Division 2.1.3 Developing mechanisms for reporting and analysis of health issues and producing public health reports (Article 3.2.d., Annex — points 1.3., 1.4.)

To guarantee the necessary quality and comparability of information, priority in relation to the improvement of health reporting mechanisms will be given to:

• Support for in-depth analyses of Causes of Death (COD) statistics in order to gain new insights into mortality patterns and to monitor changes across the EU;

• Developing the European Health Survey System. Implementing and developing survey modules to collect the necessary data for the European Community Health Indicators. A pilot survey could be implemented;

• Maintaining, updating and expanding the system of inventories of sources of health information with the medium-term aim of implementing it on a routine statistical basis;

• Developing a comprehensive information system by combining the Injury Data Base (IDB) with other sources on fatalities and disabilities, rolling out this system to all Member States, EEA and candidate countries, stabilising the injury data collection in regard to the IDB in countries that are already reporting, and addressing the need for risk assessment of product and service safety in the IDB;

• Information collection in the area of health determinants, based in particular on representative population studies;

• Developing instruments for assessing levels of physical activity in different population groups;

• Improving collection, analysis, reporting and dissemination of environmental health information, and particularly focusing on implementation of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010^f1 to create, where relevant, synergies with the Environment and Health Working Party of the Public Health Programme and the European Environment Agency^f2;

• Supporting initiatives for the implementation of the Council recommendation limiting the public exposure to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz), preparing and revision of information reports.