Health care, accidents

In addition to lifestyle factors, health status is significantly influenced by the preparedness of the health care system. Health statistics provides data on the health status of the population, the presence of lifestyle risks having the strongest impact on the health of the population, the most common diseases and on how much the population does for their health. It monitors changes in the material, personnel and financial conditions that ensure the functioning of the different levels of the care system. Accident statistics takes account of traffic accidents in the country, in particular, it deals with road traffic accidents causing personal injury.

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HCSO Monitor

The collection of interactive figures provides up-to-date information on the latest domestic and international socio-economic trends. The decisive part of the figures included in HCSO Monitor are downloadable in both image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV). Feel free to browse the data in HCSO Monitor, updated many times a week!

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2024

At the initiative of the UN, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been celebrated every year on December 3 since 1992. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that today 16% of the world's population, or 1.3 billion people, live with a significant disability. Their number is increasing, which is linked to the higher prevalence of non-communicable diseases and people’s longer life expectancy. In Hungary, more than one fifth of the population aged 16 and over lived with some level of disability in 2023, which is lower than the EU average.

Smoke-free World Day – 21 November 2024

The idea of the smoke free day originated in the United States with the aim of helping, assisting people in quitting smoking. On the initiative of the WHO the third Thursday of November was declared smoke-free day on international level. Our smoking habits have a strong impact on out health. The proportion of smokers decreased in Hungary during the last decade, still, this ratio remains high in international comparison.

World Alzheimer's Day - 21 September

World Alzheimer's Day was announced by the Alzheimer International Society in 1994 to raise awareness of the accelerating spread of the disease, the need for national action programmes and to improve the living conditions of people living with the disease and their families. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of mental decline in old age, dementia, and around 55 million people worldwide suffer from this disease today.

Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2023

The yearbook provides an overview of Hungary's demographic, social and economic processes, environmental characteristics and their changes over time, with the help of tens of thousands of data of 500 tables, graphs and maps. Innovatively, the Tourism, catering chapter in the volume includes the gross receipts of tourist accommodation establishments by type of accommodation. Another change is that this year the Regional data chapter already presents territorial data by tourism area, giving greater emphasis to tourist destinations.

Snapshots, 2023 - Health care

46% of the population aged 16 and over reported a chronic disease, and among adults, hypertension and spinal disorders being the most common forms of chronic disease in 2023. Health workers' wages rose by 10% compared to 2022. The number of active physicians per 10,000 population increased from 42 to 44 in one year, with the largest growth among physicians aged 70 and older. At the same time, the number of GPs and family paediatricians has been falling since 1998, reaching 5,601 in 2023.

Hungary, 2023

Geopolitical tensions continued to overshadow economic developments in 2023, with the gross domestic product falling by 0.9%. Inflationary pressures gradually eased, but the 17.6% annual increase in consumer prices led to a decline in real earnings and consumption, and negatively affected investment decisions. Despite the economic difficulties, employment has reached a record high. In 2023, the number of deaths and births continued to fall, in addition to the decrease in the number of women of childbearing age.

Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, 2023

The tables and graphs in the latest edition of the Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary provide a comprehensive insight into the evolution of social and economic trends in Hungary in 2023. Its international chapter allows for comparisons of major data primarily on member states of the European Union. The publication amasses, starting this year, commercial, private and other accommodation establishments in one unit.

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, 4th quarter 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the number of accidents increased by 4.5%, and the number of persons injured or killed in accidents by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year. A total of 5,003 people got injured in 3,749 accidents, of whom 145 lost their lives. The number of drunk-driving accidents decreased significantly, by 13%. In 2023, there were a total of 14,452 accidents on domestic roads, which is 2.0% fewer than in 2022. The number of people killed and injured in these accidents fell by 4.3%.

Settlement and district related data regarding 2022 are presented here

Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements and Budapest’s districts have been updated with 2022 data, as such settlement and district related data for 2022 are available since 31 August, concerning, among others, data on General Practitioners, hospitals, pharmacies and road traffic accidents as well as settlement related data about specialists’s consultations.

Findings of the European Health Interview Surveys in one place

Health interview surveys to be conducted every five years allow us to monitor the changes in the health status of the population and reveal the correlations between health status and the background factors influencing that. Due to the users’ increased interest, we acquaint the general public with the results of the three most recent surveys in our now published table collection – following extensive data processing – in a comparable manner, classified in 11 themes, together with the methodology.

Significant decrease in health visitor visits to expectant mothers

The number of expectant mothers registered at the health visitor services increased by 2.2% in 2019 and 2.7% in 2020. At the same time, the number of visits by health visitors to mothers decreased slightly in 2019, but by 40% in 2020, mainly due to the Covid19 epidemic. In view of the exceptional situation, some of the communication between health visitors and mothers was carried out through teleconsultation, without face-to-face meetings, replacing family visits and/or counselling.