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The proportion with some degree of gambling problems in the past year is around 4 percent in the Swedish population. 130.000 people share a household with someone experiencing gambling problems.

Suicide is a public health concern, and the Public Health Agency's role in preventing suicide is to coordinate efforts on a national level. We are also responsible for monitoring, and developing and disseminating knowledge to prevent suicide.

Health economics is a discipline within economics that is used to analyse and assess the costs and impact of the use of resources within the health and social care services.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden compiles, develops and disseminates knowledge to support health promotion and preventive health work, in areas such as mental health, sexual health and lifestyle.

Our mission is to follow-up, evaluate and disseminate knowledge, and to provide supervisory guidance on environmental health.

The recommendations for children up to 12 years of age are primarily aimed at parents and other adults who meet the children in their everyday life.

According to national representative surveys which have been conducted in Sweden, approximately one percent of men and less than 0.5 percent of women have tried anabolic-androgenic steroids at some point.