Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
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Table explanation
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:
2024:
The available figures are definite.
2023:
Most available figures are definite
Figures are provisional for:
- sickness absence;
- youth care;
- persons employed in health and welfare.
2022:
Most available figures are definite, figures are provisional for:
- diagnoses known to the general practitioner;
- hospital admissions by some diagnoses;
- average period of hospitalization;
- supplied drugs;
- sickness absence;
- AWBZ/Wlz-funded long term care;
- Mbo health care graduates, Hbo nursing graduates, medicine graduates (university);
- persons employed in healthcare;
- profitability and operating results at institutions.
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditures on care.
2021:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- persons employed in health and welfare;
- persons employed in healthcare;
Figures are revised provisional for:
- expenditures of care.
2020 and earlier:
All available figures are definite.
Changes as of 5 June 2024:
More recent figures have been added for:
- life expectancy;
- self-perceived health;
- hospital admissions by some diagnoses;
- sickness absence;
- contacts with health professionals;
- persons aged 80 or older;
- youth care;
- smoking, heavy drinkers, physical activity;
- overweight;
- high blood pressure;
- physicians and nurses employed in care;
- persons employed in health and welfare;
- persons employed in healthcare;
- Mbo health care graduates;
- Hbo nursing graduates / medicine graduates (university);
- expenditures on care;
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.
- Crude birth rate
- Live born children per thousand of the average population.
- Live births to teenage mothers
- Live born children to mothers younger than 20 years at the infant's birth.
Mother’s age (exact):
The number of whole years that have passed since the mother's date of birth.
Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
- Live births to 40+ mothers
- Live born children to mothers aged 40 years or older at the infant's birth.
Mother’s age (exact):
The number of whole years that have passed since the mother's date of birth.
Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
- 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.- All causes of death
- Total of all causes of death.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: A00-Y89;
ICD-9: 001-E999;
ICD-8: 000-E999.
- Malignant neoplasms
- Malignant neoplasms, cancer.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: C00-C97;
ICD-9: 140-208;
ICD-8: 140-209.
- Diseases of the circulatory system
- Diseases of the circulatory system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: I00-I99;
ICD-9: 390-459;
ICD-8: 390-458.
- Road accidents
- Road accidents.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: See table explanation for a link to the complete list of 4-digit codes.
ICD-9: E810-E819, E826-E829;
ICD-8: E810-E819, E825-E827, E940-E941
- Suicide and self-inflicted injury
- Suicide and self-inflicted injury.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: X60-X84;
ICD-9: E950-E959;
ICD-8: E950-E959.
- COVID-19, total of virus identified and virus not identified
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: U07.1 and U07.2
- Life expectancy
- The number of years someone of a certain age is expected to live, assuming the mortality risk remains the same.
- At birth, men
- At birth, women
- Life expectancy in perceived good health
- The number of years a person can expect to live in perceived good health, assuming the mortality risk and risks for good/poor health remain the same.
People are considered healthy when answering 'good' or 'very good' to the CBS Health Survey question 'How is your health in general?' .- At birth, men
- At birth, women
- 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'.
- 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.- Malignant neoplasms
- Malignant neoplasms, cancer.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 140-208
ICD-10: C00-C97.
- Diseases of the circulatory system
- Diseases of the circulatory system.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 390-434, 436-445, 447-459
ICD-10: I00-I99.