In 2007 the Norwegian government issued a strategy against social inequalities in health – Report No.20 (2006-2007) to the Storting: «National Strategy to reduce social inequalities in health».
One of the main measures in this white paper was to establish a reporting system to provide a systematic overview of progress on the efforts to reduce inequalities in health. This was to be achieved by monitoring trends using a set of indicators for the intervention areas of income, childhood conditions/education, work and working environment, health behaviour, health services and social inclusion.
The Reporting system are established in close collaboration with the relevant directorates/ministries and professional environments in the various sectors involved.
The present report is the first output from this reporting system.