Caribbean NL: health and disorders; personal characteristics
| Personal characteristics | Type of figure | Periods | Carribean Netherlands | Self-perceived health Good or very good (%) | Diabetes Diabetes total (%) | Chronic disorders Hypertension (%) | Chronic disorders Migraine or severe headache (%) | Chronic disorders Serious or persistent back disorder (%) | Chronic disorders, ever had Stroke, cerebral haemorrhage, infarction (%) | Chronic disorders, ever had Cancer (%) | % with long-term disorder % with no long-term disorder (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total persons | Percentage/average | 2017/2018* | Caribbean Netherlands | 75.1 | 8.8 | 17.3 | 14.0 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 55.4 |
| Total persons | Reliability margin | 2017/2018* | Caribbean Netherlands | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Sex: male | Percentage/average | 2017/2018* | Caribbean Netherlands | 80.8 | 8.2 | 13.8 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 62.3 |
| Sex: male | Reliability margin | 2017/2018* | Caribbean Netherlands | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| Sex: female | Percentage/average | 2017/2018* | Caribbean Netherlands | 69.2 | 9.4 | 21.1 | 20.5 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 48.1 |
| Sex: female | Reliability margin | 2017/2018* | Caribbean Netherlands | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||
Table description
This table provides data about perceived health and chronic disorders of the population of the Caribbean Netherlands aged 15 years and older. It comprises the following aspects:
- perceived state of health
- chronic disorders
These aspects are shown for the Caribbean Netherlands, and also for the islands Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba separately. Also breakdowns by sex, age and level of education are presented.
Data available from: 2013
Status of the data:
The figures for the most recent period are provisional.
Changes as of April 18th 2019
The underlying coding of classifications (Carribean Netherlands) used in this table has been adjusted.
It is now in line with the standard encoding defined by CBS.
The structure and data of the table have not been adjusted.
When will new data be published?
New data will be published every four years.
Description topics
- Self-perceived health
- Refers to the question: How do you assess your general state of health?
- Good or very good
- Percentage of persons who answered 'good' or 'very good' to the question concerning their general state of health.
- Diabetes
- Diabetes total
- Percentage of persons who answered 'yes' to the question:
Do you have diabetes?
- Chronic disorders
- Refers to 13 diseases and disorders and one category 'other chronic disease or disorder'. Respondents are asked to indicate whether they have suffered from one or more of these diseases/disorders in the last 12 months. For 4 other diseases/disorders they are asked whether they have ever suffered from them. In addition questions are asked about diabetes.
- Hypertension
- Percentage of persons who answered 'yes' to the question:
‘Have you suffered from hypertension in the last 12 months?’
- Migraine or severe headache
- Percentage of persons who answered 'yes' to the question:
‘Have you suffered from migraine or regular severe headache in the last 12 months?’
- Serious or persistent back disorder
- Percentage of persons who answered 'yes' to the question:
‘Have you suffered from a serious or persistent back disorder in the last 12 months?’
- Chronic disorders, ever had
- This concerns four chronic disorders/diseases respondents have ever suffered from.
- Stroke, cerebral haemorrhage, infarction
- Percentage of persons who answered 'yes' to the question:
‘Have you ever had a stroke, cerebral haemorrhage or cerebral infarction?’
- Cancer
- Percentage of persons who answered 'yes' to the question:
‘Have you ever had any form of cancer?’
- % with long-term disorder
- % with no long-term disorder
- Percentage of persons suffering or having suffered from none of the following disorders in the last 12 months:
- Serious or persistent disorder in neck or shoulder
- Asthma, chronic bronchitis, COPD
- Stroke, cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral infarction
- Chronic eczema
- Chronic arthritis
- Serious or persistent intestinal disorders
- Dizziness with falls
- Arthrosis of hips or knees
- Myocardial infarction or heart attack
- Other serious heart disease
- Hypertension
- Dengue
- Cancer
- Migraine or severe headache
- Incontinence
- Serious or persistent back disorder
- Diabetes
- Constriction of blood vessels in abdomen or legs