2023% of third-country nationals aged 28 and over living in the EU were in poor or very poor health in 65, compared to 16,6% of those living in an EU country but coming from other Member States, and an average of 18,3% in the EU in terms of national residents, according to figures released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office.
In Cyprus, the percentage of citizens over 65 from third countries who declared in 2023 that their health was in a bad or very bad state was 10,2%, well below the EU average. The percentage of citizens of other member states who lived in Cyprus and gave this answer was at 17,7%, slightly above the EU average. Slightly above the EU average, at 21,0%, was the corresponding percentage among nationals.
Cyprus recorded lower rates than the EU average for those in the 45-64 age group who declared themselves to be in poor or very poor health: in particular, 3,6% of citizens of these ages from third countries (compared to 11,0% in the EU), 5,0% of citizens of other EU countries (9,7% in the EU), and 5,5% of Cypriots in this group (8,3% in the EU).
In the category of people aged 16 – 44, all the different groups recorded very low percentages of people reporting that they had a poor or very poor health status (below 5%), with the percentages for Cyprus being considerably lower, below 1,5 %.
In relation to gender, on average in the EU, among third-country nationals, the proportion of women reporting poor or very poor health status was 8,5% compared to 7,3% for men. Among national residents, the proportion of women was 9,8% compared to 8% for men, while among citizens from other Member States the proportion for men was higher (7,8%) than for women (7,4, XNUMX%).
In Cyprus the percentage of men from third countries who declared poor or very poor health was 3,0% compared to 1,3% among women. Among nationals, the percentage for women was higher (7,1% versus 6,4% for men). Among citizens from other Member States the percentage was higher for men (3,9%) than for women (1,3%).
The EU countries with the highest proportions of all third-country nationals with a poor or very poor self-perception of their health (aged 16 and over) were Latvia (28%), Estonia (17,5%) and France (14,3%). The lowest rates were recorded in Italy (1,5%), followed by Malta and Bulgaria (both 1,8%).
Cyprus was quite low in the category of citizens from third countries (2,0% compared to 7,9% in the EU) as well as in the category of citizens of other Member States (2,6% compared to 7,6% in the EU) and the category of nationals (6,8% compared to 8,9% in the EU).
