Principal causes of death, crude death rates and age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population - 1972, 1982, 1992 and 20021
1972 1982 1992 2002
All Causes:
Number 34,381 32,457 30,931 29,348*
Crude death rate 1136.8 932.7 870.2 749.2*
Age-standardised mortality rate 1204.9 1054.4 878.3 711.9*
Diseases of the Circulatory System
All Circulatory System Diseases:
Number 17,530 16,289 13,973 11,595*
Crude death rate 579.6 468.1 393.1 296.0*
Age-standardised mortality rate 621.6 536.6 391.8 275.7*
Ischaemic Heart Disease:
Number 8,544 8,423 7,725 6,082*
Crude death rate 282.5 242.0 217.0 155.3*
Age-standardised mortality rate 302.0 276.9 219.5 146.6*
Stroke:
Number 4,701 3,768 2,971 2,393*
Crude death rate 155.4 108.3 83.6 61.1*
Age-standardised mortality rate 165.0 122.6 81.1 55.3*
Cancer
All Malignant Neoplasms:
Number 5,762 6,332 7,539 7,499*
Crude death rate 190.5 182.0 212.1 191.4*
Age-standardised mortality rate 204.5 209.7 222.7 191.3*
Cancer of the Trachea, Bronchus and Lung:
Number 1,022 1,332 1,559 1,474*
Crude death rate 33.8 38.3 43.9 37.6*
Age-standardised mortality rate 36.4 44.1 46.0 38.5*
Cancer of the Female Breast:
Number 468 570 658 608*
Crude death rate 31.1 32.9 36.8 30.8*
Age-standardised mortality rate 33.5 39.8 39.4 29.8*
External Causes of Injury and Poisoning
All Deaths from External Causes:
Number 1,680 1,630 1,363 1,540*
Crude death rate 55.5 46.8 38.5 39.3*
Age-standardised mortality rate 58.9 50.8 38.8 38.0*
Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents:
Number 617 542 380 343*
Crude death rate 20.4 15.6 10.7 8.8*
Age-standardised mortality rate 21.4 15.4 10.4 8.3*
Suicide:
Number 89 241 363 451*
Crude death rate 2.9 6.9 10.2 11.5*
Age-standardised mortality rate 3.6 8.1 11.0 11.4*

1 Age-standardised rates based on World Health Organisation Standard European Population

* Provisional figures based on year of registration

Source: Central Statistics Office and WHO/Europe, Health for All Database, January 2004