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Part, Chapter, Paragraph
1 -, 1 | have taken place both at EU and Member States levels.~ ~
2 -, 1 | appointed by them) of all the EU Member States, Croatia,
3 -, 1 | International Organizations and EU Agencies (Appendix 3); and (
4 -, 1 | has used can be useful for EU D.G. “Health and Consumers”
5 -, 1 | the cooperation among the EU Member States and with the
6 -, 1 | Consumers (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_
7 I, 2. 1 | For example, currently the EU is characterized by low
8 I, 2. 1 | and late mortality. Most EU citizens still opt for marriage,
9 I, 2. 1 | popular’. Moreover, the EU has turned into an immigration
10 I, 2. 1 | the Northern part of the EU, ‘travelled’ to the Western,
11 I, 2. 1 | high-income countries such as the EU Member States through four
12 I, 2. 1 | health take place in the EU is important to understand
13 I, 2. 1 | health developments in the EU. They are considered to
14 I, 2. 2 | animal fodder (89%) into the EU during 2004 (Eurostat).~ ~
15 I, 2. 3 | population ageing in the EU. Nevertheless, migration
16 I, 2. 3 | to adapt.~ ~Migration to EU countries has been constantly
17 I, 2. 3 | and over the last 5 years, EU net migrant inflows reached
18 I, 2. 3 | and welfare standards.~The EU is set to remain a popular
19 I, 2. 3 | influx of migrants in the EU may impact on health services
20 I, 2. 3 | to be eradicated in the EU (e.g. tuberculosis, malaria,
21 I, 2. 3 | from Western countries (EU Member States, Northern
22 I, 2. 3 | non-immigrants.~ ~Within the EU, a significant population
23 I, 2. 4 | differences existing among EU Member States in terms of
24 I, 2. 4 | countries already members of the EU before 2004 and of those
25 I, 2. 4 | of those who joined the EU in 2004.~ ~Figure 2.2. Gross
26 I, 2. 4 | last 10 years of all the EU member States and allows
27 I, 2. 4. 0(1) | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_
28 I, 2. 4 | the UK presidency of the EU in October 2005, and other
29 I, 2. 4 | improvements in health across the EU, access to healthcare remains
30 I, 2. 5. 0(2) | Available at: http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports.~
31 I, 2. 5 | The report highlights the EU’s commitment to increase
32 I, 2. 5 | countries compared to 40% in the EU. Although recent progress
33 I, 2. 5 | million immigrating into the EU every year.~ ~According
34 I, 2. 5 | pace and workload. In the EU, work-related stress is
35 I, 2. 5. 0(3) | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_
36 I, 2. 6 | differences are shown among EU Member States both in terms
37 I, 2. 6 | upper secondary education in EU Member States, candidates
38 I, 2. 6 | is evident throughout the EU. There are more women than
39 I, 2. 6 | in 5 level programmes in EU Member States. Women accounted
40 I, 2. 6 | to one on average in the Eu in 2004, the opposite occurs
41 I, 2. 6 | enrolled in education in EU is expected to decline from
42 I, 2. 6 | population, the average EU student ratio is expected
43 I, 2. 7 | populations. Within the EU, urbanisation is already
44 I, 2. 7 | settlements which in many EU countries represent a significant
45 I, 2. 10. 3 | deploying and modernising EU policy instruments to encourage
46 I, 2. 10. 3 | online services across the EU. This information can often
47 I, 2. 10. 3 | Information Society under the EU Research Framework programmes
48 I, 2. 10. 4(14)| Piracy – Results at the EU Border 2006”, European Commission,
49 I, 2. 10. 4 | possible benefits.~ ~Some EU Member States have regulated
50 I, 2. 10. 4 | primary objectives of the EU.~A few EU Member States
51 I, 2. 10. 4 | objectives of the EU.~A few EU Member States are also investigating
52 I, 2. 11 | Situation and Demography (EU DG Employment and Social
53 I, 2. 11 | available at: http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/social_
54 I, 2. 11 | at: http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_
55 I, 2. 11 | available at http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/spsi/docs/
56 I, 2. 11 | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-AF-05-001/
57 I, 2. 11 | proceedings. http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/conference/
58 I, 3.Acr | New Member States of the EU~TFR Total Period Fertility
59 I, 3. 1 | below 2.0. In several other EU Member States, the TFR was
60 I, 3. 1 | the current millennium, no EU Member State has a TFR above
61 I, 3. 1 | woman everywhere in the EU. In 2005 Ireland (1.88)
62 I, 3. 1 | many as 16 out of the 27 EU Member States had fertility
63 I, 3. 1 | decades among the various EU Member States. Northern
64 I, 3. 1 | rates than elsewhere in the EU, although still below replacement;
