Cyprus – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Cyprus
CYPRUS – A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 794,580
Female portion of population (2007): 50.76%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 17.9% |
| Ages 15-24 | 15.5% |
| Ages 25-49 | 37.00000000000004% |
| Ages 50-64 | 16.9% |
| Ages 65-79 | 9.5% |
| Age 80 and older | 3.3% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004):
- Female: 18.43%
- Male: 19.97%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 12.98%
- Male: 10.86%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 82.4 years female
- 78.8 years male
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births(2005): 10
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 62.4%
- Male: 80.0%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: no data
- 1997: no data
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 4.6%
- Male: 3.4%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 15,886.8
- Male: 23,726.2
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 72.1%
Marriage rate (2007): 7.5 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.1 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2005):
- – Female: 11
- – Male: 26
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 99.2
- – Male: 149.6
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000(2004):
- – Incidence: 5.61
- – Death: 1.81
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 99.18
- – Death: 21.59
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2005):
- – Stomach: 5
- – Colorectal: 5
- – Lung: 19
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 29.0
- Male: 41.2
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 9.5
- Male: 66.1
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 7.27
- Male: 35.69
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita (2003): 9.04
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): no data
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 86.8%
- Male: 56.9%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 10.5%
- Male: 38.1%
Percentage overweight (2000):
- Female: 34.3%
- Male: 46%
Percentage obese (2000):
- Female: 23.7%
- Male: 26.6%
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.