Health in Poland 98 indicators covering health for Poland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 1.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2019 down 37.8% 6th Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 229,406 Number 2024 down 8.9% 5th Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 3.6 Rate 2024 down 14.3% 19th Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 78.5 Year 2024 up 1.3% 35th Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 898 Number 2024 down 43.3% 9th Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 7.4 Years 2024 down 5.1% 4th Life expectancy 78.5 Years 2024 up 1.3% 4th Infant health: low birthweight 5.4 Percentage of live births 2024 down 8.5% 3rd Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -7.4 Years 2024 up 5.1% 4th Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 90,284 Number 2017 up 8.1% 9th Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 234,617 Number 2020 down 6.7% 5th Maternal and infant mortality — Perinatal mortality 3.7 Deaths per 1 000 births 2024 down 17.8% 4th Healthcare coverage — Health insurance coverage 34,349 Persons 2025 down 1.8% 2nd Causes of mortality 408,504 Deaths 2024 up 8.5% 2nd Communicable diseases — Communicable disease incidence 163 Cases 2024 up 9.4% 1st Hospital beds by function of healthcare 6.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 5.4% 1st Hospital beds by sector 6.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 5.4% 1st Hospitals 34.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 18.2% 2nd Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by NUTS 2 region of 2.29 Rate 2023 down 43.3% 32nd Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother and parity, by NUTS 2 region 1,055 Number 2023 down 31.9% 6th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 1.29 million Number 2021 up 40.4% 6th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 2.27 million Number 2021 up 146.2% 6th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - females - historical 19.53 million Number 2021 down 18.1% 7th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 975,006 Number 2021 up 34.9% 7th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - total - historical 39.93 million Number 2021 up 67.5% 7th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients 5.48 million Number 2021 up 59.6% 7th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - males - historical 20.41 million Number 2021 down 4.7% 7th Hospital discharges by diagnosis, NUTS 2 region, in-patients and 2.93 million Number 2021 down 14.7% 6th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients 2.55 million Number 2021 down 10.5% 7th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 6,010 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 up 151.3% 17th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 6,636 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 up 43.2% 16th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 5,340 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 up 35.8% 17th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 14,510 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 up 62.9% 18th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 15,020 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 13.0% 20th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 13,964 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 9.8% 16th Infant mortality rates 1.7 Rate 2024 down 19.0% 32nd Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories 6.5 Days 2024 down 5.8% 5th Infant mortality 507 Number 2024 down 45.4% 12th Life expectancy by age and sex 78.5 Year 2024 up 1.3% 34th Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 6.29 million Discharges 2024 down 3.5% 2nd Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0024 Number 2100 down 14.9% 10th Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 88.6 Year 2100 up 1.5% 24th Projected life expectancy by age, sex and type of projection 87.4 Year 2100 up 2.0% 24th Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 47,435 Deaths 2024 up 16.6% 2nd Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 72,522 Deaths 2024 up 0.2% 2nd Avoidable mortality 119,957 Deaths 2024 up 6.1% 2nd Health graduates 5,972 Number 2024 up 61.9% 8th Health personnel 141,193 Number 2024 up 61.0% 7th Hospital beds by function and type of care 229,406 Number 2024 down 8.9% 4th Pharmaceutical consumption 175.6 Defined daily dose per 1 000 inhabitants per day 2025 up 34.7% 7th Risk factors for health — Tobacco consumption 15.2 Cigarettes per smoker per day 2019 down 8.4% 2nd Perceived health status 9.8 Percentage of population in the same age 2025 down 31.5% 4th Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality 6.5 Per 100 admissions 2023 up 47.7% 4th Acute care — Ischaemic stroke 30 day mortality 10.2 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 21.5% 3rd Acute care — Haemorrhagic stroke 30 day mortality 31.2 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 12.6% 2nd Primary care — Congestive heart failure hospital admission 518.5 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 up 3.3% 1st Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 7.68 million Number 2023 up 23.0% 6th Health graduates - historical data 4,006 Number 2018 up 46.9% 9th Hospital beds by hospital ownership 178,933 Number 2024 down 3.0% 4th Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 53,812 Million euro 2024 up 204.2% 10th 1 2 Next → Page 1 of 2