Knowledge and numbers on Health and Social Protection in the Nordic countries

Children of pre-school age attend day-care institutions. All the countries offer both full- and part-time places.

Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that enough places are available. Private childcare schemes are also available.

The public pension systems in the Nordic countries faces similar challenges due to an ageing population. While the challenges are similar there are, however, differences, both in the current and projected demographic changes which in turn may have different implications on the national pension system. This short article aims at highlighting some of these demographic challenges.

The Nordic countries all have excellent sources of data on the subject of cancer through their national registries. Data from the registries show that the annual number of persons diagnosed with cancer is increasing in all the Nordic countries, and this trend remains after adjusting for differences in the size and age structure of the population.

In the Nordic countries, supervision of health care services is organized mainly at the national level in health ministries or independent special agencies overseeing services and health professionals