Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; from 1900

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This table presents a wide variety of historical data in the field of health, lifestyle and health care. Figures on births and mortality, causes of death and the occurrence of certain infectious diseases are available from 1900, other series from later dates.
In addition to self-perceived health, the table contains figures on infectious diseases, hospitalisations per diagnosis, life expectancy, lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity, and causes of death. The table also gives information on several aspects of health care, such as the number of practising professionals, the number of available hospital beds, nursing day averages and the expenditures on care.
Many subjects are also covered in more detail by data in other tables, although sometimes with a shorter history. Data on notifiable infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS are not included in other tables.

Data available from: 1900

Status of the figures:
2023:
The available figures are definite.
2022:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV, AIDS;
- expenditure on care.
2021:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV, AIDS;
- hospital admissions according to diagnosis;
- quantitative hospital data;
- health professions.
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditure on healthcare.
2020:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV, AIDS.
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditure on healthcare.
2019 and earlier:
Most available figures are definite.
Due to 'dynamic' registrations, figures for notifiable infectious diseases, HIV, AIDS remain provisional.


Changes as of 22 December 2023:
- For each series the most recent available figures have been added.

When will new figures be published?
December 2024.

Description topics

Health status
Health as perceived by the person him/herself as well as health as
assessed by medical professionals; the latter in terms of occurrence of
notifiable infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, use of medication, and private
sector sickness absence.
Occurrence of infectious diseases
Some notifiable infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS.
AIDS/HIV
In the period 1987 to 1998, physicians reported 80-90% of patients diagnosed with AIDS to the Health Inspection on a voluntary basis. This gave a good representation of the distribution of HIV. Since the introduction of more effective HIV therapy in 1996, the number of new diagnoses of AIDS has dropped substantially, and the registration of AIDS diagnoses is therefore no longer suitable for HIV-monitoring purposes.
Since 2002 the HIV Monitoring Foundation (HMF) collects data on all patients infected with HIV; therefore, the table also contains data on HIV infections. At the start of the epidemic, only HIV-infected patients were registered who were treated with antiviral drugs. Only from 2001, all HIV-infected patients were registered regardless of the treatment received.
From 1999 onwards, figures on AIDS consist of new AIDS diagnoses among registered HIV patients, as monitored by the SHM. (In 2003, the voluntary notification system for AIDS was formally abolished).
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 042-044;
ICD-10: B20-B24.
Up to and including 1998, patients diagnosed with AIDS were reported to
the Health Inspection. From 1999 onwards, figures on AIDS consist of new
AIDS diagnoses in the HMF national HIV monitoring database.
As the HIV monitoring database is dynamic (expanding), the number of
diagnoses for recent years must be treated as provisional figures.
HIV-infected
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, virus responsible for the Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 042-044;
ICD-10: B20-B24.
Diagnose based on the SHM HIV monitoring database. As the HIV monitoring
database is dynamic (expanding), the number of diagnoses for recent years
must be treated as provisional figures.