DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN GREECE IN COMPARISON

TO HUNGARY, EU AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

Panayota SourtziPanayota Sourtzi

Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor

Faculty of Nursing, NKUAFaculty of Nursing, NKUA

DEMOGRAPHY

Is Is the study of human the study of human populations, with reference to populations, with reference to their their

size, size, structure, and structure, and distributiondistribution..

POPULATION (2005)

GREECEGREECE 11,120,000 11,120,000 HUNGARYHUNGARY 10,058,000 10,058,000 EU-27EU-27 497,000,000 497,000,000 WORLDWORLD >6,650,000,000 >6,650,000,000

FERTILITY RATE

GREECEGREECE 1.351.35 HUNGARY HUNGARY 1.331.33 EU-15EU-15 1.51.5 USAUSA 2.12.1 CHINACHINA 1.81.8 BRAZILBRAZIL 2.22.2 ETHIOPIAETHIOPIA 6.26.2

CRUDE DEATH RATE (all ages)

GREECEGREECE 10.5/100010.5/1000 HUNGARY HUNGARY 12.9/100012.9/1000 USAUSA 8.4/1000 8.4/1000

CHINACHINA 7.0/1000 7.0/1000 BRAZILBRAZIL 6.4/1000 6.4/1000 ETHIOPIAETHIOPIA 11.6/100011.6/1000

UNDER FIVE MORTALITY RATE

GREECEGREECE 5/10005/1000 HUNGARY HUNGARY 5/10005/1000 USAUSA 8/10008/1000 BRAZILBRAZIL 20/100020/1000 CHINACHINA 24/100024/1000 ETHIOPIAETHIOPIA 123/1000123/1000

CRUDE DEATH RATE (0-64)

GREECEGREECE 203.5/100,000203.5/100,000 HUNGARY HUNGARY 433.0/100,000433.0/100,000

CRUDE DEATH RATE (65+)

GREECEGREECE 4,428/100.0004,428/100.000 HUNGARY HUNGARY 5,906/100.0005,906/100.000

Major causes of deathGreece % Hungary %

Cerebrovascular disease 20 Ischaemic heart disease 24

Ischaemic heart disease 15 Cerebrovascular disease 14

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer

6 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer

6

Colon & rectum cancer 3 Cirrhosis of the liver 5

Upper respiratory infections

2 Colon & rectum cancer 4

Road traffic accidents 2 Hypertensive heart disease

3

Liver cancer 2 Falls 2

Breast cancer 2 Self-inflicted injuries 2

Stomach cancer 2 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2 Breast cancer 2

LIFE EXPECTANCY (male/female)

GREECEGREECE 77/8277/82 HUNGARY HUNGARY 69/7869/78 EU-27EU-27 76/8276/82 CUBACUBA 76/8076/80 USAUSA 75/8075/80 CHINACHINA 72/7572/75 BRAZILBRAZIL 68/7568/75 ETHIOPIAETHIOPIA 55/5855/58

LIFE EXPECTANCY (at 65)

GREECEGREECE 17.43/19.7717.43/19.77 HUNGARY HUNGARY 13.95/18.1213.95/18.12 EU-27EU-27 16.99/20.5416.99/20.54

HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY GREECEGREECE 69/7369/73 HUNGARY HUNGARY 62/6862/68 USAUSA 67/7167/71 CHINACHINA 63/6563/65 ETHIOPIAETHIOPIA 41/4241/42 BRAZILBRAZIL 57/6257/62

Population distribution (%)

0-14 65-79 80+

EU-27 15.7 12.7 4.3

Greece 14.3 14.6 4.1

Hungary 15.0 12.5 3.7

Older population (65+) (%)

19951995 20052005 ProjectiProjectionon

20502050

GreeceGreece 1515 1818 3232

HungaryHungary 1414 1616 2828

Old age dependency ratio (people over 65/people 15-64x100)

GreeceGreece 27.627.6 HungaryHungary 23.823.8 EU-27EU-27 25.225.2

MIGRATION (2001)

GreeceGreece 797,091 (7.3%)797,091 (7.3%) HungaryHungary 292,931 (2.9%)292,931 (2.9%) EU-27EU-27 3,000,000 3,000,000

(0.6%)(0.6%)

Distribution Of Main 5 Nationalities Seeking Asylum In The Industrialised World, First Half 2009 UNHCR (Oct 2009)

USA 12.8%

France 10.5%

Canada 10.1%

UK 9.5%

Germany 6.5%

Sweden 5.5%

Italy 5.4%

Greece 5.3%

Norway 4.4%

Switzerland 4.1%

Other 26.1%

Distribution of Asylum Claims in Industrialised Countries, Jan-Jun 2009UNHCR 2009

Population Pyramid, Hungary 2005

                                                                                                                                                                  

                  

Population Pyramid, Greece 2005

REFERENCE

European Observatory on Health European Observatory on Health Systems and PoliciesSystems and Policies http://www.euro.who.int/observatory