1. Health and Survival in the Czech Republic Jitka Rychtaříková Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science Department of Demography and Geodemography Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic tel.: 420 221 951 420 e-mail: rychta@natur.cuni.cz

2. Structure Mortality indicators: the present and trends Surveys:  GGS: Generations and Gender Survey  SILC: Survey on Income and Living Conditions Self-perceived health data Life expectancy according to self-perceived health Impact of education on survival and self-perceived health

3. Mortality indicators Czech Republic 2005 Infant mortality rate: 3,4 ‰ Infant mortality rate: 3,4 ‰ Life expectancy at birth: Life expectancy at birth: Males: 72,9 Males: 72,9 Females: 79,1 Females: 79,1

4. Trends in life expectancy since 1950 : Deterioration and recent improvement

5. Surveys 2005 with information on health GGS: Generations and Gender Survey GGS: Generations and Gender Survey SILC: Survey on Income and Living Conditions SILC: Survey on Income and Living Conditions

6. Self-perceived health - Males

7. Self-perceived health - Females

8. Comparing three categories of self-perceived health

9. Life expectancy at age x in 2005 decomposed in three categories of health Data from GGS and SILC combined, life table from 2005

10. Males and females are equal in good self-perceived health

11. Structure of male life expectancy at age x according to self-perceived health Values of life expectancy

12. Structure of female life expectancy at age x according to self-perceived health Values of life expectancy

13. Czech Republic and Austria  Austrians are more positive about their health compared with Czechs  Czech males and females report almost the same life expectancy in good health.

14. Impact of education on survival and on self-perceived health Are they differences?

15. Czech males with the lowest educational attainement are the most at risk over the life; 2001-2004

16. One of ten Czech males with the lowest education celebrates 80th birthday compared with two thirds of university graduates; 2001-2004

17. Impact of age and educational attainment on probability of dying; 2001-2004

18. GGS: Perception of very good and good health decreases with age while when health is bad the age is not significant. The least educated people report more often bad health.

19. SILC: Perception of very good and good health decreases with age while when health is bad the age is not significant. The least educated people report more often bad health.

20. A gradient of differentiation according to educational attainment is stronger in mortality for males and in self-perceived health for females. The least educated males die more frequently but complain less. Exp (b) Bad and very bad self-perceived health

21. Conclusions Since the end of the 1980’s mortality started decreasing in higher age and from circulatory diseases. Since the end of the 1980’s mortality started decreasing in higher age and from circulatory diseases. Data on self-perceived health from GGS and SILC are consistent. Data on self-perceived health from GGS and SILC are consistent. Males and females show the same life expectancy in very good+good self-perceived health. Males and females show the same life expectancy in very good+good self-perceived health. Low education has a significant negative impact on male survival but it is less important in male health reporting. Low education has a significant negative impact on male survival but it is less important in male health reporting.