Austria – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Austria
AUSTRIA – A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 8,331,930
Female percentage of population (2007): 51.36%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 15.6% |
| Ages 15-24 | 12.3% |
| Ages 25-49 | 37.6% |
| Ages 50-64 | 17.6% |
| Ages 65-79 | 12.4% |
| Age 80 and older | 4.6% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 15.36%
- Male: 17.13%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 18.59%
- Male: 12.73%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 82.8 years female
- 77.2 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2006): 258.11
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births(2005): 4.0
Percentage using contraception (1996): 50.8%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 64.4%
- Male: 78.4%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: 58.6%
- 1997: 64.4%
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 5.0%
- Male: 3.9%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 26514
- Male: 40022
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 80.1%
Marriage rate (2007): 4.3 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.4 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2006):
- – Female: 192
- – Male: 207
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 132.5
- – Male: 215.7
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000(2004):
- – Incidence: 10.9
- – Death: 2.9
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 114.9
- – Death: 24.6
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2006):
- – Stomach: 88
- – Colorectal: 163
- – Lung: 382
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 30.9
- Male: 57.6
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 22.3
- Male: 54.0
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 17.1
- Male: 55.1
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita(2003): 10.51
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 1259.53
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 59.3%
- Male: 50.1%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 32.2%
- Male: 40.7%
Percentage overweight (1999):
- Female: 27%
- Male: 40%
Percentage obese (1999):
- Female: 14%
- Male: 10%
Low Energy Expenditure (2002):
- Female: 45.5%
- Male: 48.5%
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.