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Health determinants

Below you will find some interesting figures from ELSTAT on the health determinants (nutrition, smoking, physical activity, etc.)

The data derive from the sampling Health Survey of the year 2014.

 
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74.8% of the population report good or very good health
9.2% of the population suffers from diabetes, 20.9% has hypertension and 15.4% high cholesterol
Α 50.0% increase in heart attacks, 23.5% in strokes and 80.8% in depression (2009–2014)
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26,915 civil weddings and 26,190 religious ones took place in 2014
Registered partnerships increased by 170% in 2014 compared with 2013
500 1000 1500 2000 2014 2013
92,148 births and 113,740 deaths in 2014, negative balance from 2011 onwards
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55.0% of the population consumes daily fruit and 62.2% vegetables
2.8% of the population
never consumes red meat
84.1% of mothers
breastfed their child
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8 out of 10 (77.2%) persons do not carry out sports, fitness or recreational physical activities
8 out of 10 (82.7%) overweight and obese persons do not carry out any sports or fitness activities
3 out of 10 (28.7%) persons perform tasks demanding light physical activity
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56.2% of Greeks are overweight or obese
The average male worker watches TV 2 hours a day
1 out of 10 persons (9.0%) uses a bicycle for transportation
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Source: ELSTAT, Health Interview Survey (HIS). Release date: 15.06.2016

Source: ELSTAT, Time Use Survey. Release date: 13.04.2016