Mikrocensus 1973, 3. quarter: Questions on Health

In the field of health statistics there are numerous data records available but for coping with the increasing tasks of health policies additional information is required. Mikrozensus provides representative data records which make targeted measures in the field of health policies possible. It is surprising that simple basic data such as body height and weight of the population are not available except for the body height and weight of schoolchildren, apprentices and members of the Austrian Armed Forces. Moreover, it is not known how many people are sick at a certain date and how often and how long these people stay away from school or work due to sickness or injury. Statistics conducted by health insurances or hospitals provide this information only to some extent. Another important aspect of this survey - like in all other Mikrozensus special surveys - is structuring the result according to social groups and various characteristics of the interviewees, something that is not possible with an administrative statistic.

在健康统计领域，虽已有大量可用数据记录，但为应对日益增长的卫生政策相关工作需求，仍需补充更多信息。微型普查（Mikrozensus）可提供具有代表性的数据记录，为卫生政策领域的针对性施策提供了可能。令人意外的是，除学龄儿童、学徒及奥地利武装部队人员的身高与体重数据外，普通民众的诸如身高、体重这类基础人体测量数据仍付阙如。此外，目前尚无法获知某一特定日期的患病总人数，以及此类人群因疾病或受伤缺勤、旷课的频次与持续时长。尽管健康保险机构与医院开展的统计工作可在一定程度上提供部分此类信息，但仍存在明显局限。与所有其他微型普查专项调查一致，本次调查的另一重要特色在于，可按照社会群体与受访者的各类特征对调查结果进行结构化分类，而行政统计无法实现这一点。