Health, lifestyle, use of medical facilities; 2000-2009
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This table provides data about the health, lifestyle and medical and use of medical care of the Dutch population.
The data are based on the Health Interview Survey conducted by Statistics Netherlands. The Health Interview Survey is a continuous survey. Its population consists of Dutch residents of all ages in private households.
Data available from 2000 till 2009.
Changes as of 8 June 2018:
The table has been stopped per 8th of June 2018.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definitive.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
Description topics
- Medical consumption
- Taking medication
- Taking prescribed medication
- Percentage of persons who took (prescribed) medication in the fortnight preceding the interview, including medicines which were prescribed earlier. The contraceptive pill and medicines prescribed during hospital admissions are not taken into account.
- Type of prescribed medication
- Percentage of persons who take prescribed medicines by type of medicine. The respondent can choose 8 medicines from a list of 18 types of medicines (including the categories 'other' and 'unknown'). The answer refers to medication taken in the fortnight preceding the interview.
- Dermatological medicines
- Percentage of persons taking prescribed dermatological medicines (acne, eczema, itching, dandruff, injuries).
- Medicines for the eyes
- Percentage of persons taking prescribed medication for the eyes, e.g. eye salve, eye drops.
- Consumption of non-prescribed medication
- Percentage of persons taking non-prescribed medication by type of medicine in the fortnight preceding the interview (self-medication). Problems of interpretation may be involved, for instance, some respondents consider aspirin a medicine, whereas others do not.
- Type of non-prescribed medication
- Percentage of persons who take non-prescribed medicines by type of medicine. The respondent can choose 10 medicines from a list of 12 types of medicines (including the categories 'other' and 'unknown'). The answer refers to medicines taken in the fortnight preceding the interview.
- Dermatological medicines
- Percentage of persons taking non-prescribed dermatological remedies (acne, eczema, itching, dandruff, injuries).
- Homeopathic medicines
- Percentage of persons taking non-prescribed homeopathic remedies.
- Functional limitations
- Functional limitations are observed in the module 'Health and Labour
Conditions' of the Integrated System of Social Surveys in 3 groups of
questions:
a. The OECD indicator for persons in the age category 12 years and older
b. The GDA (General Daily Activities) indicator for persons in the age
category 55 and older.
c. Temporary activity limitations and bed days for persons of all ages.- Persons who use aids
- Refers to auditive, visual, anatomic aids, aids to enhance mobility and
aids to control incontinence. This question was first asked in 2001.- Auditive aids
- Percentage of persons using auditive aids.
Percentage of persons (4+) who answered 'yes' to the question: Do you use
a hearing aid? or 'yes' to the question: Do you use a special device to
amplify the sound of your telephone or television?
- Visual aids
- Percentage of persons using visual aids.
Percentage of persons (4+) who answered 'yes' to the question: Do you
sometimes wear glasses or contact lenses? or 'yes' to the question: Do you
use any other visual aid?
- Aids to enhance mobility
- Percentage of persons who use aids to enhance mobility.
Percentage of persons (12+) who answered 'yes' to the question: Do you
walk with a stick, a crutch, a walking frame, or any other device to
support their weight when walking or 'yes'to the question: Do you have an
electric or hand-propelled wheelchair?
- Anatomic aids
- Percentage of persons using anatomic aids.
Percentage of persons (12+) who answered 'yes' to the question: Do you
wear orthopaedic shoes? or 'yes' to the question: Do you have an arm or
leg prosthesis? or 'yes' to the question: Do you wear an orthesis or
splint?
- Aids to control incontinence
- Percentage of persons using aids to control incontinence.
Percentage of persons (12+) who answered 'yes' to the question: Do you use
aids to control incontinence? or 'yes' to the question: Do you use a
catheter or a fistula?
- Lifestyle
- Drug abuse (12-29 yrs)
- The figures refer to persons in the age category 12-29. Hence, the
(standard) age category 25-34 only covers persons in the age category
12-29.- Ever used drug
- Has taken marihuana or hashish
- Has taken cocaine
- Has taken amphetamine
- Has taken XTC
- Has taken heroine
- Ever used psychedelic mushrooms
- Has used psychedelic mushrooms.
- Used drug in the past 4 weeks
- Has taken marihuana/hashish past 4 weeks
- Has taken cocaine past 4 weeks
- Has taken amphetamine past 4 weeks
- Has taken XTC past 4 weeks
- Has taken heroine past 4 weeks
- Has taken psych. mushrooms past 4 weeks
- Sexuality/safe sex (12-29-yrs)
- The figures refer to persons in the age category 12-29.
Hence, the (standard) age category 25-34 only covers persons in the age
category 25-29.- Used contraceptives first sex
- Used contraceptives when having sex for the first time in order to prevent
pregnancy, veneral disease and AIDS as a percentage of those who had
sex before.