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 (2022)
Physically active	78.7	73.4
Pays attention to diet	65.6	75.8
Overweight or obese	52.3	33.8
Smoker	27.1	20.8
Consumes alcohol daily	12.4	4.9

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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