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Ireland

Disease outbreak profile for Ireland — 14 events, 7 diseases, since 2000.

Ireland (IRL) · WHO EUR region · 14 WHO events across 7 diseases (2000–2026).

Diseases reported by Ireland

Disease ICD-10 Events % of country total
COVID-19 U071 7 50%
Influenza due to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus J090 2 14%
Monkeypox B04 1 7%
Infections due to other Salmonella A029 1 7%
Measles B05 1 7%
Acute hepatitis A B15 1 7%
Sepsis due to streptococcus, group A A400 1 7%

Annual outbreak timeline

Year Events Diseases
2026 1 1
2025 3 3
2024 1 1
2023 1 1
2022 3 3
2021 1 1
2020 1 1
2017 1 1
2003 1 1
2000 1 1

Peak year: 2025 (3 events).

Decade summary

Decade Events
2000s 2
2010s 1
2020s 11

Position in WHO EUR

Rank #13 of 52 countries in this region by total outbreak events on record.

Health system snapshot

Indicator 2023
Population (2023) 5,000,000
Life expectancy 82.80 yr
Healthy life expectancy 71.80 yr
Infant mortality /1k 2.90
Maternal mortality /100k 5.00
Under-5 mortality /1k 3.40
Adult mortality M /1k 70.00
Adult mortality F /1k 48.00
Cardiovascular /100k 108.90
Cancer /100k 152.10
Respiratory /100k 35.10
Diabetes /100k 3.20
Road injury /100k 2.90
Healthcare spending % GDP 7.10%
Physicians /1k 3.50
Hospital beds /1k 3.00
DTP3 vaccination 95.00%
HIV prevalence 0.20%
TB incidence /100k 6.00
Malaria /1k 0.00

Diseases Reported

7

Outbreak Events

14

Year Range

2000–2026

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