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08249: Symptoms of health problems and use of medication, by age and education level (per cent) 2002 - 2025
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About the statistics
Contact
Jorun Ramm, Statistics Norway
+47 92 08 23 99
jrm@ssb.no
Updated
2026-06-23 08:00
Unit
Symptoms of health problems and use of medication:
per cent
Reference time
Symptoms of health problems and use of medication:
31.12.
Source
Statistics Norway
Database
External PROD
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Symptoms of health problems and use of medication
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symptom
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Field for searching for a specific value in the list box. This is examples of values you can search for.Is generally satisfied with life (9 or 10 on a scale from 0-10) (2015-) , Trusts fellow man (9 or 10 on a scale from 0-10) (2015-2019) , Feels that life is meaningful (9 or 10- on a scale from 0-10) (2015) ,
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Is generally satisfied with life (9 or 10 on a scale from 0-10) (2015-)
Trusts fellow man (9 or 10 on a scale from 0-10) (2015-2019)
Feels that life is meaningful (9 or 10- on a scale from 0-10) (2015)
Sometimes been discriminated against or been treated less favorably than others. Past 12 months (2015-2019)
Discriminated against due to health problems/ reduced functional ability. Past 12 months (2015-2019)
Strong physical pain. Past 4 weeks (2015-)
Strong headache. Past 4 weeks (2015-)
Bodily pain. Past 3 months
Headache or migraine. Past 3 months
Itching os stinging. Past 3 months (1998-2012)
Blocked nose or watering eyes. Past 3 months (1998-2012)
Problems with breathing, short-/heavy breath. Past 3 months
Coughing. Past 3 months (1998-2015)
Nausea or digestive problems. Past 3 months
Dizziness or problems with balance. Past 3 months
Anxiety or phobias. Past 3 months (1998-2012)
Feeling down-hearted or depressed. Past 3 months (1998-2012)
Feeling irritable or agressive. Past 3 months (1998-2015)
Difficulty concentrating. Past 3 months (1998-2015)
Severe sleeping disorders. Several times a week (2015)
Sleeping disorders. Past 3 months (1998-2012, 2019-)
Felt tired. Past 3 months (1998-2012)
Suffering from fatigue, chronic exhaustion even after resting - Past 6 months (2025-)
Mental health: 1,75 or higher score on HSCL-25 (1998-2012)
Mental health: 2,0 or higher score on HSCL-5 (2015-)
Moderate to extensive depressive symptoms. Past 14 days (2015-)
Taken non-prescription pain-relievers daily or weekly during the last weeks (2002-2015, 2025-)
Used medicine on prescription daily or weekly during the last weeks (2015-)
Used prescription painkillers daily or weekly during the last weeks (2002-)
Used medication for high blood pressure daily or weekly during the last weeks (2012)
Used medication to lower high cholesterol levels daily or weekly during the past weeks (2012)
Used allergy medication daily or weekly during the past weeks (2002-2012)
Used asthma medication daily or weekly during the past weeks (2002-2012)
Used sleeping pills daily or weekly during the past weeks (2002-2019)
Used tranquillizers daily or weekly during the past weeks (2002-2019)
Used drugs against depression daily or weekly during the past weeks (2002-2019)
Number of persons interviewed
Number of persons that returned the postal questionnaire (1998-2012)
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age
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Age, total
16-24 years
25-44 years
45-66 years
67 years or older
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level of education
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Footnotes
Due to changes in question formulations, some of the figures for 2015 are not quite comparable to figures for earlier years. This pertains to the questions on bodily pain and headache or migraine last 3 months.
Figures for 2015 and 2019 have been republished with revised weights to provide better comparability with 2025. At the same time, known errors and deficiencies have been corrected, and certain indicator texts have been adjusted.
In the 2025 survey, Statistics Norway (SSB) made less use of filter questions before grading function questions, among others. In some cases, this change may have resulted in a higher reported prevalence than in previous years. This applies to the indicator 'Difficulty hearing a conversation in noisy environment'.
Certain previous tables, including those on care, have been archived due to changes in question design and requirements from Eurostat. The tables are still available in the StatBank and are marked 'No longer updated'.
level of education
Upper secondary education
Upper secondary education includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
