Health care, accidents

In addition to lifestyle factors, health status is significantly influenced by the preparedness of the health care system. Health statistics provides data on the health status of the population, the presence of lifestyle risks having the strongest impact on the health of the population, the most common diseases and on how much the population does for their health. It monitors changes in the material, personnel and financial conditions that ensure the functioning of the different levels of the care system. Accident statistics takes account of traffic accidents in the country, in particular, it deals with road traffic accidents causing personal injury.

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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, 4th quarter 2021

In the 4th quarter of 2021, there were 8.5% more road traffic accidents involving personal injury than a year earlier, and 17% fewer than two years earlier. While the number of fatal accidents fell by 3.9% in a year, the number of deceased persons grew by 10%. The number of accidents involving minor and serious injury increased by 6.8% and 10%, respectively, while that of drunk-driving accidents by 3.5% compared to the same period of 2020.

Further data, referring to 2020, are available broken down by settlements and districts

The dissemination database’s data groups for settlements and for Budapest districts were updated with further data, referring to 2020, so settlement- and district-level 2020 data on mother and child health nurses, specialist consultations, hospitals and pharmacies among others are available from 7 September.

Significant decrease in health visitor visits to expectant mothers

The number of expectant mothers registered at the health visitor services increased by 2.2% in 2019 and 2.7% in 2020. At the same time, the number of visits by health visitors to mothers decreased slightly in 2019, but by 40% in 2020, mainly due to the Covid19 epidemic. In view of the exceptional situation, some of the communication between health visitors and mothers was carried out through teleconsultation, without face-to-face meetings, replacing family visits and/or counselling.

Yearbook of Health Statistics, 2018

This publication gives a comprehensive picture of the operation of national health care, medicine supply and numerous other related fields, too. The indexes reflecting the health status of the population include the registered diseases, the registered cared, the data on accidents and suicides, as well as the information on the access to health services. Health economic data and some key international indicators are also presented in this publication.