47% of people in the Baltic States consider their own personal health to be good or very good, the European Pulse Survey has found in an new survey conducted in partnership with Norstat. This is among the lowest indicators among European countries.
Young people in Latvia who are up to the age of 39 and those who live in the broader region of the Baltic Sea were more likely to have better views about their own health.
45% of respondents in Lithuania, 40% in Latvia and 38% in Estonia rate their health as average.
The data are very similar among the Baltic countries, but Latvia had slightly more respondents claiming poor or very poor health (11%) as against 10% in Estonia and 8% in Lithuania.
People in the Latvian region of Latgale who are male or who are over 60 had the worst views about their own health.
The situation in all three Baltic countries is quite similar, with 47% of Latvians, 45% of Lithuanians and 49% of Estonians rating their health as good or very good.
The country in which people were most likely to rate their health as good was Ireland (66%), followed by 65% in Switzerland and 64% in Austria.
The survey in September was carried out in 16 European countries – Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. 500 to 1,000 respondents were surveyed each country.
The European Pulse Survey is conducted on a quarterly basis to gauge people’s views on topics such as society, consumption, health and well-being.
Source: BNS
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