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Status of health

The expected number of years spent in good health increased by almost two years between 2008 and 2012, despite the crisis. It is even better news that the increase for men amounted to  4.4 years, thus reducing the gap between men and women significantly at the national level. The difference compared to the EU average is less than one and a half years for women and two years for men, but if the present trend continues, the gap will soon disappear.

There has been a slight improvement in terms of the proportion of the population reporting good health status. In 2012, 57.9 percent of the population claimed to be in good health. The EU average in the same year was 69 percent. This means that on average, EU citizens more often report good health status.

Healthy life years and life expectancy at birth

year
Sources of data: 
Eurostat

Good health

Proportion of the population reporting good or excellent health conidtion
Sources of data: 
Eurostat

Self-perceived health

Self-evaluation
Sources of data: 
Eurostat

Ratio of overweight and obese people

BMI index, percentage
Sources of data: 
Eurostat