17-12-2009Web magazine
This week, the second round of the Mexican flu vaccination programme will expire. Nearly 830 thousand children aged between six months and five years were summoned for H1N1 vaccination (Influenza A).
15-12-2009Web magazine
Just over 6.3 thousand child care centres in the Netherlands provided day care or out of school care on 1 January 2007. Inhabitants of large cities had both the most choice, and lived nearest to childcare centres.
26-11-2009Web magazine
26-11-2009Web magazine
17-09-2009Web magazine
In 2006, the total area covered by allotment garden plots in the Netherlands was 3,906 hectares, more than 200 hectares less than in 1996. The number of allotment garden areas and visits to these areas also declined.
13-08-2009Web magazine
More than six in ten people in the Netherlands live within 5 km from a hospital. The Randstad region has the highest hospital density.
26-05-2009Web magazine
Most people live in the vicinity of their GP, but the road distance to the nearest out-of-hours GP centre is longer, in particular for people living in rural areas. The GP rate in rural areas is much lower than in major cities
24-03-2009Web magazine
The amount of partial AOW benefits has tripled over the past two decades.
03-03-2009Web magazine
In 2008, unemployment declined in nearly all Dutch provinces. The lowest unemployment rate was recorded in Utrecht, the highest in Groningen.
29-01-2009Web magazine
On 1 January 2007, the Dutch housing stock numbered 7 million units; 53 percent were owner-occupied, 42 percent were occupied by tenants. A small proportion of the housing stock is unspecified. In most Dutch municipalities, the majority of houses are owner-occupied.
27-01-2009Web magazine
In 2009, the Netherlands comprises 441 municipalities, as against 443 in 2008.
27-01-2009Web magazine
In the period 2000–2006, 140 thousand dwellings (43 percent) out of a total of 323 thousand added to the dwelling stock were built in existing built-up area.
27-01-2009Web magazine
With 4.7 percent, the province of North Holland had the highest proportion of premature school leavers in the school year 2006/’07.
13-01-2009Web magazine
According to the Act on Property Assessment (WOZ), there were over 24.5 thousand houses in the Netherlands with a value of 1 million euro or more on 1 January 2008. This is an increase by 33 percent relative to one year previously.
