Written answers
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Department of Health
Health Insurance Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age group (details supplied) [12228/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides for the most recent data available from the Health Insurance Authority and shows the number of insured persons by age group on 1 July 2017. This information is compiled in respect of the commercial health insurers and excludes people serving waiting periods and members of Restricted Membership Undertakings (which provide insurance to people who are members of a particular group, normally a vocational group or employees of a particular organisation):
| Age Group | Actual |
|---|---|
| Aged 17 and under | 474,552 (23.4%) |
| Aged 18 to age 29 | 218,205 (10.7%) |
| Aged 30 to age 39 | 288,813 (14.2%) |
| Aged 40 to age 49 | 325,905 (16.1%) |
| Aged 50 to age 54 | 147,250 (7.3%) |
| Aged 55 to age 59 | 136,467 (6.7%) |
| Aged 60 to age 64 | 125,121 (6.2%) |
| Aged 65 to age 69 | 108,276 (5.3%) |
| Aged 70 to age 74 | 87,031 (4.3%) |
| Aged 75 to age 79 | 57,479 (2.8%) |
| Aged 80 to age 84 | 36,723 (1.8%) |
| Aged 85 and over | 24,381 (1.2%) |
| Total | 2,030,203 (100.0%) |
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