65 I, 3. 1 | was 23 to 24 years in many EU Member States, although
66 I, 3. 1 | around 27 to 29 in most EU Member States in Northern,
67 I, 3. 2 | years, the population of the EU with 27 Member States, although
68 I, 3. 2 | total population increase in EU Member States, whereas more
69 I, 3. 2 | population growth in the EU.~ ~ ~In 1960, around 13
70 I, 3. 2 | Population growth within the EU has different faces across
71 I, 3. 2 | 1960 to 2006 the overall EU population increased by
72 I, 3. 2 | 1960.~ ~Although, in the EU in the 1960-2006 period
73 I, 3. 2 | projection expects that the EU will have 472 million inhabitants
74 I, 3. 2 | population growth in the EU and this has of course implications
75 I, 3. 2 | recent enlargement of the EU to 27 Member States will
76 I, 3. 2 | States will reduce the total EU population growth as several
77 I, 3. 2 | immigration regulations in the EU member States result in
78 I, 3. 2 | born abroad. Together these EU Members States accommodate
79 I, 3. 2 | and over the last 5 years, EU net migrant inflows reached
80 I, 3. 2 | welfare standards.~ ~The EU is set to remain a popular
81 I, 3. 3 | of the 21st century many EU Member States may face some ‘
82 I, 3. 3 | largest age bracket in the EU pyramid consists of those
83 I, 3. 3 | While about 1.6% of all EU citizens were born in 1963,
84 I, 3. 3 | The pyramid for the New EU Member States (NMS12) shows
85 I, 3. 3 | aged nations’ within the EU according to this criterion,
86 II, 4. 1 | years) than elsewhere in the EU (6 to 7 years). For the
87 II, 4. 1 | question both for individual EU Member States (MS) and the
88 II, 4. 1 | Member States (MS) and the EU as a whole. Over a long
89 II, 4. 1 | Indicators. HLY is the first EU Structural Indicator on
90 II, 4. 1 | longevity observed across the EU and between genders justifies
91 II, 4. 1 | 1). Although in 2005 the EU life expectancy at birth
92 II, 4. 1 | monitoring progress towards the EU target of increasing the
93 II, 4. 1 | social cohesion across the EU.~ ~In summary. residents
94 II, 4. 1 | a fair assessment of the EU situation in comparison
95 II, 4. 1 | Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-13” has as the first
96 II, 4. 1 | monitor health within the EU must be recognised and fully
97 II, 4. 1 | these strategies for the EU have already been promoted
98 II, 4. 1 | common indicators between the EU and the USA are further
99 II, 4. 1 | population health to meet the EU political agenda. Indeed,
100 II, 4. 2 | expectancy at birth across EU countries can be attributed
101 II, 4. 2 | changes in life expectancy, EU 15 average.~ ~These age
102 II, 4. 2 | decline were visible in most EU countries. In all countries,
103 II, 4. 2 | in life expectancy in all EU countries. In most countries,
104 II, 4. 2 | considerably. In Eastern EU countries, life expectancy
105 II, 4. 2 | favourably than in the Western EU countries, particularly
106 II, 4. 2 | cause of death for selected EU countries for the periods
107 II, 4. 2 | selected countries.~ ~In most EU countries, the decline in
108 II, 4. 2 | expectancy at 65 for selected EU countries. Only countries
109 II, 4. 2 | decades. In several Eastern EU countries there was a negative
110 II, 4. 2 | countries except for the Eastern EU countries. Thus it can be
111 II, 4. 2 | that apart from the Eastern EU countries for men there
112 II, 4. 2 | the development in Eastern EU countries has been negative.
113 II, 4. 2 | negative. In most other EU countries, life expectancy
114 II, 4. 3 | Healthy life expectancy in the EU 15. Montpellier, EHEMU.~ ~
115 II, 4. 3 | differences between the 25 EU countries. Montpellier,
116 II, 5. 1. 1 | significantly to mortality in the EU. Main non lethal chronic
117 II, 5. 2.Acr | European Society of Cardiology~EU~European Union~EUROASPIRE~
118 II, 5. 2. 1 | all cases of death in the EU. In the EU, one in six men
119 II, 5. 2. 1 | death in the EU. In the EU, one in six men and one
120 II, 5. 2. 1 | within the European Union (EU) (Allender et al, 2008).
121 II, 5. 2. 1 | quality of life.~ ~Although EU is experiencing declining
122 II, 5. 2. 1 | leading cause of mortality in EU, accounting for over 741,
123 II, 5. 2. 1 | leading cause of death in the EU accounting for 508,000 deaths
124 II, 5. 2. 2 | in the European Union (EU) and the proportion of cause-specific
125 II, 5. 2. 2 | et al, 2006). For the 27 EU member states age-standardized (
126 II, 5. 2. 2 | last 3 years available in EU Member States.~The last
127 II, 5. 2. 3 | all causes of deaths in EU (Figure 5.1.1). Around half
128 II, 5. 2. 3 | Table 5.2.4. WHO-MONICA 13 EU population. Mean annual
129 II, 5. 2. 3 | of CVD morbidity data in EU.~ ~
