The main objective and task of the World Health Organisation is to support and promote appropriate health-promoting policies, uphold standards and agreements, and prevent crises. The Polish branch was founded in 1992 and focuses on issues such as public health, control of nicotine consumption, non-communicable diseases and the study of the links between the environment and the general health of the population.

From the Polish WHO website, we can learn interesting things about our society, and the statistics allow us to look at them in a rather unusual way. Among other things, it turns out that the average life expectancy for women is 81 years, while for men it is only 74 years. The mortality rate for men between the ages of 15 and 60 is also significantly higher, as in 2015 it was as high as 166 per 1 000 people, while the same rate for women is only 67! It is worth considering what this drastic discrepancy is due to and how it could possibly be changed. The institution provides statistics not only on health as such - from the website we also learn that in 2013, 10.3 Poles per 100,000 inhabitants became fatal victims of road accidents.

From the WHO statistics, we can also deduce that the largest number of people die of heart attacks or strokes, with cancer coming in third place. In 2010, of all alcoholic beverages, Poles drank mainly beer (55% of all alcohol consumed), with men consuming 31.5 l of pure alcohol per year and women 14.0 l. Among the most common factors increasing the risk of death between the ages of 30 and 70 are regular cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, elevated blood pressure and obesity.

Of course, the figures given are based on statistics, but they do give a general picture of the state of health of Poles, but they may become a suggestion of the direction we should take to make society healthier.