Analytics, EU – Baltic States, Health, Statistics

Less than 5% of children in the EU in 2017 were considered to have limitations in activities due to health problems: 3.7% with moderate limitations and 1.2% with severe limitations. The proportion facing each category of limitations in activity increases with age. Among those aged under five, 2.2% had moderate and 0.6% had severe limitations in activities, while for those aged five to nine the proportions were 4.1% and 1.2% respectively and 4.4% and 1.6% for those aged ten to fifteen. These data on children’s health in the EU (reported by a household member) are issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. They are taken from the 2017 EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) ad-hoc module on health and children’s health. 

More than 99% of children under five in good health in Bulgaria, Malta, Romania and Italy

In 2017, the percentage of children aged under five considered to be in good or very good health ranged from 92.4% in Estonia to more than 99% in Bulgaria, Malta, Romania and Italy. 

In nearly all Member States, less than 1% of children under five have severe limitations in activity due to health problems

In 2017, among children aged under five, the percentage considered to have severe limitations in activity due to health problems was under 1% in all Member States except the United Kingdom (1.1%), Belgium (1.4%), Finland (1.5%) and Austria (1.6%). For moderate limitations in activity there was greater variation between Member States, ranging from less than 1% in Italy (0.2%), Cyprus (0.6%), Malta (0.7%) and Bulgaria (0.9%) to 4.9% in Denmark, 7.8% in Lithuania, 8.6% in Latvia.