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The ECHI-shortlist, divided by two grades of availability of data (adapted from the ECHIM-project). A more extensive list, including definitions, sources, comments and rationale of selection can be found on the website of the International Compendium of Health Indicators (ICHI) and in Kramers & the ECHI-team, 2005.

Indicator class	Regularly available, reasonably comparable	Partly available, sizeable comparability problems
Demographic and socio-economic factors	- Population by gender/age
	- Birth rate
	- Mother's age distribution (incl.teenage pregnancies)
	- Fertility rate
	- Population projections
	- Population by education
	- Population by occupation
	- Total unemployment
	- Population in poverty
Health status	- Life expectancies	- Smoking-related deaths
	- Infant mortality	- Alcohol-related deaths
	- Perinatal mortality	- Diabetes prevalence
	- SDR Eurostat 65 causes, ages 0-64, 65+	- Dementia/Alzheimer prevalence
	- Drug-related deaths	- Depression prevalence
	- HIV/AIDS incidence	- AMI incidence
	- Lung cancer incidence	- Stroke incidence
	- Breast cancer incidence	- Asthma prevalence
	- (low) birth weight	- COPD prevalence
	- Injuries road traffic	- Injuries: home/leisure, violence
	- Injuries workplace	- Suicide attempt
	- Perceived general health	- General musculoskeletal pain
	- Prevalence of chronic illness	- Limitations in physical functions
	- Limitations of usual activities	- Psychological distress
	- Related health expectancies	- Related health expectancies
Health determinants	- Regular smokers	- Body mass index
	- Total alcohol consumption	- Blood pressure
	- Intake of fruit	- Pregnant women smoking
	- Intake of vegetables	- Hazardous alcohol consumption
	- PM10 exposure	- Use of illicit drugs
		- Physical activity
		- Breastfeeding
		- Social support
Health interventions: health services	- Vaccination coverage children	- Mobility of professionals
	- Breast cancer screening	- Other outpatient visits (surveys, besides GP)
	- Cervical cancer screening	- Equity of access
	- Hospital beds	- Medicine use
	- Physicians employed	- Waiting times elective surgeries
	- Nurses employed	- Surgical wound infections
	- Technologies (MRI, CT)	- Cancer treatment quality
	- Hospital in-patient discharges	- Diabetes control
	- Hospital daycases	- Patient mobility
	- Daycase-discharge ratio
	- ALOS
	- GP utilisation (surveys)
	- Surgeries (PTCA, hip replacement, cataract)
	- Insurance coverage
	- Expenditures on health
	- Cancer survival rates
Health interventions: health promotion	- Policies against ETS exposure	- Policies on healthy nutrition
		- Policies/practices on lifestyles etc.
		- Integrated programmes in settings