wide inequalities exist in the prevalence of these chronic conditions by education level however differences in selfrated health by socioeconomic status are observed of people in the highest income quintile report being in good health compared to of those in the lowest quintile figure yet this gap is smaller than in most other eu countries accoiding to estimates over of the overall disease burden in derenark in could be attributed to behavioural risk factors including smoking alcohol use diet and physical inactivity with smoking and metabolic risks eg obesity and high cholesterol contributing the most ihme