130 II, 5. 2. 3 | common cause of death in EU, accounting for over 508.
131 II, 5. 2. 3 | 6. WHO-MONICA Project 6 EU population. Age-standardized
132 II, 5. 2. 4 | different age ranges in 22 EU countries.~ ~Table 5.2.8.
133 II, 5. 2. 4 | hypercholesterolemia in 27 EU countries for men and women
134 II, 5. 2. 4 | prevalence of smoking habit in 27 EU countries for men and women
135 II, 5. 2. 4 | defined as BMI 30kg/m2 ) in 27 EU countries for men and women
136 II, 5. 2. 5 | this context.~High-level EU documents, particularly
137 II, 5. 2. 5 | ensure solidarity among EU Member States.~The majority
138 II, 5. 2. 5 | is fully reported in the EU Treaty (Article 152 of the
139 II, 5. 2. 5 | Treaty (Article 152 of the EU Treaty) and in the objectives
140 II, 5. 2. 5 | in the objectives of the EU’s Lisbon Agenda and the
141 II, 5. 3. 2 | programmes: a number of EU cancer registries already
142 II, 5. 3. 2 | Cancer Registration in the EU~ ~About one hundred cancer
143 II, 5. 3. 2 | see above). Yet in several EU Member States, severe constraints
144 II, 5. 3. 2 | registry activity in the EU. The cost of human and capital
145 II, 5. 3. 2 | treatment programmes:~· the EU should recommend that all
146 II, 5. 3. 2 | comparison of cancer burden in EU.~ ~
147 II, 5. 3. 2 | imprimatur network helping all EU Member States to improve
148 II, 5. 3. 2 | knowledge on cancer across the EU. The specific aim of EUROCHIP
149 II, 5. 3. 2 | potential contribution to EU 2015 Cancer Target; development
150 II, 5. 3. 2 | potential contribution to EU 2015 Cancer Target. See:
151 II, 5. 3. 7 | control plans~ ~A number of EU Member States (see Table
152 II, 5. 3. 7 | control plans in place in EU and year of adoption in
153 II, 5. 3. 7 | and year of adoption in 27 EU Member States and other
154 II, 5. 3. 7 | Portuguese Presidency of the EU, during a Parallel Session
155 II, 5. 3. 7 | action is required in most EU Member States to develop
156 II, 5. 3. 7 | took over the chair of the EU Council in January 2008,
157 II, 5. 3. 7 | health institutes in the EU, under the Fighting Against
158 II, 5. 3. 7 | the Commission to set up a EU Cancer Task Force to provide
159 II, 5. 3. 7 | participants from throughout the EU, many of whom are leaders
160 II, 5. 3. 9 | Portuguese Presidency of the EU (July – December 2007) Health
161 II, 5. 3. 9 | Portuguese Presidency of the EU (July – December 2007) Health
162 II, 5. 4. 1 | prevalence of 8.5% in the EU 27 Member States, equivalent
163 II, 5. 4. 1 | observed among the different EU Member States. Germany and
164 II, 5. 4. 1 | with type 2 diabetes in 8 EU countries: Belgium, France,
165 II, 5. 4. 1 | diabetes at national and EU level. As for many other
166 II, 5. 4. 2 | different priorities adopted by EU Member States for the collection
167 II, 5. 4. 2 | Patients’ Associations from EU countries joined diabetes
168 II, 5. 4. 2 | optimise health care in all EU countries through the definition
169 II, 5. 4. 2 | Declaration and funded by the EU across the 90s. Diabcare
170 II, 5. 4. 2 | HMP Health surveys in the EU: HIS and HIS/HES evaluations
171 II, 5. 4. 2 | Network (SPSN). In several EU countries, primary care
172 II, 5. 4. 2 | to be realised across the EU and it will require considerable
173 II, 5. 4. 2 | that is lacking in most EU countries at the national
174 II, 5. 4. 2 | uniform surveillance in the EU, emphasize the importance
175 II, 5. 4. 2 | comparable and applicable at EU level.~Measurement of total
176 II, 5. 4. 3 | remain scarce both in the EU and worldwide.~Here we will
177 II, 5. 4. 3 | worldwide.~Here we will present EU diabetes data mainly referring
178 II, 5. 4. 3 | been observed in almost all EU countries over ten years,
179 II, 5. 4. 3 | 2006) show results for 7 EU countries ranging between
180 II, 5. 4. 3 | OECD collected data on 7 EU countries, with retinal
181 II, 5. 4. 3 | reported by OECD from 13 EU countries lead to a median
182 II, 5. 4. 4 | collecting and analysing data at EU level. There are very large
183 II, 5. 4. 6 | comparable indicators within the EU has become urgent in order
184 II, 5. 4. 6 | its complications in the EU requires carefully selected
185 II, 5. 4. 6 | geographical level. The EU Program of Community Action
186 II, 5. 4. 6 | 2008, only 13 of the 27 EU Member States (IDF European
187 II, 5. 4. 6 | be duly considered by all EU countries. At the moment,
188 II, 5. 4. 6 | 5.4.6.5. EU initiatives against diabetes~
189 II, 5. 4. 6 | have been undertaken by the EU through a number of documents:~·
190 II, 5. 4. 6 | number of documents:~· the EU Health Council in 2004,
191 II, 5. 4. 6 | 80 representatives of 35 EU and national diabetes associations,
