Health in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (Észak-Magyarország, Hungary): official figures

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County had 363 family doctors (general practitioners and family paediatricians) in 2024, one for every 1,683 residents, compared with one per 1,546 in 2010 and 1,744 nationally.

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• 7.9% of the physicians' posts needed to run health services in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County were unfilled in 2024 (167 of 2,100), 3rd highest of 20 counties; the national gap was 4.4%. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Hospitals in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County discharged 18.1 patients per 100 residents in 2024, with an average stay of 8.2 days and beds 65% occupied (national: 21.0 discharges, 7.2 days, 65%). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Outpatient specialist clinics in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County recorded 598 cases per 100 residents in 2024 (national average 666). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County had 61 registered adult psychiatric patients per 10,000 residents in 2024, compared with 137 nationally. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• The National Ambulance Service ran 24 ambulance stations and 65 ambulances in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in 2024, carrying out 153 call-outs per 1,000 residents. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County recorded 1,160 workplace accidents in 2024, including 2 deaths, a rate of 462 per 100,000 employees against 488 nationally. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• 649 road accidents causing injury happened in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in 2024, 106 per 100,000 residents, compared with 815 in 2010. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• Pharmacies in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County sold medicines worth 64,977 forints per resident in 2024, with 15.7 prescriptions per person. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy
• 50% of the 9,171 pregnant women registered by health visitors in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in 2024 needed special care. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) · saved copy

How Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén compares with other counties in Hungary

Residents per family doctor (GPs and family paediatricians) (2024)

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ranks 15 of 20, highest first.

Share of physicians' posts in health services left unfilled (2024)

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ranks 3 of 20, highest first.

Accidents at work per 100,000 employees (2024)

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ranks 11 of 20, highest first.

Road accidents causing personal injury per 100,000 residents (2024)

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ranks 20 of 20, highest first.

Hospital beds in use per 10,000 residents (2024)

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ranks 11 of 20, highest first.

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Sources

• Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH): Regional Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2024: chapter 3.4 Health care, accidents (tables by county, capital and region), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b4fc24d7eb67…)

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