State of health of the Dutch population

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Years (incl. standard error) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Primary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education 1st stage secondary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education 2nd stage secondary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Vocational college, university (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Men Primary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Men 1st stage secondary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Men 2nd stage secondary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Women Primary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Women 1st stage secondary education (%) Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Women 2nd stage secondary education (%) Average height Education Primary education (cm) Average height Education 1st stage secondary education (cm) Average height Education 2nd stage secondary education (cm) Average height Education Vocational college, university (cm)
Standard error 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.9 2.0 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
1981 . . . . . . . . . . 168.3 170.8 173.6 175.6
1982 . . . . . . . . . . 168.3 171.1 173.5 174.7
1983 . . . . . . . . . . 168.2 171.1 173.6 174.6
1984 60.8 80.2 86.2 88.5 62.0 79.7 87.6 60.0 80.6 84.6 168.2 171.3 173.4 175.4
1985 65.0 80.9 86.1 89.7 66.8 81.1 87.2 63.7 80.7 84.9 168.4 171.4 173.7 175.0
1986 64.3 80.0 87.9 89.6 67.4 80.8 88.5 62.4 79.3 87.1 168.6 171.1 174.2 174.9
1987 65.3 81.1 86.0 89.9 70.2 82.1 85.2 62.2 80.3 86.9 168.7 171.2 174.1 175.1
1988 63.0 80.7 87.0 88.6 65.7 82.6 87.3 61.2 79.4 86.8 168.7 171.3 174.2 175.2
1989 61.2 79.5 86.7 89.8 64.5 81.6 86.5 59.1 77.8 87.0 168.0 171.2 174.3 175.5
1990 62.3 77.7 83.9 90.3 66.7 79.9 85.3 59.3 75.9 82.4 169.1 171.9 174.1 175.4
1991 61.6 77.9 84.1 88.5 61.8 80.4 84.0 61.6 75.7 84.3 168.9 171.6 174.3 176.2
1992 59.5 78.2 86.3 89.7 58.7 77.8 86.0 60.0 78.6 86.8 167.3 171.2 174.4 176.4
1993 58.4 77.8 83.4 88.6 61.3 80.5 84.5 56.5 75.6 82.3 168.8 171.5 174.4 176.2
1994 61.2 78.1 83.6 87.4 61.8 81.6 84.5 60.8 75.1 82.6 168.8 172.4 174.4 176.3
1995 59.2 79.0 84.4 88.5 63.0 80.8 85.2 56.7 77.5 83.6 169.0 172.1 174.1 176.4
1996 62.1 77.9 84.6 88.9 66.8 79.6 87.1 58.8 76.5 82.0 169.4 172.2 174.7 176.2
1997 56.7 76.5 84.6 89.1 60.3 79.3 86.5 54.2 74.5 82.3 169.4 171.8 175.4 176.4
1998 60.1 77.0 83.8 87.3 65.2 81.3 84.2 56.9 73.7 83.3 169.2 171.9 175.4 176.6
1999 56.2 74.7 82.1 87.3 61.2 77.0 84.0 53.2 72.8 80.1 169.1 172.6 175.2 176.7
2000 57.7 76.0 82.0 86.5 62.4 79.2 83.0 54.4 73.4 81.0 170.0 172.3 175.3 176.8
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation

Health perception, height, obesity, health complaints, physical
limitations, psychosocial complaints by sex, type of insurance,
1981 - 2000
Changed on March 25 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.

Description topics

Perceived health
Health as experienced by the respondent
Healthy/very healthy by education
Figures refer to the population aged 16 and older.
Primary education
1st stage secondary education
2nd stage secondary education
Vocational college, university
Men
Primary education
1st stage secondary education
2nd stage secondary education
Women
Primary education
1st stage secondary education
2nd stage secondary education
Average height
Average height of persons aged 20 yrs and older. Excluding persons
with unknown height and improbable height (shorter than 30cm and
taller than 240 cm).
Education
Primary education
1st stage secondary education
2nd stage secondary education
Vocational college, university