Evaluation of data availability on population health indicators at the regional level across the European Union

Costa, Claudia; Freitas, Ângela; Stefanik, Iwa; Krafft, Thomas; Pilot, Eva; Morrison, Joana; Santana, Paula

doi:10.1186/s12963-019-0188-6

Population Health Metrics

Table 2 Data availability for the EURO-HEALTHY PHI Indicators, according to the geographical scale and reference year

From: Evaluation of data availability on population health indicators at the regional level across the European Union

Component	Dimension	Indicator	Source	Geographical scale	Reference year	Data availability (%)
Component	Dimension	Indicator	Source	Geographical scale	Reference year	NUTS2 (n = 269)	Country (N = 28)
Health Determinants	Area of concern: Economic conditions, social protection and security
	Employment	Unemployment rate (%)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	99.6
	Employment	Long-term unemployment rate—12 months and more (%)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	97.4
	Income and living conditions	Disposable income of private households per capita (Euro per inhabitant)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2012	99.3
		People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (%)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	21.9
		Disposable income ratio—S80/S20 (ratio)	EUROSTAT	Country	2014		92.9
	Social protection	Expenditure on care for elderly (% of GDP)	EUROSTAT	Country	2008		96.4
	Security	Crimes recorded by the police per 100.000 inhabitants	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2010	65.4
	Area of concern: Education
	Education	Population aged 25–64 with upper secondary or tertiary education attainment (%)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	99.3
	Education	Early leavers from education and training (%)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	93.3
	Area of concern: Demographic change
	Ageing	Rate of older people at risk of poverty—aged 65 years or over (%)	EUROSTAT	Country	2013		92.9
	Ageing	Ageing index (ratio)	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	100.0
	Area of concern: Lifestyle and health behaviours
	Lifestyle and health behaviours	Adults who are obese (%)	EUROSTAT	Country	2008		96.4
		Daily smokers—aged 15 and over (%)	OECD	Country	2013		35.7
		Pure alcohol consumption—aged 15 and over (litres per capita)	HFA-DB	Country	2013		28.6
		Live births by mothers under age of 20 (%)	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	85.9
	Area of concern: Physical environment
	Pollution	Annual mean of the daily PM2.5 concentrations (μg/m³)	EURO-HEALTHY/EEA	NUTS 2	2011	98.9
		Annual mean of the daily PM10 concentrations (μg/m³)	EURO-HEALTHY/EEA	NUTS 2	2011	98.9
		Greenhouse Gas (GHG), total tonnes of CO₂ eq. emissions per annum per capita	EUROSTAT	Country	2012		100.0
	Area of concern: Built environment
	Housing conditions	Average number of rooms per person	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2014	35.3
		Households without indoor flushing toilet (%)	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2011	97.4
		Households without central heating (%)	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2011	96.7
	Water and sanitation	Population connected to wastewater treatment plants	EUROSTAT	Country	2014		25.0
	Water and sanitation	Population connected to public water supply	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	14.5
	Waste management	Recycling rate of municipal waste (%)	EUROSTAT	Country	2013		100.0
	Area of concern: Road safety
	Road safety	Victims in road accidents—injured and killed, per 100,000 inhabitants	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	91.5
	Road safety	Fatality rate due to road traffic accidents, per 1000 victims	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	91.5
	Area of concern: Healthcare resources and expenditure
	Healthcare resources	Medical doctors, per 100,000 inhabitants	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	61.4
	Healthcare resources	Health personnel (nurses and midwives, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists), per 100,000 inhabitants	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	44.6
	Healthcare expenditure	Total health expenditure (THE), PPP$ per capita, WHO estimates	HFA-DB	Country	2013		100.0
		Private households’ out-of-pocket on health as percentage of total health expenditure (THE)	HFA-DB	Country	2013		100.0
		Public expenditure on health, PPP$ per capita, WHO estimates	HFA-DB	Country	2013		100.0
	Area of concern: Healthcare performance
	Healthcare performance	Hospital discharges due to diabetes, hypertension and asthma, per 100,000 inhabitants	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	32.7
	Healthcare performance	Amenable deaths due to health care—standardised death rate, per 100,000 inhabitants	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2011–13	38.3
Health Outcomes	Area of concern: Health outcomes
	Mortality	Life expectancy at birth (years)	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2013	85.9
		Infant mortality, per 1000 live births	EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2011–13	99.6
		Preventable deaths - standardised death rate, per 100,000 inhabitants	EURO-HEALTHY/EUROSTAT	NUTS 2	2011–13	24.9
	Morbidity	Self-perceived health less than good (%)	EUROSTAT	Country	2013		100.0
		Age-standardised disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rates	HFA-DB	Country	2012		100.0
		Low birth-weight (%)	EURO-HEALHTY/ HFA-DB/ EUROSTAT	Country	2013		64.3

For indicators collected directly from official data sources, the name of the statistics producer appears in the ‘source’ column. For the indicators derived from data collected from official data sources, EURO-HEALTHY and the name of the statistics producer appear in the ‘source’ column
The table presents two different things: (1) the PHI model structure with the PHI’s components, areas of concern, dimensions and indicators; and (2) General information about the indicators as to where they are available

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