192 II, 5. 4. 6 | associations, recommended the EU to take immediate steps
193 II, 5. 4. 6 | for the development of a EU Council Recommendation for
194 II, 5. 4. 6 | the recommendations of the EU Conference on Prevention
195 II, 5. 4. 6 | in June 2006 as Diabetes EU policy;~· the International
196 II, 5. 4. 6 | presented the paper “Diabetes: EU Policy Recommendations”
197 II, 5. 4. 6 | Table 5.4.1);~ ~Table 5.4.1. EU Council Recommendations~
198 II, 5. 4. 6 | Building on the work of the EU Platform for Action on Diet,
199 II, 5. 4. 6 | diabetes into account across EU policies.~· to continue
200 II, 5. 4. 7 | The key elements of the EU Strategy should include
201 II, 5. 4. 7 | sustainable way all around the EU. The most natural direction
202 II, 5. 4. 7 | to be submitted into the EU portal.~Once realised (May
203 II, 5. 4. 7 | software will allow the EU web portal to directly tap
204 II, 5. 4. 7 | regions belonging to 20 EU Member States. EUBIROD will
205 II, 5. 4. 7 | automatically populate a EU Report that will be based
206 II, 5. 4. 8 | http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/
207 II, 5. 4. 8 | Project,~[http://www.eucid.eu/eucid/binary/retrieveFile?
208 II, 5. 4. 8 | at: [http://www.idf.org/EU_diabetes_report_2005]~(report
209 II, 5. 5.Int | exclusion. The impact on the EU economy of mental ill health
210 II, 5. 5.Int(8) | available at: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_projects/2001/
211 II, 5. 5.Int | mental ill health in the EU are anxiety disorders and
212 II, 5. 5.Int | Schizophrenia in the EU has a prevalence of about
213 II, 5. 5.Int | prevalence of epilepsy in the EU varies between 3 and 6 per
214 II, 5. 5.Int | policy initiatives20. The EU 2003-2008 Public Health
215 II, 5. 5.Int | consultation to develop a EU strategy on mental health.
216 II, 5. 5.Int | mental health for some of the EU's strategic policy objectives,
217 II, 5. 5. 1 | in Western and Southern EU Member States (Alonso et
218 II, 5. 5. 1 | estimated to be euro 118 bn in EU and EFTA countries (Sobocki
219 II, 5. 5. 1 | WHO survey including six EU Member States found lifetime
220 II, 5. 5. 1 | 26% in the participating EU member States (Kessler et
221 II, 5. 5. 1 | Mann, 2008).~ ~Across the EU, about 59 000 citizens,
222 II, 5. 5. 1 | 000 deaths (Eurostat). The EU Member States differ from
223 II, 5. 5. 1 | suicide rates. Seven of the 27 EU Member States are among
224 II, 5. 5. 1 | standardised death rate) in the EU.~ ~In most Member States,
225 II, 5. 5. 1 | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu). Still, suicide is an important
226 II, 5. 5. 1 | health morbidity between EU countries. There are also
227 II, 5. 5. 1 | only about one third of the EU Member States. Due to reason
228 II, 5. 5. 1 | ideations and attempts in six EU Member States. The following
229 II, 5. 5. 1 | people aged 50 and over in 13 EU Member States. They do not
230 II, 5. 5. 1 | considerably between the EU Member States. The Eurostat
231 II, 5. 5. 1 | in 1995 and 2005 in the EU. Source: Eurostat~ ~The
232 II, 5. 5. 1 | Control tools and policies~ ~EU Mental Health Policies~ ~
233 II, 5. 5. 1 | the Mental Health Pact.~ ~EU co-funded mental health
234 II, 5. 5. 1 | mental health projects from EU Public Health Programmes
235 II, 5. 5. 1 | project co-funded from the EU was conducted in 1997-98.
236 II, 5. 5. 1 | proposed priorities for the EU, which included priority
237 II, 5. 5. 1 | been co-funded from the EU Public Health Programmes.
238 II, 5. 5. 1 | mental health policies in the EU.~o Putting Mental Health
239 II, 5. 5. 1 | analyse and report all data.~ ~EU activities other than in
240 II, 5. 5. 1 | online at: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_
241 II, 5. 5. 2 | prevalence of dementia in EU is estimated to be 1.1-1.
242 II, 5. 5. 2 | guardianship moves to another EU country where the law covering
243 II, 5. 5. 3 | A lot of European Union (EU) Member States, non-EU Member
244 II, 5. 5. 3 | various countries including 23 EU and non-EU countries (Austria,
245 II, 5. 5. 3 | Member States as well as EU Candidate States (Croatia,
246 II, 5. 5. 3 | different countries (10 EU Member States: Austria,
247 II, 5. 5. 3 | Examination Questionnaire~EU~European Union~EUFIC~The
248 II, 5. 5. 3 | Region; in a quarter of the EU countries recently studied,
249 II, 5. 5. 3 | antipsychotics compared to other EU countries.~With regards
250 II, 5. 5. 3 | practice. However, in the EU 15 countries there is a
251 II, 5. 5. 3 | of care available in the EU member states and respective
252 II, 5. 5. 3 | 2007).~As stated in the EU Green Paper for Mental Health,
253 II, 5. 5. 3 | available by the WHO and the EU Commission. The papers reflected
