The Spanish Brain Plan Will Face the Brain Disorders that One in Two Spaniards Will Suffer

More than 21 million people in Spain suffer from some type of brain disorder, which accounts for 43% of the population. These diseases are the first cause of disability...

More than half of the population over 15 years of age, 57.7 percent, claims to have some disease or chronic health problem . This is shown by the Spanish Health Survey (ESDE) 2023 published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics. This figure is also higher in women, in which it amounts to 62.3% and decreases to 52.8% in men.The most frequent diseases in those over 15 years of age were hypertension (20.2 percent), chronic back pain (1…

Between 21 and 24 million people in Spain suffer some type of brain disorder, which accounts for 43% of the population. These diseases are the first cause of disability and the second cause of death in the country, and their economic impact is estimated at more than 8% of GDP, including direct health costs, productivity losses and overload for caregivers. This is €83.7 billion. These figures will increase as a result of the increase in patients …

The Spanish Health Survey 2023 published on Tuesday by the INE reveals that men are more optimistic than women in terms of their health status (78% compared to 70.2%), although they also have fewer chronic diseases (52.8% vs. 62.3%). Among them, the most frequent are hypertension, which affects both sexes equally (around 20%) and hypercholesterolemia (18.3% in both cases). More negative vision in older people The gap opens with other pathologies…

The National Institute of Statistics has just published the Spanish Health Survey (ESdE) based on data from 2023. Thus, with data showing that 74 percent of the population values their health status as good or very good, there is a relative frequency in attendance at medical consultations, with almost 55 percent of patients who attended more than four weeks and less than one year ago. Although there are differences by autonomous communities. In …

Three out of four Spaniards over 15 years of age consider that their health status is good or very good, although almost 60% have some chronic disease such as hypertension, chronic lumbar pain or high cholesterol and more than half, 55%, weigh more than they should.The Spanish Health Survey 2023 published on Tuesday by the INE reveals that men are more optimistic than women in terms of their health status (78% versus 70.2%), although they also h…