Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
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This table provides an overview of the key figures on health and care available on StatLine. All figures are taken from other tables on StatLine, either directly or through a simple conversion. In the original tables, breakdowns by characteristics of individuals or other variables are possible.
The period after the year of review before data become available differs between the data series.
The number of exam passes/graduates in year t is the number of persons who obtained a diploma in school/study year starting in t-1 and ending in t.
Data available from: 2001
Status of the figures:
2023:
The available figures are definite.
2022:
Most available figures are definite, figures are provisional for:
- diagnoses known to the general practitioner;
- supplied drugs;
- AWBZ/Wlz-financed care with accommodation;
- AWBZ/Wlz-funded long term care;
- Mbo health care graduates, Hbo nursing graduates, medicine graduates (university);
- expenditures of care;
- profitability and operating results at institutions.
2021:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- hospital admissions by some diagnoses;
- average period of hospitalization;
- physicians and nurses employed in care;
- persons employed in health and welfare.
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditures of care.
2020:
Most available figures are final.
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditures of care.
2019 and earlier:
All available figures are definite.
Changes as of 22 December 2023:
More recent figures have been added for:
- crude birth rate;
- live births to teenage mothers;
- causes of death;
- perinatal mortality at pregnancy duration at least 24 weeks;
- life expectancy in perceived good health;
- diagnoses known to the general practitioner;
- supplied drugs;
- AWBZ/Wlz-funded long term care;
- youth care;
- average distance to facilities;
- profitability and operating results at institutions.
Changes as of 7 July 2023:
The series 'Hbo nursing graduates' and 'medicine graduates (university)' have been replaced from 2016 for figures rounded to tens.
When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in December 2024.
Description topics
- Births, deaths and life expectancy
- Crude birth rate, the number of live births to teenage mothers and older mothers, some causes of death, perinatal mortality, life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
- Some causes of death
- Deaths by main primary cause of death per 10 000 of the average population.
In addition to relative figures for road traffic accidents and suicides, absolute numbers are also presented.
The basis for the classification and coding used for mortality by cause of death is the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD; World Health Organisation (WHO)), version 10.
Average population
The average population in agegroup L for year t is calculated as follows:
((Population in agegroup (L) on January 1st year t)+
(Population in agegroup (L) on January 1st year t+1))/2.
The calculation of the average of children at the age of zero years differs from this definition and has been calculated as follows:
((live births in year t)+(children aged zero years on 1 January of year t+1))/2.- Diseases of the circulatory system
- Diseases of the circulatory system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: I00-I99;
ICD-9: 390-459;
ICD-8: 390-458.
- Diseases of the respiratory system
- Diseases of the respiratory system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: J00-J99;
ICD-9: 460-519;
ICD-8: 460-519.
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Diseases of the digestive system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: K00-K93;
ICD-9: 520-579;
ICD-8: 520-577
- COVID-19, total of virus identified and virus not identified
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: U07.1 and U07.2
- Health and disease
- Perceived health, contacts with the GP and hospital admissions for some diagnoses, sickness absence
- Self-perceived health less than good
- People answering 'moderate', 'poor' and 'very poor' to the question 'Generally speaking, how is your health?'. Other possible answers are 'good' or 'very good'.
- At the general practitioner known with
- Individuals with one or more disease episodes as registered by the general practitioner, for several diagnostic groups.
The diagnoses are coded according to the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-1).- Digestive complaints or diseases
- The total of symptoms, complaints and diseases of the digestive system.
ICPC-1 codes: D01-D29, D70-D99
- Cardiovascular complaints or diseases
- The total of symptoms, complaints and diseases of the cardiovasular system.
ICPC-1 codes: K01-K29, K70-K99
- Respiratory complaints or diseases
- The total of symptoms, complaints and diseases of the respiratory system.
ICPC-1 codes: R01-R29, R70-R99.
This group also includes ICPC code R83 (other respiratory infections), which now also includes SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) and post-COVID syndrome. Due to interim changes in the coding advice and changes in the testing policy and the reporting of test results to the GP, the data in this group for the years 2020-2022 cannot be properly compared.
- Urological complaints or diseases
- Total of urological symptoms, complaints and diseases.
ICPC-1 codes: U01-U29, U70-U99
- Hospital admissions by some diagnoses
- Clinical and day care admissions and observations without overnight stay in general and university hospitals and two hospitals specialising in one type of disease.
Diagnoses are recorded according to the 'International Classification of Diseases'. Up to 2013 version 9 was used (ICD-9-CM), From 2013 onwards version 10 (ICD-10) is used.
Diagnoses are classified according to the International Shortlist for Hospital Morbidity Tabulation (ISHMT). Categories are definied slightly different using ICD-9 (up to 2013) or ICD-10 (from 2013).
Figures on diagnoses refer to the principal diagnosis registered at each admission, as indicated at discharge form the hospital.
The figures are expressed per 10 000 of the population in the year under review.- Diseases of the circulatory system
- Diseases of the circulatory system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 390-434, 436-445, 447-459
ICD-10: I00-I99.
- Diseases of the respiratory system
- Diseases of the respiratory system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 034.0, 460-519
ICD-10: J00-J99.
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Diseases of the digestive system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 520-579
ICD-10: K00-K93.
- Diseases of the genitourinary system
- ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 099.4, 580-598, 599.0-599.6, 599.8-599.9, 600-629, 788.0
ICD-10: N00-N99.
- COVID-19, total of virus identified and virus not identified
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: U07.1 and U07.2
- Sickness absence
- Sickness absence rate.
The number of days employees are absent because of illness (excluding maternity leave) as a percentage of the total number of working or calendar days.
- Use of health care services
- Average period of hospitalisation, supplied drugs, number of contacts with health care providers, AWBZ/Wlz- funded long term care, including persons older than 80 in the population, youth care.
- Individuals with supplied drugs
- The number of persons prescribed drugs that are reimbursed under compulsory health care insurance, expressed as a percentage of the total population. The total population consists of all people registered in the municipal population register (GBA) in the year under review.
Based on article codes, the drugs are classified by ATC class (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system). In this WHO (World Health Organization) classification, drugs are divided into different groups according to the organ or system which they affect and/or their therapeutic and chemical characteristics.- Some groups of drugs
- Drugs for obstructive airway diseases
- ATC-code: R03.