Health determinants

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Health determinants

	Men	Women
Difference in life expectancy between education levels at age 30, in years1 (2011-2014)	4,0	1,3
Deprivation of really needed medical care for financial reasons, as a % 2 (2020)	2,7	2,7
At work, as a %3 (2017)
At least 3 physical risks	48,3	42,2
Feeling stressed (most of the time, always)	20,9	21,7
Worried about losing their job	15,8	15,9
Health behaviour, as a %4 (2017)
Physically active	77,8	73,6
Pays attention to diet	62,8	73,4
Overweight or obese	51,0	33,0
Smoker	31,0	23,3
Consumes alcohol daily	14,9	7,1

1 Between the highest educational level (tertiary) and lowest (compulsory education)
2 Population aged 16 or over living in a private household
3 Employed population aged 15 to 64
4 Population aged 15 or over living in a private household Source: ESS, SILC

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