Indicator history

Persons coming from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia less frequently use preventive than curative health care. Especially hospitalisation and medical practitioners are more frequently used by persons with migration background. Yet, dental services and ophthalmological examinations are less often used by persons with migration background. Women with migration visit less often the gynaecologist than Austrian women.
Furthermore the morbidity rate of persons with migration background is higher than those of Austrian origin. Especially high are chronic spinal problems among migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia (without Slovenia). Findings of a survey on chronic disease revealed that about 37 per cent of migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia complained about spinal problems compared with 30 per cent of Austrian origin and about 31 per cent migrants from other countries. Also migraine (approx. 22 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 15 per cent from Austria and 14 per cent from other countries), high blood pressure (approx. 22 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 16.5 per cent from Austria and 15 per cent from other countries), arthrosis and rheumatism (approx. 15 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 13 per cent from Austria and 12 per cent from other countries), chronic anxiety and depression (approx. 11 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 11 per cent from Austria and 10 per cent from other countries) are more widespread among migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia than of Austrian citizens or citizens from other countries. Concerning allergies the relation is reversed: 17 per cent of Austrian citizens, 15 per cent of migrants from other countries and only 10 per cent of migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia complain about allergies.

Source: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf

Persons coming from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia less frequently use preventive than curative health care. Especially hospitalisation and medical practitioners are more frequently used by persons with migration background. Yet, dental services and ophthalmological examinations are less often used by persons with migration background. Women with migration background visit less often the gynaecologist than Austrian women.
Furthermore the morbidity rate of persons with migration background is higher than those of Austrian origin. In 2010, chronic spinal problems were especially high among migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia (without Slovenia). Also migraine (approx. 22 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 15 per cent from Austria and 14 per cent from other countries), high blood pressure (approx. 22 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 16.5 per cent from Austria and 15 per cent from other countries), arthrosis and rheumatism (approx. 15 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 13 per cent from Austria and 12 per cent from other countries), chronic anxiety and depression (approx. 11 per cent migrants from Turkey or former Yugoslavia, 11 per cent from Austria and 10 per cent from other countries) were more widespread among migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia than of Austrian citizens or citizens from other countries in this year. Concerning allergies the relation was reversed: 17 per cent of Austrian citizens, 15 per cent of migrants from other countries and only 10 per cent of migrants from Turkey or the former Yugoslavia complained about allergies.

Source:

1. Statistik Austria, 2011, migration & integration, zahlen.daten.indikatoren 2011, http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf, Accessed on 05.11.2012.
2. Statistik Austria, 2012, migration & integration, zahlen.daten.indikatoren 2012, http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/Integration_2012/migration_integration_2012_72dpi.pdf, Accessed on 05.11.2012.