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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Settlement and district related data regarding 2021 are presented here

Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements and Budapest’s districts have been updated with 2021 data, as such settlement and district related data for 2021 are available since 31 August, concerning, among others, data on General Practitioners and hospitals as well as settlement related data about specialists’s consultations.

Outpatient turnover up moderately in 2021

In 2020, the year most affected by the Covid19 outbreak, there was a significant decrease (26%) in both turnover and interventions in outpatient specialty care. In 2021, there was a modest increase as the restrictive measures eased, with turnover increasing by 7.0% and interventions by 6.7%. The epidemic did not cause a significant change in the number of hours worked by specialist physicians in either 2020 or 2021.

Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, 2021

2021 was the recovery year from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy restarted, its performance –following the 2020 setback – surpassed the previous year’s by 7.1%. The pocketbook, published every spring, offers through its tables an insight into the 2021 developments of Hungary’s social, economic processes.

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, 1st quarter 2022

In the 1st quarter of 2022, when the road traffic increased by 22%, there were 13% more, a total of 2,793 road traffic accidents involving personal injury, compared to the same period of the previous year, hit the hardest by the pandemic. This level was lower than the level of the same period in 2020 and 2019. The number of fatal accidents rose by 4.8%, while that of accidents involving serious and minor injuries by 15% and 12%, respectively. There were nearly one-quarter more drunk-driving accidents. Concerning the 3,724 persons injured, 98 persons deceased.

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.