Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

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Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021
Characteristics persons Margins Periods Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smoking status Smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Daily smokers in the population (%) Passive smoking among non-smokers Passive smoking among non-smokers (Almost) never (%) Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Guideline alcohol use (%) Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of cannabis Last month (%) Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of cannabis Last year (%) Length and weight Under- and overweight, 4 years or older Overweight (%) Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fruit At least 5 days a week sufficient fruit (%)
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2014 37.1 24.7 . 21.6 . . 29.4 31.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2015 45.0 28.1 . 23.8 16.8 25.6 33.1 33.0
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2016 34.1 23.7 . 29.1 15.4 22.2 28.1 32.2
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2017 35.9 23.2 . 23.6 13.3 25.5 29.1 37.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2018 35.3 22.7 . 27.7 15.2 27.2 34.3 32.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2019 37.3 22.3 56.6 28.6 18.9 24.7 35.3 37.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2020 30.8 16.9 65.0 28.1 18.3 26.8 33.6 37.5
Position: Single; < 40 year Value 2021 29.9 18.0 64.4 31.7 16.4 28.6 33.5 39.4
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 32.9 20.9 . 18.0 . . 25.4 27.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 40.6 24.2 . 20.1 13.5 21.8 29.0 28.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 30.0 20.0 . 25.2 12.2 18.6 24.2 28.2
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 31.9 19.7 . 20.0 10.4 21.8 25.2 33.8
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 31.4 19.2 . 24.0 12.2 23.5 30.3 29.0
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 33.2 18.8 51.1 24.7 15.6 21.0 31.2 33.8
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 26.6 13.5 59.8 24.1 14.8 22.8 29.3 33.2
Position: Single; < 40 year Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 24.9 13.9 57.9 26.7 12.5 23.7 28.4 34.1
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 41.3 28.4 . 25.2 . . 33.4 36.0
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 49.3 32.0 . 27.5 20.1 29.4 37.3 37.1
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 38.2 27.3 . 33.0 18.5 25.7 32.0 36.2
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 40.0 26.8 . 27.2 16.1 29.2 32.9 42.0
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 39.3 26.2 . 31.5 18.2 30.9 38.2 36.8
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 41.4 25.8 62.1 32.5 22.2 28.4 39.4 42.0
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 35.0 20.3 70.2 32.2 21.8 30.9 37.8 41.9
Position: Single; < 40 year Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 35.4 23.0 70.5 37.1 21.3 34.1 39.1 45.0
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2014 38.6 34.0 . 37.1 . . 55.2 34.4
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2015 41.4 34.2 . 36.7 5.5 8.4 55.0 36.4
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2016 37.9 32.0 . 38.0 6.2 8.5 53.0 40.4
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2017 35.5 29.4 . 44.2 6.5 8.1 54.1 40.1
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2018 37.7 31.5 . 45.6 7.8 10.9 56.4 37.8
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2019 34.3 29.2 71.2 42.3 7.3 9.6 56.6 36.2
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2020 35.1 30.6 77.7 46.6 7.0 8.8 57.1 37.8
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Value 2021 31.8 26.4 80.6 46.9 7.9 9.0 57.7 37.1
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 34.6 30.1 . 33.1 . . 51.0 30.5
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 37.3 30.3 . 32.7 3.6 6.1 50.9 32.5
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 33.8 28.1 . 33.9 4.2 6.2 48.7 36.2
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 31.7 25.8 . 40.3 4.5 6.0 50.1 36.2
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 33.8 27.8 . 41.6 5.6 8.4 52.5 33.9
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 30.6 25.7 66.7 38.4 5.1 7.2 52.7 32.5
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 31.1 26.7 73.3 42.4 4.9 6.4 52.8 33.7
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 27.3 22.1 75.5 42.0 5.4 6.3 52.7 32.5
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 42.6 37.9 . 41.1 . . 59.3 38.4
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 45.4 38.1 . 40.6 7.4 10.6 59.1 40.4
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 42.0 36.0 . 42.1 8.3 10.9 57.2 44.5
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 39.3 33.0 . 48.1 8.4 10.3 58.0 44.0
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 41.5 35.2 . 49.5 9.9 13.4 60.4 41.7
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 38.0 32.7 75.7 46.2 9.5 12.0 60.5 39.9
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 39.2 34.6 82.1 50.8 9.2 11.2 61.3 41.9
Position: Single; 40 to 64 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 36.8 31.3 84.8 51.9 11.4 12.6 62.5 42.0
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2014 16.3 14.0 . 59.5 . . 55.5 47.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2015 16.8 14.2 . 59.5 0.5 0.6 58.2 46.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2016 17.6 15.5 . 62.1 0.7 0.9 56.0 51.1
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2017 15.6 13.7 . 63.3 0.9 0.9 58.6 48.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2018 13.7 11.3 . 57.4 1.5 2.1 56.5 47.8
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2019 13.8 12.2 88.0 60.9 1.0 1.0 57.5 49.8
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2020 15.1 13.2 91.0 61.9 0.9 1.2 53.7 49.3
Position: Single; >= 65 years Value 2021 14.0 12.8 90.7 61.2 0.7 0.8 55.1 49.8
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 13.2 11.0 . 55.4 . . 51.2 43.6
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 13.7 11.3 . 55.3 0.0 0.0 54.0 42.7
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 14.4 12.4 . 58.1 0.0 0.1 51.8 46.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 12.7 10.9 . 59.4 0.2 0.2 54.6 44.8
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 11.0 8.8 . 53.5 0.5 0.9 52.6 43.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 11.1 9.7 85.3 57.0 0.2 0.2 53.6 45.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 12.1 10.4 88.4 57.9 0.1 0.3 49.5 45.2
Position: Single; >= 65 years Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 11.0 10.0 87.6 56.7 0.2 0.3 50.5 45.3
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 19.4 16.9 . 63.7 . . 59.8 52.1
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 20.0 17.2 . 63.6 1.0 1.3 62.4 51.2
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 20.8 18.5 . 66.2 1.4 1.7 60.3 55.3
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 18.6 16.5 . 67.2 1.7 1.7 62.7 52.9
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 16.4 13.8 . 61.2 2.4 3.2 60.4 51.7
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 16.5 14.7 90.7 64.8 1.8 1.8 61.4 53.7
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 18.0 16.0 93.5 66.0 1.6 2.2 57.8 53.5
Position: Single; >= 65 years Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 17.6 16.3 93.2 65.4 2.1 2.2 59.5 54.4
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2014 12.6 8.2 . 64.9 . . 12.7 29.0
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2015 11.1 7.1 . 70.9 4.0 8.7 17.5 26.7
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2016 14.0 10.1 . 62.2 3.7 7.2 15.1 33.4
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2017 5.2 5.2 . 69.1 4.4 6.1 13.7 36.9
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2018 6.5 3.1 . 68.1 2.7 4.4 19.2 33.1
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2019 5.4 3.0 76.0 68.0 8.2 13.1 12.6 34.0
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2020 . . 76.9 . . . 19.6 43.6
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Value 2021 . . 82.4 . . . 26.4 34.5
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 6.9 3.4 . 56.6 . . 8.4 23.3
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 5.6 2.7 . 63.1 0.6 3.8 12.6 21.2
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 7.8 4.7 . 53.5 0.4 2.6 10.3 27.4
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 1.5 1.5 . 61.2 1.0 2.0 9.4 31.1
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 2.4 0.2 . 60.3 0.0 1.0 14.5 27.6
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 1.3 0.0 70.7 59.4 3.1 6.8 8.1 27.9
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 71.3 . . . 14.1 36.9
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Lower boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 . . 75.9 . . . 19.7 27.3
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2014 18.4 12.9 . 73.2 . . 17.1 34.8
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2015 16.5 11.6 . 78.8 7.4 13.6 22.4 32.3
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2016 20.2 15.4 . 70.8 7.1 11.9 19.9 39.4
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2017 9.0 9.0 . 76.9 7.9 10.1 18.0 42.8
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2018 10.6 6.0 . 75.8 5.4 7.9 23.9 38.6
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2019 9.5 6.1 81.3 76.6 13.3 19.4 17.1 40.1
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 82.5 . . . 25.1 50.3
Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent Upper boundary 95% confidence interval 2021 . . 87.5 . . . 34.4 42.6
Positon: child of age, one-parent family Value 2014 34.0 23.4 . 30.3 . . 23.9 25.9
Positon: child of age, one-parent family Value 2015 44.8 32.7 . 26.3 16.8 29.2 27.5 30.8
Positon: child of age, one-parent family Value 2016 33.4 23.2 . 37.0 19.5 28.4 25.5 11.3
Positon: child of age, one-parent family Value 2017 30.4 20.3 . 31.6 15.6 22.7 24.7 32.3
Source: CBS.
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This table contains data on life style and on the (preventive) health examination of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available from: 2014-2021

