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. 2018 Nov 21;28(Suppl 5):5–19. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky225

Table 5b.

Country Heart HBP Breath Allergy Back pain Arm pain Leg pain Stomach Skin Headache Diabetes 1 of these 2 or more Cancer pres. Cancer prev.
ESS pooled F 6.4 11.4 7.9 14.0 41.7 20.0 20.1 17.9 9.6 20.2 2.9 24.6 46.7 3.8 9.0
(6.0–6.9) (10.9–12.0) (7.4–8.4) (13.4–14.6) (40.8–42.6) (19.3–20.7) (19.4–20.8) (17.2–18.6) (9.0–10.1) (19.4–20.9) (2.6–3.2) (23.8–25.4) (45.8–47.7) (3.4–4.1) (8.5–9.6)
Greecea F 3.3 9.3 4.0 10.5 17.9 12.1 12.4 11.2 3.2 11.9 3.6 25.1 23.4 2.6 5.4
(1.7–6.5) (6.5–13.2) (2.2–7.2) (7.6–14.3) (14.2–22.4) (8.9–16.1) (9.2–16.4) (8.0–15.5) (1.8–5.7) (8.7–16.0) (2.0–6.6) (20.6–30.3) (19.1–28.4) (1.2–5.3) (3.2–8.9)
Denmark F 4.7 10.2 9.1 19.4 54.0 26.0 30.4 22.7 16.5 20.9 3.8 24.5 59.9 3.2 10.3
(3.1–7.1) (7.9–13.2) (6.7–12.2) (16.0–23.4) (49.3–58.6) (22.3–30.1) (26.3–34.9) (18.9–27.0) (13.3–20.3) (17.2–25.0) (2.3–6.2) (20.8–28.7) (55.4–64.3) (1.9–5.4) (7.9–13.5)
Finland F 4.6 13.7 12.4 22.3 60.7 25.3 29.0 29.4 22.6 27.7 3.6 21.6 69.1 1.7 5.1
(3.3–6.6) (11.4–16.3) (10.0–15.2) (19.3–25.7) (56.9–64.4) (22.2–28.8) (25.7–32.6) (26.0–33.0) (19.5–26.1) (24.4–31.4) (2.4–5.2) (18.6–25.0) (65.4–72.6) (1.0–2.9) (3.8–6.9)
Norway F 4.7 9.7 14.6 24.3 52.3 31.8 29.4 22.9 9.7 18.8 1.6 23.2 60.7 0.5 7.3
(2.9–7.6) (7.1–13.1) (11.4–18.5) (20.4–28.7) (47.6–57.0) (27.5–36.4) (25.1–34.1) (19.1–27.3) (7.4–12.7) (15.2–22.9) (0.6–4.4) (19.5–27.3) (56.0–65.2) (0.2–1.5) (5.3–9.9)
Sweden F 5.8 12.3 10.2 20.9 52.3 27.1 23.3 27.4 10.4 19.9 2.5 25.7 56.6 1.8 8.7
(3.9–8.5) (9.8–15.4) (8.0–12.9) (17.5–24.7) (48.1–56.5) (23.5–31.0) (19.9–27.2) (23.8–31.4) (8.0–13.4) (16.6–23.7) (1.5–4.2) (22.2–29.5) (52.4–60.7) (1.0–3.2) (6.6–11.6)
Austria F 4.8 9.7 5.3 10.5 33.5 13.9 13.0 13.4 8.5 15.6 1.5 19.0 35.6 1.8 9.5
(3.3–7.0) (7.7–12.1) (3.7–7.4) (8.2–13.3) (29.8–37.3) (11.3–16.9) (10.5–16.0) (10.7–16.5) (6.6–11.1) (12.9–18.8) (0.8–3.0) (16.0–22.4) (31.9–39.5) (1.1–3.1) (7.4–12.1)
Belgium F 6.4 14.9 9.2 16.7 54.3 26.9 25.7 26.4 8.9 25.8 1.6 24.5 60.6 2.4 7.7
(4.8–8.6) (12.4–17.7) (7.2–11.8) (14.0–19.8) (50.4–58.1) (23.6–30.4) (22.4–29.2) (23.1–29.9) (6.9–11.4) (22.6–29.4) (0.9–2.8) (21.3–28.1) (56.7–64.4) (1.4–3.9) (5.9–10.0)
France F 6.0 8.9 11.8 16.4 58.0 33.8 23.6 21.1 10.4 34.9 3.0 23.5 65.1 3.4 8.1
(4.4–8.1) (6.9–11.3) (9.1–15.1) (13.4–20.0) (53.6–62.2) (29.7–38.2) (20.0–27.7) (17.7–25.0) (7.9–13.6) (30.7–39.4) (1.9–4.7) (20.0–27.5) (60.7–69.2) (2.1–5.5) (5.9–11.0)
Germany F 10.9 15.0 9.9 19.3 61.3 22.2 22.3 25.5 15.3 31.9 3.0 21.8 66.4 2.3 7.7
(9.0–13.2) (12.9–17.4) (8.1–12.2) (16.8–22.1) (58.0–64.5) (19.6–25.1) (19.8–25.0) (22.7–28.6) (13.3–17.8) (28.9–35.1) (2.1–4.3) (19.2–24.7) (63.1–69.4) (1.5–3.5) (6.2–9.6)
Ireland F 2.4 6.7 7.3 6.8 22.7 10.5 11.6 10.4 6.9 7.4 1.5 24.5 23.7 4.1 7.7
