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Health

Population health, in %1 (2017)
(Very) good self-perceived health	84,7
Long-standing health problem1	32,7
Health behaviour, in %1 (2017)
Physically active	75,7
Smoker	27,1
Consumes alcohol daily	10,9
Mortality
Infant mortality, in ‰ (2017)	3,5
Total deaths (2015)	67 606
Cardiovascular diseases	21 593
Cancer	17 261
Health system (2017)
Hospitalisation rate for 1000 inhabitants	119,3
Accommodation rate in nursing homes among persons aged ≥ 80 years as at 31.12, in %	15,7
Rate of recourse to home care among persons aged ≥ 80 years, in %	28,1
Doctors in the ambulatory sector per 100 000 inhabitants1	222,3
Costs and funding (2016)
Health expenditure per inhabitant, in CHF per month	801
Health expenditure in relation to GDP, in %	12,2

1 Population aged 15 or over living in a private household

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