Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; from 1900
| Periods | Lifestyle Alcohol consumption, 16 years or older Drinkers (%) | Lifestyle Alcohol consumption, 16 years or older Heavy drinkers (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Lifestyle
- Some factors that may influence health: smoking, drinking alcohol, being
overweight and use of the contraceptive pill.- Alcohol consumption, 16 years or older
- Questions about drinking alcoholic beverages and how often respondents
had drunk at least six units in one day in the six months preceding the
interview were asked through a written questionnaire.- Drinkers
- Percentage of persons in the population aged 16 years or older who
occasionally or regularly drink alcoholic beverages.
- Heavy drinkers
- Percentage of persons in the population aged 16 years or older who are heavy drinkers. Up to 2012 the definition of a heavy drinker was a person that drinks at least 6 glasses of alcohol on one day at least once a week. From 2012 onwards there is a distinction between men and women. For men still goes that a heavy drinker is a person who drinks at least 6 glasses of alcohol on one day at least once a week. For women goes that a heavy drinker is a person who drinks at least 4 glasses of alcohol on one day at least once a week. Due to this change in definition the figures of before 2012 and from 2012 onwards cannot be compared very well.