Deaths; accidents, residents, 1996-2017

Deaths; accidents, residents, 1996-2017

Sex Age Periods Fatal accidents (number) Other fatal accidents Cause other fatal accidents Smoke, fire and flames (number)
Total men and women Total all ages 2017 40
Total men and women younger than 15 years 2017 2
Total men and women 15 to 20 years 2017 1
Total men and women 20 to 30 years 2017 3
Total men and women 30 to 40 years 2017 1
Total men and women 40 to 50 years 2017 4
Total men and women 50 to 60 years 2017 4
Total men and women 60 to 70 years 2017 5
Total men and women 70 to 80 years 2017 4
Total men and women 80 years or older 2017 16
Men Total all ages 2017 25
Men younger than 15 years 2017 1
Men 15 to 20 years 2017 1
Men 20 to 30 years 2017 3
Men 30 to 40 years 2017 1
Men 40 to 50 years 2017 2
Men 50 to 60 years 2017 4
Men 60 to 70 years 2017 4
Men 70 to 80 years 2017 3
Men 80 years or older 2017 6
Women Total all ages 2017 15
Women younger than 15 years 2017 1
Women 15 to 20 years 2017 0
Women 20 to 30 years 2017 0
Women 30 to 40 years 2017 0
Women 40 to 50 years 2017 2
Women 50 to 60 years 2017 0
Women 60 to 70 years 2017 1
Women 70 to 80 years 2017 1
Women 80 years or older 2017 10
Source: CBS.
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This table contains information about Dutch residents who died in the given year due to an accident (mainly traffic accidents, accidental falls, drowning or poisoning). The accident may have taken place abroad and/or in the previous year, the date and place of death is the criterion. The data is split by sex and age of the victim. The ICD-10 codes that belong to accidents are V01-W77, W80-X59, Y10-Y19, Y34 and Y85-Y86.

Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using IRIS for automatic coding for cause of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistic. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied. For accidents no changes in coding have taken place however.

The persons who died in the MH17 crash in 2014 are not categorized as an accident with an airplane, but as an operation of war (ICD-10 code Y36). These persons are not part of this accidents table.

Data available from 1996 to 2017

Status of the figures:
All figures are final.

Changes as of November 20th 2019:
This table is stopped. All information can be found in the table 'Deaths; cause of death (extensive list), age and sex' and a great part of it in the table 'Deaths; underlying cause of death (shortlist), sex, age'. The fact that on two points the information is shown in a slightly different way has led to confusion and questions throughout the years. This is why the table has been discontinued.
Differences between the discontinued table and the 'short list table' are:
- The short list shows accidental poisoning not including intent unknown;
- The short list shows suffocation including inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction to respiratory tract, while this is not shown in the discontinued table.
In paragraph 3 there is a list of links through which substituting information can be found.

When will new figures be published:
Does not apply.

Description topics

Fatal accidents (number)
Every death due to an accident, like a road accident, fall, drowning or poisoning. The accident might have taken place abroad. Euthanasia and violence like murder, manslaughter and suicide are not considered accidents and not counted in this table. Also complications of medical treatments, choking on food and legal intervention are not counted in this table.

ICD10 codes: V01-W77, W80-X59, Y10-Y19, Y34 and Y85-Y86.
Other fatal accidents
These are the accidents not falling within one of the other categories. Accidents with unknown circumstances are included is this category. The largest group are the sequelae of an accident.

ICD-10 codes: W20-W64, W75-W77, W80-X39, X50-X58, Y34 and Y85-Y86.
Cause other fatal accidents
Smoke, fire and flames
Death by accident after exposure to smoke, fire or flames.

ICD-10 codes: X00-X09.