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The main figures
Population health, in %1 (2012) |
|
|---|---|
(Very) good self-perceived health |
82,8 |
Long-standing health problem1 |
31,9 |
Health behaviour, in %1 (2012) |
|
Physically active |
72,5 |
Smoker |
28,2 |
Consumes alcohol daily |
13,0 |
Mortality |
|
Infant mortality, in ‰ (2017) |
3,5 |
Total deaths (2015) |
67 606 |
Cardiovascular diseases |
21 593 |
Cancer |
17 261 |
Health system |
|
Hospitalisation rate for 1000 inhabitants (2016) |
121,0 |
Accommodation rate in nursing homes among persons aged ≥ 80 years as at 31.12, in % (2016) |
16,0 |
Rate of recourse to home care among persons aged ≥ 80 years, in % (2016) |
28,1 |
Doctors in the ambulatory sector per 100 000 inhabitants1 (2016) |
219,4 |
Costs and funding (2016p) |
|
Health expenditure per inhabitant, in CHF per month |
803 |
Health expenditure in relation to GDP, in % |
12,2 |
1 Population aged 15 or over living in a private household
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