IE · 2017 · tps00134
Death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex decreased by 6.8% compared to 2016, reaching 97.2%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 83.5%.
Ireland ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.5% (from 98.7% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00134, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.