254 II, 5. 5. 3 | to build the basis for a EU strategy to improve mental
255 II, 5. 5. 3 | Mental Health in the EU – Key facts, figures and
256 II, 5. 5. 3 | Mental Health Pact during a EU Health Ministerial conference
257 II, 5. 5. 3 | step towards a concerted EU strategy (Knapp et al, 2007).~
258 II, 5. 5. 3 | Available at: ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_
259 II, 5. 5. 3 | and Recommendations of the EU Consultative Platform on
260 II, 5. 5. 3 | Mental Health.~ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_
261 II, 5. 5. 3 | ASD data, several of the EU countries have underlined
262 II, 5. 5. 3 | compare data between the EU countrie, and thereby increase
263 II, 5. 5. 3 | common format across the EU, will provide the strongest,
264 II, 5. 5. 3 | CP) and ASD data in the EU. This will be done by comparing
265 II, 5. 5. 3 | License Committee of the EU in 2004. This group, which
266 II, 5. 5. 3 | submitted a report to the EU Driving License Committee.~
267 II, 5. 5. 3 | which are present in any EU member state, have a fundamental
268 II, 5. 5. 3 | the legislations of the EU governments regarding employment
269 II, 5. 5. 3 | regards to “European Union (EU) 27”, European Fair Trade
270 II, 5. 5. 3 | impact of the Directive on EU citizens with multiple sclerosis
271 II, 5. 5. 3 | MS and employment in the EU is in its final phases and
272 II, 5. 5. 3 | interpretation and application of the EU directive on employment
273 II, 5. 5. 3 | Sclerosis Platform and all EU Multiple Sclerosis Societies.
274 II, 5. 5. 3 | ms within and across the EU Member States.~ ~EU Consensus
275 II, 5. 5. 3 | the EU Member States.~ ~EU Consensus documents and
276 II, 5. 5. 3 | 27 member states of the EU; together with other societies
277 II, 5. 5. 3 | quality of services for EU citizens affected by Multiple
278 II, 5. 5. 3 | practice sharing between the EU Member States. The project
279 II, 5. 5. 3 | contrast and compare current EU member states’ national
280 II, 5. 5. 3 | Neurol 11:511–520~EUROPA. The EU at a glance. European Governments
281 II, 5. 5. 3 | Multiple Sclerosis Platform~EU~European Union~HRQoL~Health-related
282 II, 5. 5. 3 | States compared to the new EU members. One reason might
283 II, 5. 5. 3 | to the people in the new EU members.~There are several
284 II, 5. 5. 3 | which are present in any EU Member State, have a fundamental
285 II, 5. 5. 3 | people including PD in the EU currently are: (i) living
286 II, 5. 6. 3 | activities and a quarter of all EU respondents say that at
287 II, 5. 6. 3 | is not available for all EU countries. However, major
288 II, 5. 7.Acr | End Stage Renal Disease~EU~European Union~GFR~Glomerular
289 II, 5. 7. 1 | CKD is of concern also in EU countries. CKD is a dangerous
290 II, 5. 7. 2 | prevalence of CKD (stages 1-5) in EU countries were summarised
291 II, 5. 7. 2 | unpublished information for some EU countries was derived from
292 II, 5. 7. 2 | In quite a number of EU Member States renal registries
293 II, 5. 7. 2 | of renal failure in the EU.~ ~For this report incidence
294 II, 5. 7. 3 | Prevalence~ ~For the 27 EU Member countries, national
295 II, 5. 7. 3 | reasonably similar across EU countries and more frequent
296 II, 5. 7. 3 | disease per stage in two EU Countries~ ~Prevalence of
297 II, 5. 7. 3 | reasonably similar across EU countries and more frequent
298 II, 5. 7. 4 | economic development across EU Member States, the causes
299 II, 5. 7. 6 | regional renal registries in EU Member States have started
300 II, 5. 7. 6 | to stimulate the future EU wide availability of comparable
301 II, 5. 8. 3 | incidence of COPD in the EU, mainly deriving from isolated
302 II, 5. 8. 3 | year among adults in seven EU cities (Angers, Bonn, Bratislava,
303 II, 5. 8. 3 | provides data for a few EU Countries, collected by
304 II, 5. 8. 3 | centres of 16 countries (13 EU and EFTA countries) collected
305 II, 5. 8. 5 | new support offered by the EU to the research on chronic
306 II, 5. 9. 3 | been emphasized in several EU countries (such as England,
307 II, 5. 9. 3 | 000 per year worldwide. EU mortality due to asthma (
308 II, 5. 9. 3 | per 100,000 people) in all EU Countries are significantly
309 II, 5. 9. 4 | effects of smoking in the EU. Tobacco exposure, in fact,
310 II, 5. 9. 4 | RAIAP project 1 (ec.europa.eu/research/quality-of-life/
311 II, 5. 9. 4 | collaborative project) (ec.europa.eu/research/environment/pdf/
312 II, 5. 9. 5 | recommendations are focused in the EU on :~1. promoting healthy
313 II, 5. 9. 7 | 2006): The PASTURE project: EU support for the improvement
314 II, 5. 10.Acr | European Food safety Authority~EU~European Union~FA~Food Allergy~
