Appendix

Table 5. Overview of active and healthy ageing indicators in the Nordic region

Territorial coverage
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
International

Organization for Economic and Cooperation Development (OECD)

  • Health expenditure and financing
  • Health status
  • Pensions at a Glance 2019
  • Health at a Glance 2019

World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing
European

Eurostat

  • European Union – Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
  • Labour force survey
  • Internet use
  • Life expectancy
  • Social protection and inclusion
  • Mortality
  • Causes of death
  • Adult learning
  • Cities and greater cities

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  • Active Ageing Index
 
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
National

Statistics Denmark

  • Consultations of physicians
  • Digital behaviour and cultural habits
  • Educational status of the population
  • Employees
  • Gender equality
  • Home nursing
  • Labour market status of the population
  • Life expectancy
  • Participation in sports
  • Personal and family income
  • Persons on old-age pension or disability pension
  • Quality of life
  • Social benefits for senior citizens
  • Statistics on income and living conditions

Statistics Finland

  • Educational structure of the population
  • Internet use for cultural purposes
  • Labour force survey
  • Life expectancy
  • Participation in adult education
  • Participation in leisure activities
  • Persons at risk of poverty
  • Self-perceived health and well-being

Statistics Iceland

  • Births and deaths
  • Educational attainment
  • Health Interview Survey
  • ICT usage by individuals
  • Labour force survey
  • Lifelong learning
  • Material deprivation
  • Municipal social services
  • Quality of life
  • Wages and income

Statistics Norway

  • Culture and recreation
  • Education
  • Health conditions and living habits
  • ICT usage in households
  • Births and deaths
  • Labour market and earnings
  • Sports and outdoor recreation
  • Poverty-related problems, survey on living conditions
  • Social conditions, welfare, and crime

Statistics Sweden

  • Educa­tional attainment of the population 
  • Household finances
  • Labour statistics
  • Living conditions survey
  • Population statistics
Regional

Statistics Denmark

  • Consul­tations of physicians
  • Educational status of the population
  • Gender equality
  • Personal and family income
  • Persons on old-age pension or disability pension
  • Social benefits for senior citizens

Statistics Finland

  • Causes of death
  • Deaths
  • Educational structure of the population
  • Local government finances

Sotkanet (Finland)

  • National FinSote Survey
  • Pensions
  • Primary health care
  • Regional Health and Well-being Study
  • Specialised health care

Statistics Iceland

  • Educational attainment
  • Municipal social services

Public Health Watch (Lýðheilsu­vakt)

  • Mental health
  • Physical health
  • Quality of sleep
  • Wealth
  • Happiness
  • Stress
  • Loneliness
  • Fruit consumption
  • Vegetable consumption
  • Consumption of sugary soft drinks
  • Consumption of sugar-free soft drinks
  • Consumption of energy drinks
  • Active mode of transport
  • Small brisk movement
  • Drinking alcohol
  • Intoxication
  • Smoke daily

Statistics Norway

  • Health, care and social relations, survey on living conditions

Helsedirekto­ratet (Norway)

  • Localization technology for people living at home with dementia
  • Municipal patient and user register

Kommune­helsa StatBank (Norway)

  • Causes of death
  • Medicines and health services

Statistics Sweden

  • Educational attainment of the population
  • Household finances
  • Labour statistics
  • Life expectancy
  • Population statistics

Kolada (Sweden)

  • Citizen Satisfaction Index – Elderly care
  • Cost of elderly home care
  • Fall injuries
  • Recipients of health and medical care

Social­styrelsen (Sweden)

  • Cancer
  • Cause of death
  • Welfare technology

Folkhälso­myndigheten (Sweden)

  • Income and livelihood
  • Knowledge, skills, and education
  • Living and local environment

