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The prevalence of alcohol consumption in the past 30 days in the population 17 to 84 years was 75 percent in 2022. The prevalence has remained fairly stable since 2011, but decreased a couple of percentage points during the pandemic, and has not since recovered.

Healthy eating habits include a high intake of fruit and vegetables and low consumption of saturated fat, salt and sugar. However, eating habits are complex and many factors play a role in the choice of food, for example, culture, accessibility and supply, as well as price and marketing.

Since 1997, the Public Health Agency of Sweden has conducted an Enhanced pertussis surveillance (EPS) of children with pertussis in Sweden. Part of the surveillance includes clinical information and vaccination histories. The methods used in the article are described in more detail in this

This report describes the monitoring systems for influenza in use during the winter season of 2020–2021 and the results of both epidemiological and virological surveillance. Data are also compared to previous influenza seasons.

The Mpox Booster Trial investigates whether a booster dose of the MVA-BN vaccine improves immune protection against mpox and is safe. Here you can find the trial’s aims, design, partners, and further information.

Information från Folkhälsomyndigheten

Daily cigarette smoking has decreased in Sweden since the 1980s. This decrease coincides with the broad tobacco prevention efforts that have been carried out during the same period.

The infectious disease mpox is essentially a zoonotic disease, i.e. a disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans. The virus can also be transmitted between humans.

The 21 regions and 290 municipalities in Sweden are political bodies and most of the welfare services that impact citizens’ lifelong health fall under their remit, such as healthcare, childcare, schools, social service, elderly care and support to people with disabilities, some emergency services…

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