Rates of smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity are all high in Ireland. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the most common causes of death.
Life expectancy has improved since the year 1990.
The Lancet in September 2018 published a measure of expected human capital calculated for 195 countries from 1990 to 2016. Ireland had the sixteenth highest level of expected human capital.
In 2019:
26% of the population over 16 had a "chronic illness or health problem". 18% of the population over 16 had "limited activity", of which 6.6% were "strongly limited" and 13.0% were "limited". A fifth of persons aged 45-54 years provided care to another person at least once a week