Területi különbségek a hazai népesség egészségi állapotában, 1989 után
Regional differences in the health state of the Hungarian population after 1989

Summary/Abstract: Since the change in the political system relevant changes have taken place in the state of health of the Hungarian population. In this study the answer is looked for that question how the geographical pattern of areas with good and bad health changed during the last decades. The mo-re important health indicators are analysed from different aspects at three different times and at county level. It has become obvious that after 1989 not only the measure of regional differences had been modified but also the spatial pattern of areas with favourable or unfavourable states of health that were affected by the regional differences inherited among many other factors. From 1990s until nowadays the most essential change that a shift has taken place in the geographical distribution of the areas with the best and worst health state. The centre of the former ones was relocated from Northern Transdanubia to Central Hungary, while the latter ones are more strongly connected to Northern Hungary and the middle part of Great Plain.

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