Hungarians Live Longer But In Worse Shape, KSH Says
Budapest, June 11 (MTI) – Life expectancy at birth in Hungary has increased by 2.7 years during the past decade, similarly to the rest of the European Union, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said in a report published on Wednesday.
The report, however, warned that both children and adults are in a worse physical condition, and the healthcare system is more and more overburdened.
According to the report, Hungarians born in 2012 could expect to live 75 years – men 71, women 79 – a year longer than people in Lithuania and Latvia, but seven years shorter than the Spanish, the longest-lived people in the European Union.
Among children, the number of asthma patients has grown by 150 percent, the number of diabetics has doubled, and there are 80 percent more children with high blood pressure, and 40 percent more with scoliosis or tumor than ten years ago, the report said.
It added that 15 percent of Hungarian children are overweight, while every other child goes to school hungry.
Twenty percent of all Hungarians have chronic ailments. The number of people with asthma, blood-forming or immune disorders, as well as of stroke patients has more than doubled. Eighty percent more people have diabetes, 70 percent more tumor and 60 percent more high blood pressure or cardiovascular problems than a decade ago, the report said.
Hungary’s healthcare spending is half of the OECD average, putting it 29th place in a list of 34 countries, according to the report. Compared to other countries in the community, Hungary spends relatively little on hospital care, especially on chronic care and rehabilitation, on outpatient services and prevention, the report added.
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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters
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