Health and care services
Health in statistics
Key figures on the Northern Ireland’s population and its use of health and social care services.
| Life expectancy | |
| Male 77.7 years |
Female 82.1 years |
| Source: NISRA (covering 2010-2012) | |
Vital statistics
| Year | Live births | Deaths |
| 2005 | 22,328 | 14,224 |
| 2006 | 23,272 | 14,532 |
| 2007 | 24,451 | 14,649 |
| 2008 | 25,631 | 14,907 |
| 2009 | 24,910 | 14,413 |
| 2010 | 25,315 | 14,457 |
| 2011 | 25,273 | 14,204 |
| 2012 | 25,269 | 14,756 |
Source: Registrar-General for Northern Ireland (2012 figures are provisional)
Waiting lists (June 2013)
| Specialty | Weeks | Total | |||||
| 0-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | 12-15 | 15-18 | >18 | ||
| ENT | 6,522 | 2,259 | 1,544 | 868 | 1,129 | 807 | 13,129 |
| General surgery | 8.138 | 2,487 | 1,041 | 511 | 252 | 381 | 12,810 |
| Trauma and orthopaedic | 6,444 | 2,127 | 1,574 | 944 | 664 | 271 | 12,024 |
Hospital activity
| Type of attendance | Year | ||||
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | |
| New outpatient | 475,684 | 481,345 | 473,793 | 475,235 | 481,059 |
| Review outpatient | 1,048,118 | 1,022,184 | 1,028,818 | 1,038,763 | 1,050,176 |
| Total outpatient | 1,523,802 | 1,503,529 | 1,502,611 | 1,513,998 | 1,531,235 |
| Inpatients | 310,988 | 299,893 | 294,639 | 295,029 | 301,266 |
| Day cases | 278,515 | 283,623 | 288,960 | 308,051 | 310,239 |
| Total admissions | 790,597 | 786,785 | 787,618 | 802,273 | 788,795 |
| New A&E | 673,447 | 669,085 | 674,400 | 648,131 | 642,703 |
| Review A&E | 58,575 | 58,850 | 56,609 | 77,071 | 73,046 |
| Total emergency care | 732,022 | 727,935 | 731,009 | 725,202 | 715,749 |
Children’s services cases
| Type | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Referred to social services | 21,109 | 22,532 | 23,926 | 26,725 | 28,496 |
| Further action needed | 13,900 | 16,759 | 18,854 | 21,166 | 20,785 |
| Looked after children | 2,433 | 2,463 | 2,606 | 2,511 | 2,644 |
| Receiving foster care | 1,376 | 1,607 | 1,687 | 1,862 | 1,946 |
| Placed with family | 622 | 467 | 483 | 258 | 295 |
| Receiving residential care | 319 | 308 | 287 | 239 | 231 |
| Other care arrangement | 116 | 81 | 149 | 152 | 172 |
| Children adopted from care | 64 | 57 | 50 | 55 | 60 |
Statistics published by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety unless otherwise stated. Sourced from most recent available datasets.
