# Preventable mortality in Ireland

Preventable mortality in Ireland was 126.3 per 100,000 people in 2023. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `preventable_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `ie`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Deaths of people under 75 from causes that can mainly be avoided through effective public health and primary prevention (before a disease or injury starts), per 100,000 inhabitants under 75, age-standardised.
- Note: Based on the OECD and Eurostat lists of avoidable causes of death (2022 version), which count COVID-19 as preventable, so preventable mortality peaks in 2020 to 2022. A cause on both lists is split half and half. Age-standardised with the 2013 European standard population.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/preventable-mortality-rate/ireland
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=preventable_mortality_rate&place=ie

| Period | per 100,000 people |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 126.3 |
| 2022 | 132.4 |
| 2021 | 148.4 |
| 2020 | 141.8 |
| 2019 | 127 |
| 2018 | 132.1 |
| 2017 | 129.4 |
| 2016 | 138.1 |
| 2015 | 136.9 |
| 2014 | 147.2 |
| 2013 | 150.1 |
| 2012 | 152.9 |
| 2011 | 157.7 |