(1.5–3.8) (5.1–8.7) (5.6–9.4) (5.1–9.0) (1.99–25.8) (8.6–12.9) (9.6–14.0) (8.4–12.7) (5.2–9.1) (5.8–9.5) (0.9–2.6) (21.6–27.7) (20.8–26.9) (2.8–5.9) (6.1–9.6)
Netherlands F 4.8 11.6 9.7 16.3 45.9 18.4 20.4 16.6 10.0 19.7 2.2 33.7 46.4 2.4 7.3
(3.4–6.7) (9.1–14.6) (7.6–12.3) (13.5–19.4) (41.9–49.9) (15.6–21.5) (17.4–23.7) (13.9–19.6) (8.0–12.5) (16.7–23.0) (1.3–3.8) (30.0–37.6) (42.5–50.3) (1.4–4.1) (5.7–9.5)
Switzerland F 5.5 7.4 7.2 14.8 45.4 18.8 21.4 18.9 11.0 23.2 1.7 31.2 48.0 7.8 15.5
(3.8–7.8) (5.5–9.9) (5.3–9.8) (12.0–18.1) (41.2–49.6) (15.7–22.2) (18.2–25.0) (15.8–22.4) (8.6–13.9) (19.9–27.0) (0.9–3.2) (27.3–35.3) (43.8–52.2) (5.9–10.4) (12.7–18.8)
UK F 5.0 12.3 11.2 15.1 39.0 19.8 25.5 17.0 14.1 19.9 3.2 28.1 48.7 3.0 8.1
(3.7–6.8) (10.1–14.9) (9.1–13.7) (12.6–18.0) (35.4–42.6) (17.3–22.7) (22.4–28.8) (14.5–19.8) (11.7–17.0) (17.1–23.0) (2.2–4.6) (24.7–31.8) (45.0–52.5) (1.9–4.8) (6.3–10.4)
Czech Republic F 2.8 8.5 4.2 11.1 25.2 8.9 10.1 7.2 4.5 12.9 4.0 28.8 24.8
(1.8–4.3) (6.8–10.6) (3.0–6.1) (9.0–13.8) (22.2–28.4) (7.0–11.2) (8.2–12.5) (5.5–9.4) (3.2–6.2) (10.6–15.5) (2.8–5.7) (25.6–32.3) (21.9–28.0)
Estonia F 4.9 9.6
(3.5–6.7) (7.7–12.0)
Hungary F 7.7 14.9 3.6 8.0 14.5 10.5 11.2 6.6 3.9 14.5 3.8 16.5 24.4 9.8 15.6
(5.9–10.0) (12.5–17.6) (2.3–5.5) (6.1–10.5) (12.0–17.4) (8.4–13.1) (9.0–13.9) (4.9–8.9) (2.6–5.7) (11.9–17.5) (2.6–5.6) (13.9–19.6) (21.3–27.7) (7.8–12.4) (13.0–18.6)
Lithuania F 13.0 14.1 2.9 5.2 25.3 8.1 9.6 15.3 4.8 12.3 1.9 23.1 32.3 6.6 14.6
(10.7–15.8) (11.8–16.7) (1.9–4.5) (3.7–7.4) (22.2–28.8) (6.2–10.4) (7.6–12.0) (12.6–18.4) (3.4–6.8) (9.9–15.2) (1.0–3.5) (20.0–26.4) (28.9–35.8) (4.9–8.8) (12.2–17.5)
Poland F 12.1 12.8 4.4 13.0 37.1 22.0 18.5 16.1 5.1 20.7 3.1 24.1 45.5 3.9 8.7
(9.8–14.9) (10.5–15.5) (3.0–6.3) (10.6–15.9) (33.3–41.0) (18.9–25.4) (15.6–21.8) (13.3–19.4) (3.5–7.3) (17.6–24.2) (2.0–4.7) (20.7–27.7) (41.5–49.5) (2.6–5.8) (6.6–11.2)
Slovenia F 8.1 15.8 6.4 12.0 46.7 18.1 19.2 21.4 4.3 16.9 3.4 30.8 48.7 2.0 6.1
(6.0–10.9) (13.0–19.1) (4.6–9.0) (9.3–15.3) (42.2–51.3) (14.9–21.7) (16.0–23.0) (17.9–25.4) (2.8–6.5) (13.7–20.8) (2.2–5.2) (26.6–35.2) (44.2–53.3) (1.1–3.8) (4.4–8.5)
Israel F 4.0 8.3 5.4 5.6 22.2 9.9 14.3 9.8 4.6 11.0 6.2 20.2 25.7 7.5 10.4
(2.8–5.7) (6.5–10.5) (3.9–7.5) (4.2–7.4) (19.3–25.4) (7.9–12.2) (11.9–17.2) (7.9–12.2) (3.3–6.5) (9.0–13.4) (4.6–8.2) (17.4–23.3) (22.7–29.0) (5.7–9.9) (8.3–13.0)
Portugal F 10.6 16.4 11.3 25.1 60.7 45.9 36.9 22.5 6.6 39.7 5.3 22.2 77.8 3.3 9.7
(7.6–14.7) (12.6–21.2) (8.0–15.8) (19.8–31.1) (54.3–66.7) (39.5–52.3) (31.5–42.6) (17.8–28.0) (4.4–9.7) (33.5–46.1) (3.4–8.0) (17.6–27.6) (72.4–82.4) (1.8–6.0) (7.0–13.4)
Spain F 5.5 8.7 6.5 12.1 48.0 26.9 25.5 17.5 11.3 23.4 2.0 27.1 49.2 1.2 4.3
(4.0–7.5) (6.9–10.9) (4.8–8.7) (9.8–14.8) (44.2–51.8) (23.8–30.3) (22.4–29.0) (14.7–20.6) (9.1–14.0) (20.3–26.8) (1.2–3.4) (23.8–30.7) (45.4–53.0) (0.6–2.4) (3.0–6.1)

Note: aSample consists of individuals living in Greece aged between 20 and 64. CIs, confidence intervals.