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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It is exceptionally important to us to provide more up-to-date information on the social and economic developments in our country, in addition to our regular and detailed publications.
Our WEEKLY MONITOR provides insights into trends in key areas through weekly, monthly and quarterly data from our interactive chart collection.
Most WEEKLY MONITOR charts can also be downloaded in image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV).

Number of blood-taking units rises for second year but still below pre-pandemic level

A total of 397 thousand persons registered to give blood and 362 thousand blood-taking units were drawn from them in 2022. The number of blood donations remained below the level for 2019 by one tenth, and the inclination to give blood was also lower, with 37 blood donations per 1,000 population. The number of mobile blood collection sites fell by a quarter compared to 2019, but the number of blood donations per mobile blood collection site rose by 18%. For patient care, 541 thousand units were used in 2022.

Findings of the European Health Interview Surveys in one place

Health interview surveys to be conducted every five years allow us to monitor the changes in the health status of the population and reveal the correlations between health status and the background factors influencing that. Due to the users’ increased interest, we acquaint the general public with the results of the three most recent surveys in our now published table collection – following extensive data processing – in a comparable manner, classified in 11 themes, together with the methodology.

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, 4th quarter 2022

In the 4th quarter of 2022, the number of road traffic accidents involving personal injury rose by 1.3% in a slightly decreasing traffic compared to the same period of the previous year. Looking back to the same period of the previous three years, we can see that the highest number of accidents occurred on the roads in Hungary in 2022. In 3,633 accidents, a total of 4,918 persons got injured, and 141 of them died. The number of drunk-driving accidents fell by 15%.

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.