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 Health and social care expenditure Expenditure as percentage of the GDP (%) | Birth and life expectancy Average age of the mother at 1st birth (year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||
Table explanation
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:
2025:
The available figures are definite.
2024:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, hiv, aids;
- expenditures on health and welfare;
- causes of death.
2023:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS;
- diagnoses at hospital admissions;
- number of hospital discharges and length of stay;
- number of hospital beds;
- health professions;
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditures on health and welfare.
2022:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS;
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditures on health and welfare.
2021:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS;
2020 and earlier:
Most available figures are definite.
Due to 'dynamic' registrations, figures for notifiable infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS remain provisional.
Changes as of 18 December 2025:
The most recent available figures have been added for:
- live born children, deaths;
- notifiable infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS;
- expenditures on health and welfare;
- healthy life expectancy;
- perinatal and infant mortality;
- average age of the mother at 1st birth;
- multiple births.
Changes as of 18 december 2024:
- Due to a revision of the statistics Health and welfare expenditure 2021, figures for expenditure on health and welfare have been replaced from 2021 onwards.
- Revised figures on the volume index of healthcare costs are not yet available, these figures have been deleted from 2021 onwards.
When will new figures be published?
June 2026.
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.
- Health and social care expenditure
- Expenditure on medical care, long-term care, welfare and social services, youth care and child care. Care includes provision of services and goods. Expenditure includes care provided to non-residents by Dutch care providers. As it concerns final use expenditure, industry and wholesale figures do not count, as these sectors do not supply their products directly to consumers/patients. Also, expenditure on cross-supplies between care providers does not count. Care expenditure expressed in actual prices indicates expenditure in prices of the year under review and reflects value trends. It refers to expenditure on care goods and services by all institutions, practices and organisations providing those goods and services; providers for whom it is not their main work also count.
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).
Due to the revision of the 2021 Health and social care expenditure statistics, figures for 2021-2023 are not easily comparable with previous years.- Expenditure as percentage of the GDP
- Total expenditure on health and social care expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Due to the revision of the 2021 Health and social care expenditure statistics, figures for 2021-2023 are not easily comparable with previous years.
- 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.