Table 2 Indicators used in Web-Delphi round 1, by area of concern of the EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index
From: Scenarios for population health inequalities in 2030 in Europe: the EURO-HEALTHY project experience
Area of concern | Indicator |
|---|---|
Economic conditions, social protection and security | Unemployment rate (%) |
Long-term unemployment rate – 12 months and more (%) | |
Disposable income of private households per capita (Euro per inhabitant) | |
People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (%) | |
Disposable income ratio – S80/S20 (ratio) | |
Expenditure on care for elderly (% of GDP) | |
Crimes recorded by the police per 100 000 inhabitants | |
Education | Population aged 25-64 with upper secondary or tertiary education attainment (%) |
Early leavers from education and training (%) | |
Demographic change | At risk of poverty rate of older people – aged 65 years or over (%) |
Ageing index (ratio) | |
Lifestyle and Health behaviours | Adults who are obese (%) |
Daily smokers – aged 15 and over (%) | |
Pure alcohol consumption – aged 15 and over (Liters per capita) | |
Live births by mothers under age of 20 (%) | |
Physical environment | Annual mean of the daily PM2.5 concentrations (μg/m3) |
Annual mean of the daily PM10 concentrations (μg/m3) | |
Greenhouse Gas (GHG), total tonnes of CO2 eq. emissions per annum per capita | |
Population exposed to traffic noise – Lden 55-59db, during day (%) | |
Population affected by flooding, per 1 000 000 inhabitants | |
Built environment | Average number of rooms per person |
Households without indoor flushing toilet (%) | |
Households without central heating (%) | |
Population density (inhabitants/km2) | |
Population connected to public water supply (%) | |
Population connected to wastewater treatment plants (%) | |
Recycling rate of municipal waste (%) | |
Road safety | Victims in road accidents – injured and killed, per 100 000 inhabitants |
Fatality rate due to road traffic accidents, per 1000 victims | |
Healthcare resources and expenditure | Medical doctors, per 100 000 inhabitants |
Health personnel (nurses and midwives, dentists, pharmacists and physiotherapists), per 100 000 inhabitants | |
Total health expenditure (THE), PPP$ per capita, World Health Organization (WHO) estimates | |
Private households’ out-of-pocket on health as percentage of total health expenditure (THE) | |
Public expenditure on health, PPP$ per capita, WHO estimates | |
Healthcare performance | Hospital discharges due to diabetes, hypertension and asthma, per 100 000 inhabitants |
Amenable deaths to health care – standardised death rate, per 100 000 inhabitants |