Since the numbers bounce around, I have made comparisons with trend lines estimated by Cutler, Liebman, and Smyth (figure 3).1 The trend lines show that, in the mid-1970s, 28 percent of men aged 62 reported that their health status was fair or poor.
Looking forward, the Bank of Greece expects GDP to grow by around 2.5% in 2017, although a downward revision of the December 2016 forecasts is likely due to the negative carry-over effect of the sharp decline in output in Q4 2016 (attributed mainly to the decline in gross fixed capital formation and government consumption).