ACRONYMS

  • BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine
  • BMI Body Mass Index
  • CPI Consumer Price Index
  • CSO Central Statistics Office
  • DTaP3 Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccine
  • D3 Diphtheria and Tetanus vaccine
  • ERC Education Research Centre
  • ESPAD European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • ESRI Economic and Social Research Institute
  • EU European Union
  • EU25 average Average result for 25 EU Member States
  • EU27 average Average result for 27 EU Member States Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities
  • EU-SILC EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions
  • GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • GDP Gross Domestic Product
  • GNP Gross National Product
  • GNI Gross National Income
  • GRO General Register’s Office
  • HiB3 Haemophilus Influenzae Type B vaccine
  • HBSC Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey
  • HFA-DB European Health for All Database
  • HIPE Hospital In-Patient Enquiry System
  • HPSC Health Protection Surveillance Centre
  • HRB Health Research Board
  • HSE Health Service Executive
  • ICD-9-CM Clinical modification of the 9th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases
  • ICD-10 World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases category
  • ICD-10-AM Australian modification of ICD-10
  • LAAHN Local Authority Assessment of Housing Need
  • MenC3 Meningococcal Type C disease vaccine
  • MMR Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine
  • NCVA National Council for Vocational Awards
  • NESF National Economic and Social Forum
  • NEWB National Educational Welfare Board
  • NHS National Health Service
  • NIDD National Intellectual Disability Database
  • NPIRS National Psychiatric In-Patient Reporting System
  • NPRS National Perinatal Reporting System
  • NPSDD National Physical and Sensory Disability Database
  • NTPF National Treatment Purchase Fund
  • NUIG National University of Ireland, Galway
  • NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
  • OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • OMC Office of the Minister for Children
  • OMCYA Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
  • PHN Public Health Nurse
  • Polio3 Poliomyelitis vaccine
  • PISA Programme for International Student Assessment Survey
  • PPSN Personal Public Service Number
  • PTR Patient Treatment Register
  • P3 Pertussis vaccine
  • T3 Tetanus vaccine
  • QNHS Quarterly National Household Survey
  • UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • WHO World Health Organization