Key demographic indicators
3.1
Deaths per 1,000 live births5,196,630
PersonsTrends in under-five mortality rate in Ireland
Child health
Careseeking for ARI – percentage of children (under age 5) with acute respiratory infection symptoms whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider
Find out moreDiarrhoea treatment – percentage of children (under age 5) with diarrhoea who received ORS (packets or pre-packaged fluids)
Find out moreITN use by children – percentage of children (under age 5) who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night prior to the survey
Find out morePercentage of households with at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN)
Find out morePercentage of surviving infants who received the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine
(Per cent) Find out more
89
Percentage of children who received the 2nd dose of measles-containing vaccine, as per administered in the national schedule
Find out moreChild protection
100
Percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) married or in union before age 18
Find out morePercentage of children (aged 5-17 years) engaged in child labour (economic activities and household chores)
Find out morePercentage of children (aged 1-14 years) who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers
Find out morePercentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons
Find out morePercentage of men (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons
Find out morePercentage of girls and women (aged 15-49 years) who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM)
Find out moreChild survival
Early childhood
Percentage of children aged 36-59 months attending an early childhood education programme
Find out morePercentage of children (aged 24-59 months) with whom any adult household member has engaged in 4 or more activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the last 3 days
Find out morePercentage of children (aged 24-59 months) whose father has engaged in 4 or more activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the last 3 days
Find out morePercentage of children under age 5 who have 3 or more children’s books
Find out morePercentage of children under age 5 who play with 2 or more types of playthings
Find out morePercentage of children under age 5 left alone or under the supervision of another child younger than 10 years of age for more than 1 hour at least once in the last week
Find out moreEducation
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age
Find out moreAdjusted net attendance rate for children of primary school age
Find out moreAdjusted net attendance rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Find out moreAdjusted net attendance rate for youth of upper secondary school age
Find out moreCompletion rate for children of primary school age
Find out moreYouth literacy rate for 15-24 years
Find out moreHIV/AIDS
Per cent of pregnant women living with HIV receiving effective ARVs for PMTCT (excludes single-dose nevirapine)
Find out moreEstimated number of new HIV infections (children aged 0-19 years)
Find out moreReported number of children (aged 0-14 years) receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART)
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20