3017

122

2,349 5

148

€1,643,956

16

19124

338

€5,77298

657,781

10,772

16,393

192,400

1,099

1,766

15,228 7,599681099256Healthcare

by Numbers…

This compares with 71% and 65% for males and females respectively across the EU.

84% of men and 83% of women in Ireland rate their health as being good or very good.

The number of people employed in the Irish public health service

rose from 96,501 in 2003…

…to 111,025 in 2008

There were

101,503

employed in 2012

In 2010 European Governments were forced to adjust their Health Spend:

Greece: - 6.7%

UK: - 0.5%

Germany: + 2.7%

Spain: - 0.9%

Ireland: - 7.9%

…to € 15,520m in 2009.

€9,000,000,000

€10,000,000,000

€11,000,000,000

€12,000,000,000

€13,000,000,000

€14,000,000,000

€15,000,000,000

Irish public health expenditure rose from €9,367m in 2003…

Expenditure in 2012 was €13,891m.

Ireland’s is $3,718

Eritrea has the lowest recorded health

spend per capita at $12

The USA spends 17.6% of it’s GDP on healthcare…

Ireland spends 9.2%

Ireland spends $3,718 on healthcare per capita… the USA spends $8,233

U.S. hospital care is 3,000 times less safe…

…than U.S. air travel

Adult mortality rates

Male FemaleMalawi 691

496Zimbabwe 672

574Ivory Coast 528

456South Arica 521

479Afghanistan 440

352USA 134

78Ireland 97

57Qatar 69

48San Marino 57

48

(probability of dying between 15 and 60 per 1000 population)

The number of acute hospital out-patient attendances has increased

from 2,185,028 in 2002…

…to 3,583,290 in 2012

In 2010, 27,544 people died in Ireland and over 70% died outside their own homes…

…13,221 people died in busy acute hospitals

International literature identifies that 11% of hospital deaths can be attributed to patient deterioration not recognized or acted upon.

5% of hospital patients in Ireland acquired an infection in hospital

Patients who acquire an infection in hospital are

7.1 times more

likely than uninfected patients to die in hospital

The HSE have calculated

that ca. 25,000 patients may contract Hospital Acquired Infections annually in Ireland…

…at a cost of over €233 million per year

People facing an emergency visit to hospital on a public holiday are

…because there are fewer doctors on duty.

48%

more likely to die…

Robo-Doctors roam the halls of about

650

hospitals worldwide and facilitate approximately

5,000remote doctor visits each month

Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla predicts that

4 out of 5

doctors will be replaced by machines

Dr. Nina Tandon, senior fellow at Columbia University’s Lab for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, focuses her research on directing cell growth and differentiation through electrical signals…

Her work in growing 3D bioprinted heart tissue is expected to lead to the growth and implantation of an actual fabricated human heart within

20 years

Geneticist Craig Venter and his team of scientists are already testing out a version of a digital biological converter, or “teleporter…”

It’s a 3-D printer for DNA opening up a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it and avert contagion

50% The percentage of ventilators worldwide in acute hospitals that are Irish made

33: The percentage of the world’s contact lenses manufactured in Ireland

The industry employs 25,000 people

Irish medtech exports are worth €7.3 billion annually…

Ireland – largest net

exporter of medicines in the world

Pharmaceutical companies directly employ over 24,500 and a further 25,000 indirectly

in Ireland

8 of the top 10 global pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical

companies have integrated manufacturing operations in Ireland

Over 30 FDA approved pharma / biopharma plants are located in Ireland