315 II, 5. 10. 2 | from the European Union (EU) until December 2001. The
316 II, 5. 10. 2 | other information (e.g. EU legislation) and taxonomic
317 II, 5. 10. 2 | and Member States of the EU on the question of labelling
318 II, 5. 10. 2 | Allergy, unspecified~Source: EU SCOOP Report of experts
319 II, 5. 10. 3 | food challenge (0.8-2.4%) (EU SCOOP, 1998).~ ~The prevalence
320 II, 5. 10. 4 | population subgroups in different EU countries is both the first
321 II, 5. 10. 5 | compulsory labelling in the EU when used in the in the
322 II, 5. 10. 7 | Journal 32, 1-197.~htt ~ ~EU SCOOP (European Union Scientific
323 II, 5. 10. 7 | experts participating in EU Scientific Cooperation.
324 II, 5. 10. 7 | severe food allergies in the EU”. April 1998.~Fasano A,
325 II, 5. 12.Acr | APC~Annual percent change~EU~European Union~HBV~Hepatitis
326 II, 5. 12. 2 | Scotland. European Union (EU) as a whole included the
327 II, 5. 13 | Europe region.~ ~Current EU environments favour overweight
328 II, 5. 13 | States of the European Union (EU) (Commission of the European
329 II, 5. 13 | is estimated that in the EU, obesity accounts for up
330 II, 5. 13 | of obesity in the EU15 (EU members before 2004) were
331 II, 5. 13 | those carried out in the EU (Branca et al, 2007a; Branca
332 II, 5. 14. 2 | EGOHID I project (www.egohid.eu), identified for this document
333 II, 5. 14. 5 | Indicators (www. egohid.eu). The objectives of this
334 II, 5. 14. 5 | and Yamamoto, 2005). An EU oral health strategy must
335 II, 5. 14. 5 | cross-sectoral work both at EU and at national level. The
336 II, 5. 14. 6 | countries in the European Union (EU). It recognises oral health
337 II, 5. 14. 6 | strengthen cooperation within the EU and move towards a collaborative
338 II, 5. 15. 3 | drugs authorised in the EU and how these prices were
339 II, 5. 15. 3 | medicinal products are on the EU market following this regulation.
340 II, 5. 15. 4 | place in Europe either at EU level or at Member States (
341 II, 5. 15. 4 | orphan designation in the EU and describes the incentives (
342 II, 5. 15. 4 | on rare diseases in the EU Member States; develop European
343 II, 5. 15. 4 | cooperation between the EU programmes; encourage EU
344 II, 5. 15. 4 | EU programmes; encourage EU MS in developing national
345 II, 5. 15. 4 | initiatives at MS level and EU level.~ ~A Community action
346 II, 5. 15. 4 | rare diseases. As a first EU effort in this area, specific
347 II, 5. 15. 4 | of the priorities in the EU Public Health Programme
348 II, 5. 15. 4 | exchange and co-ordination at EU level to encourage continuity
349 II, 5. 15. 5 | Future developments~ ~The EU and several MS have well
350 II, 5. 15. 5 | and patient care in the EU are expected to change rapidly.
351 II, 5. 15. 5 | will improve access for EU citizens to treatment requiring
352 II, 6. 1 | diseases in 2005 in the 25 EU countries and the three
353 II, 6. 1 | action is needed in the EU to anticipate and counter
354 II, 6. 3. 1 | measures) could lead to the EU, and eventually Europe,
355 II, 6. 3. 1 | highest incidence in the EU belong to this group. Rising
356 II, 6. 3. 1 | crude incidence rates in the EU (Chlamydia infection and
357 II, 6. 3. 1 | general trends (1995–2005), EU incidence (2005), main age
358 II, 6. 3. 1 | also shows that across the EU there is a heterogeneity
359 II, 6. 3. 1 | with the Member States, EU level initiatives can assist
360 II, 6. 3. 1 | million. Extrapolated to the EU level these country estimates
361 II, 6. 3. 1 | indicate annual costs in the EU of the order of billions
362 II, 6. 3. 2 | bacteria and virus under EU surveillance the overall
363 II, 6. 3. 2 | For other bacteria under EU surveillance, such as the
364 II, 6. 3. 2 | are immense. The current EU surveillance networks are
365 II, 6. 3. 2 | the emergence of AMR, the EU Health Council has provided
366 II, 6. 3. 2 | infections). Furthermore, several EU Member States still do not
367 II, 6. 3. 3 | strains most prevalent in the EU and its association with
368 II, 6. 3. 3 | including the data from the EU and EEA/EFTA countries (
369 II, 6. 3. 3 | patterns in the different EU Member States in terms of
370 II, 6. 3. 3 | new HIV diagnoses in the EU is due to a steady increase
371 II, 6. 3. 3 | have been observed in most EU countries. Exceptions are
372 II, 6. 3. 3 | transmission within the host EU country does occur.~ ~Control
373 II, 6. 3. 3 | with HIV (PLHIV) in the EU are unaware of their infection.
374 II, 6. 3. 3 | of infected people in the EU receive highly active anti-retroviral
375 II, 6. 3. 3 | improve these services in the EU.~ ~
376 II, 6. 3. 3 | of Gonorrhoea within the EU, 1995 - 2004~ ~Syphilis~ ~
377 II, 6. 3. 3 | unacceptably common in the EU. It is a potentially eradicable
