Healthy cities indicators: analysis of data from cities across Europe

ABSTRACT

This document provides an analysis of base-line indicators that were endorsed by the WHO Healthy Cities Project. It covers health, demography, health services, environmental and socioeconomical status indicators. This is the first systematic effort to collect and analyse such a wide range of data from cities across Europe. The analysis gives important insights in the way indicators are understood by different countries, the extent of the availability of data, the reliability and validity of the information provided and the appropriateness of the indicators for international comparisions. This document lays the foundation of trying to build a set of indicators that could provide a comprehensive picture of health, not just information on births and deaths.(AU)