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Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan 2018-2022

Z2.3.2 Physical and Sensory Disability

The 2016 Annual Report of the Health Research Board - National Physical and Sensory Disability
Database Committee (NPSDD) – provides a national record of the number of people registered
on the NIDD with a physical and sensory disability.

4 HRB Statistics Series 34 Annual Report of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee 2016 Main Findings

Co. Louth is within the HSE Community Health Organisation (CHO) Area 8 (Laois/Offaly Local
Health Office (LHO), Longford/Westmeath LHO, Louth LHO and Meath LHO).

The NPSDD recorded 3,107 people registered in CHO Area 8 in 2016.

Z2.3.3 Intellectual Disability

The 2016 Annual Report of the Health Research Board - National Intellectual Disability Database
(NIDD) Committee – provides a national record of the number of people registered on the NIDD
with an intellectual disability.

2016 Annual Report of the NIDD Committee notes that ‘there were 28,275 people registered
on the NIDD at the end of December 2016. Based on 2011 Census of Population figures, this
represents a prevalence rate of 6.16 per 1,000 population. The prevalence rate for mild intellectual
disability (which traditionally has been under-reported) was 2 per 1,000, and the rate for moderate,
severe or profound intellectual disability was 3.59 per 1,000.’ Co. Louth is recorded as having 8.8
registrations per 1,000 population in 2016. Comparatively, Sligo had the highest registrations at
10.5, and Leitrim had the lowest at 4.3 per 1,000 population.

Z2.4 Births and Deaths 2015

The following has been extracted from the National Perinatal Reporting System
(NPRS).

Table 30 – Births 2015: Mothers County of Residence

Mothers County Residence Number National %

Co. Louth 1,896 2.9

Source: NPRS: Perinatal Statistics Report 2015

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