378 II, 6. 3. 3 | HBV infection. Most of the EU Member States have included
379 II, 6. 3. 4 | of ‘medium’ size in the EU.~ ~Most EU Member States
380 II, 6. 3. 4 | size in the EU.~ ~Most EU Member States follow the
381 II, 6. 3. 4 | currently underused in the EU. Some countries cannot routinely
382 II, 6. 3. 4 | concerted effort by all EU countries to strengthen
383 II, 6. 3. 4 | Member States as well as EU institutions to reach an
384 II, 6. 3. 4 | influenza research;~· improving EU influenza laboratory capacity.~ ~ ~ ~
385 II, 6. 3. 4 | early ’90s, a number of EU countries experienced an
386 II, 6. 3. 4 | health authorities. In many EU countries TB is becoming
387 II, 6. 3. 4 | 000 selected countries and EU 25~Figure 6.A1.2 Tubercolosis
388 II, 6. 3. 4 | by age groups~ ~ ~ ~ ~The EU countries today fall into
389 II, 6. 3. 4 | Europe which joined the EU in 2004, where TB rates
390 II, 6. 3. 4 | low.~ ~ ~In 2005, the 25 EU countries plus Iceland and
391 II, 6. 3. 4 | cases reported. With the EU expansion in 2007, Romania
392 II, 6. 3. 4 | pattern has changed. In the EU, TB is most prevalent in
393 II, 6. 3. 4 | high-prevalence countries outside the EU, the homeless, prisoners
394 II, 6. 3. 4 | relatively important.~ ~In the EU in 2005, 22% of AIDS cases
395 II, 6. 3. 4 | between 1996 and 2002 in the EU. Since 2002, the incidence
396 II, 6. 3. 4 | appeared in Europe in 2005, the EU was largely spared from
397 II, 6. 3. 5 | almost eradicated from the EU. There have been no endemic
398 II, 6. 3. 5 | show a good decline in the EU (apart from mumps in recent
399 II, 6. 3. 5 | almost three quarters of all EU measles cases. The same
400 II, 6. 3. 5 | somewhat more complex: overall EU incidence seems to be rising
401 II, 6. 3. 5 | remain stable across the EU at between five and six
402 II, 6. 3. 5 | of these are in the new EU Member States (figure 6.
403 II, 6. 3. 5 | vaccine was registered in the EU in early 2001, and 12 European
404 II, 6. 3. 5 | immunisation schedules in the EU countries except in Poland,
405 II, 6. 3. 5 | overall incidence rate in the EU was 4.10 per 100 000 per
406 II, 6. 3. 5 | Close monitoring in all EU countries is needed to better
407 II, 6. 3. 5 | the period. In the other EU countries, cases are only
408 II, 6. 3. 5 | overall incidence in the EU was 0.28 per 100 000 per
409 II, 6. 3. 6 | food safety authorities. At EU level, besides the ECDC,
410 II, 6. 3. 6 | a declining trend in the EU. Campylobacter is the most
411 II, 6. 3. 6 | food-borne bacteria in the EU, and may have been slightly
412 II, 6. 3. 6 | imported disease to the EU, with almost no secondary
413 II, 6. 3. 6 | are not reportable in the EU, but are important causes
414 II, 6. 3. 6 | reported enteritis in the EU, but the high degree of
415 II, 6. 3. 6 | overall incidence in the EU was 2.23 per 100 000 per
416 II, 6. 3. 6 | in meat inspection in the EU. The risk remains higher
417 II, 6. 3. 6 | cases were reported by 18 EU Member States. Slovakia
418 II, 6. 3. 7 | only tularaemia is under EU surveillance. This is a
419 II, 6. 3. 7 | reported as such in the EU.~ ~A number of exotic diseases,
420 II, 6. 3. 7 | should be reported to the EU network, but these cases
421 II, 6. 3. 7 | any transmission in the EU, but rather to ensure that
422 II, 6. 3. 7 | public health threat to EU citizens. Some of these
423 II, 6. 3. 7 | adequate information to the EU public.~ ~Environmental,
424 II, 6. 3. 7 | reported number of cases in the EU has been very variable,
425 II, 6. 3. 7 | incidence was stable in the EU during the period 1995–2004,
426 II, 6. 3. 7 | were reported across the EU (total 21 cases). In 2005,
427 II, 6. 3. 7 | re-introduction of rabies in the EU via travelling or by the
428 II, 6. 3. 7 | including the whole of the EU. As a result, the disease
429 II, 6. 4. 1 | listed on http://europa.eu.int) to be placed progressively
430 II, 6. 4. 1 | listed on http://europa.eu.int) have been created.~ ~
431 II, 6. 4. 2 | for which a co-ordinated EU action may be required (
432 II, 6. 4. 2 | effective response by the EU to events (including emergencies)
433 II, 6. 4. 3 | pandemic preparedness of the EU Member States~ ~The Commission
434 II, 6. 4. 3 | and response plans by the EU countries;~· outbreak management;~·
435 II, 6. 4. 4 | health institutes of the EU, the US-CDC, Canada and
436 II, 6. 4. 4 | An evaluation of future EU needs in that respect was
437 II, 7.Acr | Statistics on Accidents at Work~EU~European Union~EuroSafe~
438 II, 7.Acr | Related Health Problems~IDB~EU Injury Data Base~ILO~International
439 II, 7. 1 | common cause of death in the EU Member States after cardiovascular
440 II, 7. 1 | of injuries in different EU Member Countries, although
