Assuming relation is required, the following 142 results were found.
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Key messages Background Disability-Free Life Expectancy Read more 1. Key messages In 2018, men aged 65 could expect to live another 12.5 years without disability (Disability-Free Life Expectancy at 65 years, DFLE65) and women 12.4 years. Between 2004...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Life Expectancy and Quality of Life
- Language: en-GB
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Tobacco usehttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/determinants-of-health/tobacco-use
Key messages Current and daily smoking - adults Regular use of e-cigarettes - adults Current and daily smoking - adolescents Use of electronic cigarettes - adolescents Read more 1. Key messages 15% of the population were daily smokers in 2018 in...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Determinants of Health
- Language: en-GB
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Weight statushttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/determinants-of-health/weight-status
Key messages Background Overweight and obesity in adults Overweight and obesity in adolescents Read more 1. Key messages Weight excess is an important problem in Belgium like in most industrialized countries. In 2018, nearly half of the adult...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Determinants of Health
- Language: en-GB
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Air qualityhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/determinants-of-health/air-quality
NO2 can cause respiratory diseases, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis and pneumonia [21]. Research also points to a relationship with cardiovascular disease, and more specifically with ischemic heart disease [22,23]. Other well-studied effects...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Determinants of Health
- Language: en-GB
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expectations. This perception can be influenced by several factors like physical and mental health but also by the social relationships for example [1]. This domain has been explored here via two different concepts: the Self-Rated Health (SRH) and...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Life Expectancy and Quality of Life
- Language: en-GB
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Health literacyhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/determinants-of-health/health-literacy
shorter version of 6 items was constructed to facilitate the inclusion of the questionnaire in population surveys. The correlation of results between the 47 items-questionnaire and the 6 items-questionnaire was 0.896 [11]. The questionnaire evaluates...
- Type: Article
- Author: admin-sciensano
- Category: Determinants of Health
- Language: en-GB
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Women's Healthhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/womens-health
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health Status
- Language: en-GB
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Cost of Illnesshttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/cost-of-illness
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health Status
- Language: en-GB
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Hospital stayshttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/cost-of-illness/hospital-stays
Key messages Cost of hospital stays Read more 1. Key messages Hospital costs are highest for stroke. The average costs per hospital stay for cardiovascular diseases (strokes, heart attacks) are high. Hospital costs for stroke seem to have increased in...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Cost of illness
- Language: en-GB
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Key messages In 2018, less than one third (30%) of the adult population (18 years and older) engaged in at least moderate-intensity physical activity during leisure time or during transport for at least 150 minutes throughout the week. More men (36%)...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Determinants of Health
- Language: en-GB
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Key messages Cost of self-reported non-communicable health conditions Read more 1. Key messages Musculoskeletal disorders had the highest economic burden in 2018 of all self-reported health conditions included in the analysis. Musculoskeletal disorders...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Cost of illness
- Language: en-GB
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Key messages Cost of health conditions defined based on medication use Read more 1. Key messages The economic burden of diabetes is high. The high costs of diabetes are due to the disease being very common. The costs of diabetes have increased since...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Cost of illness
- Language: en-GB
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Cancerhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/cost-of-illness/cancer
Key messages Lung cancer is the most costly cancer, followed by colon and rectum cancer, and breast cancer. Lung cancer is common and costly to treat. Many of the high cost cancers can be prevented by tackling risk factors such as smoking, obesity, and...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Cost of illness
- Language: en-GB
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Determinants of Healthhttps://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-status/determinants-of-health
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health Status
- Language: en-GB
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- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health inequalities
- Language: en-GB
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Key messages Background Results Read more 1. Key messages In 2018, as observed previously, socio-economic inequalities were present for being affected by a non-communicable disease. The percentage of people reporting a chronic illness or condition was...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health inequalities
- Language: en-GB
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Key messages Background Results Read more 1. Key messages In Belgium, in 2018, strong socio-economic inequalities were observed in many health determinants. People with a low educational level (EL) were three times more likely to be daily smokers and...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health inequalities
- Language: en-GB
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Key messages Background Results Read more 1. Key messages The prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders and of suicidal thoughts differs by socio-economic group, with a higher prevalence among people in the lowest than in the highest...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health inequalities
- Language: en-GB
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indicator, first two COVID-19 waves (March-May & October-November 2020) Bourguignon et al. [12] looked at the relationship between excess mortality among the 80+ and a multi-dimensional SE status during the first two COVID-19 waves; she came to a...
- Type: Article
- Author: author-sciensano
- Category: Health inequalities
- Language: en-GB
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- Type: Article
- Author: author-kce
- Category: Quality of healthcare
- Language: en-GB