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Cyprus: Cyprus Health Profile 2012

2012/03/06

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Cyprus Health Profile 2012

Life expectancy
WHO estimates that a person born in Cyprus in 2002 can expect to live 77.3 years on average: 79.1 yearsif female and 75.5 years if male. Life expectancy in Cyprus has been slightly higher than the Eur-A average for males, but below the Eur-A average for females. People in Cyprus spend 12.5% (9.7 years) of their lives on average with illness.
As the length of life increases, older people can respond with lifestyle changes that can increase healthy years of life. Correspondingly, health care systems need to shift towards more geriatric care, the prevention and management of chronic diseases and more formal long-term care. Since people are living longer, measures to improve health and prevent disease need to focus on people of working age.

Infant mortality
Infant mortality in Cyprus in 2003 was below five deaths per 1000 live births, equals to the Eur-A average. Antenatal care is one of the most important services in health care. Nevertheless, it can be expensive, and interventions may be excessive, unneeded and unproven. A simplified model of antenatal care, based on evidence of benefit, is available.

Health outcomes are influenced by various factors that operate at individual, household and community levels. Obvious factors are, for example, diet, health behaviour, access to clean water, sanitation and health services. However, underlying health determinants of a socioeconomic nature also play a role in causing vulnerability to health risks. Here, the key factors are income, education and employment. Though moderately correlated and interdependent, each of these three determinants captures distinctive aspects of the socioeconomic background of a population and they are not interchangeable. Various indicators represent the key socioeconomic determinants of health. Income: absolute poverty, relative poverty and income distribution There is an income gradient affecting health: the poor generally suffer worse health and die younger than people with higher incomes. For instance, the latter are better able to afford the goods and services that contribute to health, for example, better food and living conditions.

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