Table 6. OECD Indicators on Health Status

Countries (other years available are in parenthesis)
Indicator
By sex
By age/s
Last year available
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Life expectancy
Yes
At birth, 65
2020
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Life expectancy
Yes
40, 60, 80
2019
Denmark, Finland, Iceland (2019), Norway (2016), Sweden
Causes of mortality
Yes
No
2018
Denmark, Finland, Iceland (2019), Norway (2016), Sweden
Premature mortality
Yes
75+
2018
Denmark, Finland, Iceland (2019), Norway (2016), Sweden
Avoidable mortality
Yes
No
2018
Denmark, Finland, Iceland (2018), Norway (2019), Sweden (2019)
Perceived health status
No
No
2020
Denmark, Finland, Iceland (2018), Norway (2019), Sweden (2019)
Perceived health status by age and gender
Yes
15-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65+
2020
Denmark, Finland, Iceland (2018), Norway (2019), Sweden (2019)
Perceived health status by socio-economic status
Yes
15+
2020
 
Infant health: low birthweight
No
No
2018
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Communicable diseases
No
No
2019
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Cancer
Yes
No
2012
Denmark (2018), Finland (2018), Iceland, Norway (2018), Sweden (2018)
Injuries
No
No
2020
Finland, Denmark, Sweden
Absence from work due to illness
No
No
2018

Table7. Eurostat indicators for active and healthy ageing

Countries
Indicator
Ages
Last year available
Sex
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
At-risk-of-poverty rate
+65
2020
Males and females
Finland, Denmark
Average rating of satisfaction by domain, sex, age and educational attainment level
50-64, 65-74, +65, +75
2018
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Causes of death - crude death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence
5-years interval, 65+, 85+, 95+
2018
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Employment rates by sex, age and citizenship (%)
55-59, 60-64, 65-69,70-74
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Health status by degree of urbanisation
65
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Healthy life years at 65
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Inability to make ends meet
One adult aged 65+, two adults (at least one aged 65+)
2020
No
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Individuals - internet activities
55-64, 65-74, 75+, 55-74 low education, 55-74 medium education, 55-74 high education, fe/males 55-74, retired individuals
2020
Partially
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Individuals - internet use
55-64, 65-74, 75+, 55-74 low education, 55-74 medium education, 55-74 high education, fe/males 55-74, retired individuals
2020
Partially
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Individuals using the internet for voting
55-74
2019
Sweden, Norway, Finland
Life expectancy at birth
0
2019
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Life expectancy at 65
65
2019
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Life expectancy by age, sex, and NUTS2 region
1-year interval
2019
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Life table by age, sex, and NUTS 2 region
1-year interval
2019
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark
Lone pensioner (above retirement age) households
Retired
2012
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Material and social deprivation
55+, 60+,65+,70+,75+,85+, 55-64, 65-74
2019
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Participation in formal or informal voluntary activities
50-64, 65-74, +65, +75
2015
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by sex and age
50-74, 55-64
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by sex, age, and degree of urbanisation
55-74
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age, and degree of urbanisation
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Performing (non-work-related) physical activities by sex, age, and income quintile
55-64, 65-74, +65, +75
2014
Males and females
Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Persons at two-fold risk of poverty by age and sex - experimental statistics
55-64, 65-74, 75+
2015
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark
Persons performing physical activity outside working time by duration in a typical week, educational attainment level, sex, and age
50-64, 65-74, 75+
2017
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland,
Population by educational attainment
55-74
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Population by educational attainment level, sex, age, and degree of urbanisation (%)
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland,
Self-perceived health
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Self-perceived health by income quintile
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Self-perceived health by sex, age, and degree of urbanisation
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Self-perceived long-standing limitations in usual activities due to health problem by sex, age and degree of urbanisation
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main reason declared, and degree of urbanisation
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75-84, 75+, 85+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main reason declared, and degree of urbanisation
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Self-reported unmet needs for specific health care-related services due to financial reasons by sex, age, and degree of urbanisation
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75+
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Severe material deprivation
55+, 60+, 65+, 75+, 50-64, 55-64, 65-74
2020
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Time spent on health-enhancing (non-work-related) aerobic physical activity by sex, age, and educational attainment level
55-64, 65-74, 65+, 75+
2014
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Body mass index by sex, age, and income quintile. BMI measures:
Underweight: less than 18.5
Normal weight: between 18.5 and less than 25
Pre-obese: between 25 and less than 30
Obese: equal or greater than 30
65-74, 65+, 75+
2019
Males and females
Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark
Persons reporting a chronic disease, by disease, sex, age, and educational attainment level. Diseases included:
Heart attack
High blood pressure
Stroke
65-74, 65+, 75+
2019
Males and females