How worried are you about your health?

Worried a great deal/quite a lot:

Country	2008	2006
Average 11 countries	38%	47%
Belgium	23%	33%
Czech Republic	59%	59%
Finland	39%	36%
France	18%	16%
Germany	36%	38%
Netherlands	6%	12%
Poland	65%	67%
Portugal	84%	75%
Russia	45%	55%
Switzerland	32%	35%
UK	14%	19%

How well informed are you about health conditions and treatments available?

Very well/well informed

Country	2008	2006
Average 11 countries	75%	74%
Belgium	80%	81%
Czech Republic	80%	83%
Finland	79%	53%
France	71%	81%
Germany	84%	87%
Netherlands	86%	75%
Poland	66%	70%
Portugal	77%	75%
Russia	34%	40%
Switzerland	90%	92%
UK	74%	76%

In the last 12 months have you done any of the following to improve or maintain your health?

	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
Cut down/given up smoking	17%	12%	23%	15%	28%	15%	12%	19%	16%	14%	14%	14%
Tried NRT	4%	3%	8%	5%	6%	1%	3%	6%	2%	3%	1%	6%
Cut down/given up & NRT	3%	2%	7%	3%	5%	1%	1%	4%	1%	2%	1%	5%

Sources of information that are trusted

	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
Doctor	92%	95%	90%	97%	98%	92%	95%	92%	96%	73%	91%	95%
Dentist	81%	80%	77%	94%	96%	84%	82%	78%	85%	55%	80%	85%
Pharmacist	80%	85%	69%	92%	97%	77%	87%	78%	85%	42%	79%	86%
Family & friends	64%	58%	67%	70%	78%	65%	60%	68%	63%	43%	64%	70%
Magazine articles	62%	59%	68%	72%	69%	55%	60%	68%	69%	45%	58%	62%
TV programmes	59%	51%	53%	73%	74%	57%	57%	63%	64%	36%	55%	62%

Sources of information that are used

	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
Doctor	88%	93%	90%	85%	94%	92%	85%	91%	92%	73%	90%	82%
Dentist	70%	68%	73%	70%	80%	81%	64%	71%	75%	57%	72%	64%
Pharmacist	67%	77%	65%	61%	88%	69%	62%	73%	73%	35%	71%	66%
Magazine articles	64%	65%	78%	73%	65%	56%	56%	73%	74%	49%	57%	62%
Family & friends	58%	52%	68%	63%	68%	60%	48%	64%	54%	43%	59%	61%
TV programmes	56%	54%	60%	67%	69%	54%	49%	63%	60%	37%	50%	55%

Summary of sources used to get information about health

	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
People/face to face sources	96%	96%	97%	97%	99%	96%	95%	97%	96%	90%	96%	96%
The media	75%	75%	86%	84%	79%	70%	70%	81%	79%	59%	69%	75%
Brochures/leaflets	58%	60%	70%	64%	71%	70%	57%	63%	62%	24%	62%	40%
Used any health website	36%	32%	32%	46%	66%	29%	37%	36%	49%	10%	34%	30%

Influences on purchase

Influenced a great deal/quite a lot 

	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
Recommendation of doctor	84%	88%	86%	80%	91%	81%	80%	78%	94%	N/A	83%	82%
Previous use of product	76%	73%	77%	81%	74%	71%	72%	74%	75%	N/A	75%	90%
Recommendation of pharmacist	71%	72%	68%	70%	84%	66%	67%	61%	69%	N/A	73%	77%

The information on product packaging influences my purchase

Country	2008	2006
10 country average	17%	11%
Belgium	12%	6%
Czech Republic	14%	14%
Finland	37%	11%
France	20%	10%
Germany	15%	16%
Netherlands	10%	9%
Poland	11%	8%
Portugal	17%	12%
Russia	N/A	N/A
Switzerland	23%	16%
UK	11%	11%

I find the information in ads useful

	2008	2006
All country average	42%	48%
Belgium	44%	52%
Czech	40%	39%
Finland	45%	56%
France	41%	52%
Germany	39%	48%
Netherlands	34%	50%
Poland	50%	61%
Portugal	52%	41%
Russia	32%	24%
Switzerland	45%	54%
UK	40%	47%

Personally suffered and treated backache/muscle pain

	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
All respondents	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Suffered backache/muscle pain	61%	61%	65%	64%	63%	68%	51%	56%	62%	61%	63%	56%
Prescription	31%	37%	33%	29%	41%	37%	16%	30%	41%	27%	28%	18%
OTC medicine	16%	10%	22%	22%	9%	15%	11%	23%	10%	23%	13%	23%
Herbal/homeopathic	6%	6%	5%	4%	6%	9%	4%	7%	4%	9%	11%	3%
Alt health practitioner	10%	9%	7%	10%	10%	9%	7%	9%	8%	13%	14%	9%
Other	9%	6%	10%	4%	6%	18%	12%	3%	5%	13%	15%	6%
Used any treatment	55%	56%	58%	55%	56%	65%	44%	53%	60%	56%	59%	48%
Did nothing	7%	6%	7%	13%	8%	4%	7%	7%	3%	5%	5%	8%

Are you or someone in your household affected by any of the following?

Top 5 illnesses	All country average	Belgium	Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Russia	Switzerland	UK
All respondents	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
High blood pressure	42%	41%	56%	51%	28%	39%	32%	56%	41%	65%	25%	30%
Weight problems/obesity	38%	37%	47%	47%	41%	44%	27%	47%	33%	30%	36%	29%
Sight problems	38%	41%	50%	39%	57%	27%	23%	57%	52%	19%	23%	28%
High cholesterol	35%	42%	37%	41%	35%	25%	23%	34%	48%	62%	19%	23%
Stress	31%	32%	37%	37%	40%	30%	15%	41%	29%	31%	26%	26%

Personally suffered and treated? Average all countries

% of all respondents who:	suffered	Prescription	OTC
Backache/muscle pain	61%	31%	16%
Cough/cold/sore throat	55%	24%	32%
Headaches	42%	11%	29%
Mouth/dental problems (eg cold sores, toothache)	29%	15%	10%
Indigestion/heartburn	27%	11%	13%
Skin problems (eg rash, eczema)	23%	15%	7%
Allergy/ hay fever	23%	13%	8%
Arthritis/rheumatism	18%	12%	4%
Respiratory problems (eg asthma, bronchitis)	16%	13%	3%
Migraine	13%	7%	6%

I've found generic medicines/remedies to be just as effective as more expensive products I've used in the past Agree 10 country average 68% Belgium 74% Czech Republic 60% Finland 78% France 76% Germany 58% Netherlands 56% Poland 52% Portugal 78% Russia N/A Switzerland 74% UK 72%

I'm usually happy to switch to cheaper generic remedies when they become available   Agree 10 country average 66% Belgium 75% Czech Republic 56% Finland 77% France 72% Germany 59% Netherlands 57% Poland 45% Portugal 72% Russia N/A Switzerland 73% UK 70%

Generic medicines/remedies are made by the big manufacturers   Agree 10 country average 47% Belgium 52% Czech Republic 46% Finland 52% France 65% Germany 23% Netherlands 54% Poland 40% Portugal 63% Russia N/A Switzerland 26% UK 45%