JapaneseNational Health and Nutrition Survey
Based on the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002), the National Health and Nutrition Survey is a survey conducted annually by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in order to understand the status of people's health, nutritional intake, and lifestyle habits and to obtain basic data necessary for comprehensive health promotion.
For more information, please visit Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Fluctuations in survey items
You can browse the fluctuations in National Health and Nutrition Survey items. Note that survey items related to smoking and alcohol use are from the Physical Status Questionnaire up through 2002, and from the Lifestyle Habits Questionnaire from 2003 onward.
Annual changes in primary health indicators
You can download a list of annual changes in primary health indicators in Excel format.
Results by prefecture
- About the 2016 National Health and Nutrition Survey results
- About the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey results
National Health and Nutrition Survey results
You can download a list of the primary survey results from 1946–present in Excel format. For
the yearly reports, please visit the
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or
the National Institute of Health and
Nutrition homepage.
English summaries for yearly reports are avairable as follows.
- The 2019
National Health and Nutrition Survey
- The 2018
National Health and Nutrition Survey
- The 2017
National Health and Nutrition Survey
- The 2016
National Health and Nutrition Survey
- The 2015
National Health and Nutrition Survey
- The 2014
National Health and Nutrition Survey
Research papers
See the papers discussing the data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey.