The Health Department has launched a nationwide survey, in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), on the health of the Luxembourg population.
This data is being collected to better understand the current state of health of Luxembourg residents. It aims to facilitate the adaption of the health system to the real needs of citizens, an evaluation of the outcome of health policies and an analysis at the national level of the evolution of these results over time and a comparison of the results with those of other European countries organising the same survey defined by Eurostat. This provides a high degree of comparability of data between all EU member states.
Regarding participation, 18,000 men and women aged 15 and over residing in private households in Luxembourg will be randomly selected from the national register, These individuals will be invited to participate via an official letter from the Directorate of Health. The survey will be carried out throughout the year 2019.
The selected persons will be able to participate by completing the online questionnaire on the website www.ehis.lu or by asking for a paper questionnaire. The questionnaire is available in German, French, Portuguese and English and contains four parts: health status, health care utilisation, health determinants and socio-economic characteristics. It does not contain the name, date of birth or address of participants.
Participation is not mandatory, but it is important to give the most accurate picture of the state of health of Luxembourg residents. The greater the number of participants, the more the data will reflect the real state of the population's health.
A similar survey was conducted in 2014 in Luxembourg on a representative sample of the general population aged 15 and over, obtained following the dispatch of 16,000 letters. Among the main findings, the survey revealed that nearly 70% of participants rated their health as "good" or "very good", more than one in three people reported being restricted in their activities for at least 6 months because of a health problem, 20.5% were smokers and 40.6% consumed alcohol at least once a week (compared to 29.6% in the European Union).
