Health of the Czech population based on the EHIS survey

The aim of this Master‘s thesis is to evaluate the health state of the population of the Czech Republic in 2019, from the point of self-perceived health, chronic/long-term morbidity, and activity limitations. The thesis examines the occurrence of selected diseases (e.g. hypertension, diseases of the cervical and lumbar spine, and arthrosis) and also examines visits to general practitioners and other doctors. The thesis is also focused on mental health and selected health determinants (e.g. consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks, use of electronic cigarettes, time spent sitting on a typical day). The data are stratified by gender, age, and in some cases also by income or usual economic status. The data are also supplemented and compared with data from the previous wave of EHIS in 2014. The main source of data is the European Health Sample Survey (EHIS) from the years 2014 and 2019. The thesis provides possible explanations for the obtained results and relates them to recommendations from the WHO and other institutions. Between the selected years, there was an increase in the proportion of respondents evaluating their health as "very good" and „good“. There was also a decrease in the prevalence of chronic/long-term morbidity (from 61 % to 44 %). However, this trend was not found for activity limitations. A significant number of health determinants experienced worsening outcomes (increases in obesity, decreases in physical activity, and consumption of fruit and vegetables). Respondents most often suffer from a lack of energy and feelings of fatigue, more women than men. The proportion of people who visit a general practitioner increases with age. The opposite trend is visible among dentists and orthodontists. A dependence was found between Minimal European Health Modul (MEHM) and visits to given types of doctors.