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Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area (Vienna is the smallest), it borders three countries: • Germany (Bavaria) • Switz...
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Tyrol
Tyrol, or Tirol, is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian region known as Trentino-Alto A...
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Styria (German: Steiermark; Slovenian: Štajerska) is a state or Land, located in the southeast of Austria. In area, it is the second largest of the nine Austrian states, covering 16,388 km²...
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Salzburg (Austro-Bavarian: Såizburg) is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg's "Old Town" with its world famous baroque archite...
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Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the o...
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Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria (since 1986) is Sankt Pölten — the most recent capital ...
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Carinthia (German: Kärnten) is the southernmost Austrian state or Land; it is chiefly famous for its mountains and lakes. It consists mostly of a basin inside the Alps, with the Carnian Alps an...
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Burgenland (Croatian Gradišće, Slovenian Gradiščansko, Hungarian Várvidék, Őrvidék or Felsőőrvidék) is the easternmost and least popu...
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Vienna
Vienna (German: Wien [viːn], see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city; with a population of about 1.7 million ...
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Socio- demographic Overview and Legal Aspects

The Republic of Austria is a federation composed of nine federal states, or provinces, on the basis of a parliamentary democracy. A member of the United Nations and many other agencies, among these the World Health Organization, the country joined the European Union in 1995.

Life expectancy has improved considerably in Austria, as it has in all EU- countries. In the year 2004, it was 76.4 years for men and 82.1 years for women. Life expectancy is predicted to rise to 80.2 years for men and to 85.6 years for women by the year 2030.

Since 1992 the average birth rate per woman in Austria has been less than 1.5, and the 2003 rate of 1.4 was below the EU-average of 1.5 (Source: Eurostat). On a long term scale, it would be necessary for each woman to bear 2.1 children to maintain the population at its current level.

One of the biggest challenges to social and health policy in the coming years will be the greater-than-average increase in the number of elderly and very old people. People over the age of 60 currently total about 1.8 million. In the year 2015, this figure will have already reached about 2.05 million and will grow to 2.7 million by the year 2030. At the same time, the age-group comprised of those 15 to 59 will shrink constantly.

General legal aspects

The safeguarding of health is a function of government in Austria. Although the public health services are a federal matter in terms of legislation and execution, the responsibilities necessary for this purpose do not lie exclusively in the hands of the Federal Ministry of Health, Family and Youth.

Important responsibilities are also assumed by
various ministries at the federal level,
provinces and municipalities, and the
social security institutions as self-administrated public corporations.

 
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