This indicator provides information on peoples’ self-rated general state of health and therefore reflects their quality of life more broadly. It is recognised as a good synthetic indicator of overall population health.
An increase in the share of persons rating their own state of health as good or very good indicates an improved situation.
People without a migration background rate more often their own state of health as good or very good than the population with a migration background. However, the second or subsequent generations do not differ significantly in this regard from the population without a migration background.
Between 2012 and 2020, the share of persons rating their state of health as good or very good has significantly increased in all population groups studied.
Between 2021 and 2022, this share decreased in all the population groups considered.
In all major regions people without a migration background rate significantly more often their own health as good or very good than the population with a migration background, except in the Lemanic region and Ticino where the difference between the two population groups is insignificant.
This indicator is based on the answer to the following question:
How is your state of health is in general?
1 : very good;
2 : good;
3: fair;
4 : bad;
5 : very bad.
This indicator shows the share of persons saying they are in good or very good state of health.