441 II, 7. 1 | Traditionally injury prevention in EU Member States is segregated
442 II, 7. 1 | mortality and morbidity in the EU, a discussion of the evidence
443 II, 7. 2 | burden of injuries in the EU. These data sources comprise:~ ~
444 II, 7. 2 | view of injuries in the EU:~ ~
445 II, 7. 2. 1 | most Member States of the EU and is submitted to EuroStat (
446 II, 7. 2. 1 | basis for developing the EU Injury Database (IDB) Coding
447 II, 7. 2. 4 | old’ EU-Member States (EU 15) and Norway. The methodology
448 II, 7. 2. 6 | 7.2.6. EU Injury Database (IDB)~ ~
449 II, 7. 2. 6 | The core survey of the EU Injury Database is based
450 II, 7. 2. 6 | data is aggregated at the EU level in a standardised
451 II, 7. 3. 1 | view of injuries in the EU” by different sectors of
452 II, 7. 3. 1 | overview of national surveys at EU level anticipate also the
453 II, 7. 3. 1 | in the future through the EU Health Interview Surveys
454 II, 7. 3. 1 | Emergency departments in EU countries;~ ~· Roughly 60
455 II, 7. 3. 1 | 12% - out of 500 million EU citizens are medically treated
456 II, 7. 3. 2 | major cause of death in the EU. Only cardiovascular diseases,
457 II, 7. 3. 2 | injuries throughout the EU. Based on the 2003-2005
458 II, 7. 3. 2 | injury fatality rate in the EU as a whole. The risk of
459 II, 7. 3. 2 | females). As a result, 66% of EU injury fatalities are male,
460 II, 7. 3. 2 | for all injuries in the EU experienced a reduction
461 II, 7. 3. 3 | hospital admissions in the EU, causing billions of healthcare
462 II, 7. 3. 4 | concern. The reality is that EU citizens are more at risk
463 II, 7. 3. 4 | toll of road traffic in the EU. Road fatalities in the
464 II, 7. 3. 4 | the future also from the EU Injury Database (IDB).~ ~
465 II, 7. 3. 4 | every year more than 100 000 EU citizens die from home and
466 II, 7. 3. 4 | still neglected in most EU Member States which in turn
467 II, 7. 3. 4 | surveillance system such as the EU Injury Database (IDB) is
468 II, 7. 3. 5 | other health problems in the EU, violence is not distributed
469 II, 7. 4. 1 | families and the ageing EU societies. Motor vehicle
470 II, 7. 4. 1 | people aged 15–24 live in the EU representing 15% of the
471 II, 7. 4. 1 | injuries among adolescents in EU Member States and candidate
472 II, 7. 4. 2 | unintentional injuries among EU senior citizens” (EUNESE,
473 II, 7. 4. 3 | 000 people are killed on EU roads. Among the different
474 II, 7. 4. 3 | eulnerable road users in the EU which aims at quantifying
475 II, 7. 4. 4 | important contribution to the EU’s strategic objective of
476 II, 7. 4. 5 | circumstances of the injury. In the EU injury Data Base, (IDB)
477 II, 7. 5 | There is no country in the EU without any policy in some
478 II, 7. 5 | order to specify the role of EU organizations responsible
479 II, 7. 5 | EUROSTAT for inclusion into the EU annual statistical programme;~·
480 II, 7. 5 | https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/idb, by supporting the Network
481 II, 7. 6 | perspectives~ ~Generally in the EU Member States, there is
482 II, 7. 7 | https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/care_bo/ accessed (access
483 II, 7. 7 | unintentional injuries among EU senior citizens. Athens,
484 II, 7. 7 | https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/idb/, accessed 10 March
485 II, 7. 7 | Injuries in the European Union (EU). Fact sheet. Amsterdam,
486 II, 7. 7 | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ accessed on 4 April 2008].~ ~
487 II, 7. 7 | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ accessed on 4 April 2008].~ ~
488 II, 7. 7 | epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ accessed on 15 April 2008].~ ~
489 II, 7. 7 | Falls in Pedestrians in the EU. Apollo project. Vienna,
490 II, 7. 7 | at: http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/
491 II, 8. 1. 2 | 1.2. Data Sources~ ~The EU Labour Force Survey (LFS),
492 II, 8. 1. 2 | This survey covers all EU Member States, except Latvia,
493 II, 8. 1. 2 | reporting disability.~ ~The EU Statistics on Income and
494 II, 8. 1. 3 | women aged 16-64 in the EU have a long standing health
495 II, 8. 1. 3 | considerable limitations across the EU Member States. In all EU
496 II, 8. 1. 3 | EU Member States. In all EU Member States these proportions
497 II, 8. 1. 5 | promotes initiatives at EU and national level to identify
498 II, 8. 1. 5 | all aspects of life. The EU strategy is built on three
499 II, 8. 1. 5 | built on three pillars: (1) EU anti-discrimination legislation
500 II, 8. 1. 5 | decade, being strengthened by EU initiatives and actions,
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