Slovakia – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Slovakia
SLOVAKIA- A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 5,400,998
Female percentage of population (2007): 51.46%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 16.1% |
| Ages 15-24 | 15.6% |
| Ages 25-49 | 38.0% |
| Ages 50-64 | 18.4% |
| Ages 65-79 | 9.3% |
| Age 80 and older | 2.5% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 16.17%
- Male: 18.01%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 14.14%
- Male: 8.95%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 78.4 years female
- 70.4 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2005): 200.13
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births (2005): 6
Percentage using contraception (1991): 74%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 53.0%
- Male: 68.4%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: no data
- 1997: no data
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 12.7%
- Male: 9.9%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 5124.8
- Male: 7168.2
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 89.1%
Marriage rate (2007): 5.08 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.3 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2005):
- – Female: 165
- – Male: 420
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 146.8
- – Male: 304.1
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000 (2003):
- – Incidence: 19.79
- – Death: 6.20
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2003):
- – Incidence: 72.37
- – Death: 23.45
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2005):
- – Stomach: 81
- – Colorectal: 183
- – Lung: 161
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 42.6
- Male: 87.1
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 11.6
- Male: 71.7
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 11.76
- Male: 87.22
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita (2003): 9.48
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 1230.4
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- Female: 78.8%
- Male: 64.9%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 11.7%
- Male: 27.8%
Percentage overweight (1999):
- Female: 32.1%
- Male: 49.7%
Percentage obese (1999):
- Female: 18.9%
- Male: 19.3%
Low Energy Expenditure: no data
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.