ScotPHO update health comparison database

The Scotland and European Health for All (HfA) Database, published by the Scottish Public Health Observatory, has been updated. The database has been built by adding Scottish data to the WHO's European Health for All Database and is part of ScotPHO aim to show how health in Scotland compares to other countries.


Data are presented in a user-friendly, graphical or tabular form, allowing time trend and
international comparisons for:

- 600 health and health-related indicators, with Scottish data gathered
for 488 of these.

- 1970 to 2005 where available

- Scotland and the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, including
the UK, plus averages such as the European Union (27 countries).