EUPHIX (www.euphix.org)

European Community Health Indicators (ECHI)
ECHI shortlist indicators of “Health status”

Indicators on health status

  • Life expectancy
  • Infant mortality
  • Perinatal mortality
  • Disease-specific mortality; Eurostat, 65 causes – an example: Suicide
  • Drug-related deaths
  • Smoking-related deaths
  • Alcohol-related deaths
  • Excess mortality by heatwaves (June 2008 addition)
  • Selected communicable diseases (June 2008 addition)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Cancer incidence
  • Diabetes
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • AMI
  • Stroke
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Low birth weight
  • Injuries: home/leisure, violence
  • Injuries: road traffic
  • Injuries: workplace
  • Suicide attempt
  • Self-perceived health
  • Self-reported chronic morbidity
  • Long-term activity limitations
  • Physical and sensory functional limitations
  • General musculoskeletal pain
  • Psychological distress
  • Psychological well-being (June 2008 addition)
  • Health expectancy: Healthy Life Years (HLY)
  • Health expectancy, others: i) Life expectancy in good self-perceived health; ii) Life expectancy without self-reported chronic morbidity