Health statistics
The Directorate of Health collects data and compiles statistics on a number of health care issues, such as the utilisation of hospital and primary health care services. It also produces statistics on communicable diseases, other diseases and causes of death, on surgical procedures, induced abortions and sterilisations, as well as collecting data on prescription drug use, patient complaints and maintaining a national register on accidents.
The menu on the left links you to statistical data on most of these subjects in the form of Excel tables with titles and headings in English as well as Icelandic.
Visitors to this website looking for other statistical material in English can direct their enquiries to:
Haraldur Briem, Chief Epidemiologist for Iceland (communicable diseases)
Sigríður Haraldsdóttir, Head of Division, (health statistics in general)
Guðrún Kristín Guðfinnsdóttir, Project Manager (hospital statistics)
Updated 14 September 2011