Perceived general health : Percentage of adults with good or very good self-perceived health, for men, women and total, in the EU-27, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland

Percentage of adults with good or very good self-perceived health, for men, women and total, in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the EU-27 (source: Eurostat, 2007).

	Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total
Austria	75.4	71.9	73.5	Latvia	42.4	31.8	36.7
Belgium	79.7	75.0	77.2	Lithuania	49.6	43.3	46.1
Bulgaria	59.9	50.6	55.1	Luxembourg	-	-	-
Cyprus	83.6	78.1	80.8	Malta	72.7	66.2	69.1
Czech Republic	66.3	57.5	61.7	Netherlands	80.9	74.6	77.7
Denmark	79.5	76.4	77.9	Norway	82.9	77.1	79.9
Estonia	44.8	39.2	41.9	Poland	48.4	40.4	43.9
Finland	58.4	59.2	58.9	Portugal	34.8	24.1	28.2
France	72.8	66.8	69.6	Romania	72.1	62.5	67.1
Germany	83.8	80.3	82.1	Slovakia	70.7	65.0	67.7
Greece	77.1	68.8	72.8	Slovenia	32.6	21.5	26.6
Hungary	50.3	40.4	45.1	Spain	73.3	63.5	68.3
Iceland	79.2	80.6	79.9	Sweden	77.7	70.7	74.2
Ireland	86.4	87.7	87.1	Switzerland	87.8	83.9	85.8
Italy	66.2	56.1	61.0	United Kingdom	78.8	77.5	78.1

- : no data available

Remarks

Tables and figures present the sum of percentages of people perceiving their health as good or very good.

Data on self-perceived health was retrieved from the national Health Interview Surveys (HIS round 2004) and based on the answer of respondents (aged 15 and more) to the question 'How is your health in general?’ using the following scale: “very good”, “good”, “fair”, “bad” and “very bad”. The question is standard but the interpretation subject to cultural bias.

The HIS data are collected in different years depending on the country, going from 1996 to 2003. There is no fixed periodicity in these kinds of health surveys. Very few countries have a yearly survey on these topics. A tabular overview is given in HIS 2004 surveys. The national surveys are not all performed in the same period and results are not all at the same time available.

From 2004 in EU-15 Member States and 2005 in the new Member States, the new EU Statistics on Income and Living Condition survey (SILC) will be used.