Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; from 1900
| Periods | Care supply Quantitative hospital data Average period of hospitalisation (days) | Care supply Expenditures on care Costs as a percentage of the GDP (%) | Birth and life expectancy Average age of the mother at 1st birth (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||
Dataset is not available.
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
- Care supply
- Quantitative data on hospitals, health professionals and costs of care.
- Quantitative hospital data
- Total number of beds, hospital admissions, nursing days, and average
duration of hospitalisation per admission for all hospitals (general,
university and specialised hospitals including revalidation centres).
Figures for 1932-1964 exclude sanatoriums for tuberculosis patients and
clinics for patients with neuroses; figures until 1972 exclude military
hospitals. Source: 1925-1964: Public Health Inspectorate.- Average period of hospitalisation
- Number of nursing days in a given period divided by the number of
patients admitted.
- Expenditures on care
- Expenditure on health and social care including child care, in current and constant prices. All activities within the area of health and social care are considered, irrespective of whether it concerns a major or minor activity of the economic units. These figures refer to a broader definition than internationally used in the System of Health Accounts, that refers to health care including long term nursing care (health).
- Costs as a percentage of the GDP
- Total expenditure on care expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic
product (GDP).
- Birth and life expectancy
- Perinatal mortality, average age of mother at birth of first child,
number of multiple births and (healthy) life expectancy at birth.- Average age of the mother at 1st birth
- Arithmetic average of the ages of mothers of all live born first
children. The mother's age is her age on 31 December of the year the
child is born.