 40.4% | 13.0% | 26.0% | 59.4 |
| Mid-West | |||||||||
| Clare | 118817 | 34.4 | 50.5% | 14.9% | 27.8% | 35.9% | 16.0% | 28.0% | 53.5 |
| Limerick | 194899 | 70.7 | 50.1% | 14.1% | 26.9% | 33.6% | 14.0% | 27.0% | 47.4 |
| Tipperary | 159553 | 37.1 | 50.1% | 15.3% | 27.7% | 31.8% | 13.0% | 30.0% | 48.0 |
| South-East | |||||||||
| Carlow | 56932 | 63.5 | 50.0% | 12.9% | 26.6% | 30.2% | 10.0% | 34.0% | 50.8 |
| Kilkenny | 99232 | 47.9 | 50.1% | 14.2% | 25.0% | 37.2% | 14.0% | 30.0% | 47.5 |
| Waterford | 116176 | 62.6 | 50.4% | 15.0% | 27.2% | 32.9% | 14.0% | 29.0% | 42.9 |
| Wexford | 149722 | 63.3 | 50.8% | 14.7% | 26.2% | 30.9% | 13.0% | 33.0% | 47.1 |
| South-West | |||||||||
| Cork | 542868 | 72.4 | 50.5% | 13.6% | 26.8% | 36.9% | 11.0% | 31.0% | 51.2 |
| Kerry | 147707 | 30.7 | 50.5% | 16.9% | 27.9% | 31.6% | 12.0% | 32.0% | 41.3 |
Sources: * 2016 Census 22, + CSO Births, Deaths and Marriages 36, # Health Information and Quality Authority 37
Colours: For each descriptive variable, top quartile results in dark green , bottom quartile results in light green .
Legend:Population: Total number of residents; Population density: population/km 2; Gender balance: % of population=female; Population ageing: % of population aged 65+; Live alone: % of population aged 65+ who live alone; Social class: % of population aged<=65 in professional, managerial or technical classes; Respiratory deaths: proportion of deaths in 2018 with death certificate ICD-10 code primary cause J00-J99 38; Circulatory deaths: proportion of deaths in 2018 with death certificate ICD-10 code primary cause I00-I99 38; NH bed per cap: total nursing home beds/population.