Primary Health Care: Comparing Public Health Nursing Models in Ireland and Norway

Table 1

Demography and vital statistics for Ireland and Norway.

	Ireland	Norway
Population	4,588,252 million	4.8 million
Over 65 years	535,393	742,000
Life expectancy	Female: 81.6 years; Male: 76.8 years	Females: 83.4 years; Males: 79 years
Birth rates	15.81 births/1,000 population	12.1 births/1,000 population
Infant mortality	3.2/1000 live births	3.5/1000 live births
Under 20 years	27.5%	26%
Density of population	64.95 people per square km	15 inhabitants per square km
Health spending	8.7% of GDP (under OECD average 8.9)	10% of GDP (over OECD average)