Health of women and men
In the long run, on average, higher health care expenditures are spent on women. In 2021 (the latest available data), the expenditure of health insurance companies for one woman (CZK 38.5 thousand) were almost 4% higher than for men (CZK 37.1 thousand). Approximately 719 thousand women (55% of the total number of hospitalized) and 589 thousand men were hospitalized in acute care hospitals in 2022, 13.5 women and 11.7 men per 100 inhabitants.
Hospitalised persons in acute care hospitals – women
Publication date: 27. 11. 2023
2022
718,692
Hospitalised persons in acute care hospitals – men
Publication date: 27. 11. 2023
2022
588,678
Data and time series
Women and men – health*)
Territory: Czech Republic
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure of health insurance companies (CZK per capita) | women | : | : | 25,888 | 27,456 | 29,759 | 33,903 | 38,484 | : |
| men | : | : | 23,960 | 25,599 | 27,829 | 32,175 | 37,056 | : | |
| Hospitalised persons in acute care hospitals | women | 792,405 | 790,777 | 779,741 | 771,431 | 764,333 | 667,974 | 675,840 | 718,692 |
| men | 624,745 | 621,335 | 615,011 | 613,008 | 612,473 | 532,284 | 543,612 | 588,678 | |
| Hospitalised persons in acute care hospitals per 100 population | women | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| men | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.7 | |
*) Source: Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the CR, CZSO; data for the last year are added gradually
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