Health statistics – Key data on health 2002 – Data 1970 – 2001 - Products Statistical Books

This second edition of Key Data on Health responds to the growing demand of EU health policy for a comprehensive, consistent and internationally comparable set of health data and indicators, highlighted in new programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008); this programme was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 23 of September 2002 in the framework for action in the field of public health.

A strong feature of this report is the fact that Eurostat brings together information on a wide range of health topics from the most relevant data-sources available around the world: New Cronos of Eurostat, Ecosante from OECD, Health for All from WHO, FAO, International Agency for Cancer, Euro HIV, specific epidemiological studies, etc. Information on the Health Status of the population, the main Diseases as well as the statistical description of Health Care systems are at the core of this publication; however, Key Data on Health also addresses the issues of life styles (nutrition, smoking, drinking, physical activity, drug use), mortality (infant, causes of death) and health risks associated with environment, work, leisure and traffic.

Key Data on Health covers the 15 EU Member States, as well as Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Tables and graphs provide, where possible, data from 1970 onwards disaggregated by gender and age. Eurostat considers this publication to be a first step in the long process of building a comprehensive statistical information system on Health and Safety, within the main body of socio-economic statistics.

Our objective is to make Key Data on Health a valuable tool for EU health policy planners, the medical community, health economists and researchers, the media and the public at large.