Hungary: life expectancy at birth by county 2022

Access to healthcare, lifestyle, diet, and exercise are some of the determining factors considering life expectancy. In 2022, men had the highest life expectancy at birth in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, measuring at 74 years, while women in Zala county at 80 years, respectively. During the same year, the life expectancy for both men and women was the lowest in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén.

Are Hungarians in good health?

According to the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, in 2021, 68 percent of men and 62 percent of women perceived their state of health as good or very good, which represented an increase compared to the preceding period. However, considering their body mass index (BMI), over a third of the country’s adult population qualified as overweight and every fourth person as obese. In addition to weight problems, the country also recorded a considerable number of alcoholics over the past decade with their number totaling 392 individuals as of 2020.

Chronic diseases

As of 2020, 36 percent of Hungarian men and 43 percent of women suffered from chronic diseases while the number of chronically ill people in the country totaled 3.2 million . Malignant neoplasms, in other words cancerous tumors became the leading cause of death over the past years, accounting for 31.6 thousand deaths in 2020. In the same year, prostate cancer accounted for a considerable share of new cancer cases in men while a significant number of newly diagnosed women patients suffered from breast cancer.