Status of the data: final.

Changes by July 31, 2023
None, the table has been discontinued.

When will new data be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older
Questions on smoking behaviour are asked to persons aged 12 years or older.
Smoking status
Smokers
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered ‘Yes’ to the question: ‘Do you ever smoke?’
From 2014 to 2017, the introductory text for this question was: ‘Now some questions about smoking.’ From 2018 to 2019 this text was changed in: ‘Now some questions about smoking. We mean smoking of all kinds of tobacco products here, but not the use of an electronic cigarette.’ From 2020 this introduction text was replaced by ‘Now some questions about smoking. We mean smoking of all kinds of tobacco products here, but not the use of an electronic cigarette or a device in which tobacco is heated (heat stick, heat-not-burn), such as the IQOS’.
Smokers
Daily smokers in the population
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered Yes’ to the question ‘Do you smoke every day?
Passive smoking among non-smokers
Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke from nearby smokers while being indoors. The table shows the distribution of answers to the question among people who do not smoke themselves: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’
Passive smoking among non-smokers
Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke from nearby smokers while being indoors. The table shows the distribution of answers to the question among people who do not smoke themselves: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’ From 2019 onwards, the answer options were replaced by ‘Never or almost never’, ‘Less than once a week’, ‘Once a week but not every week’, ‘Daily, less than 1 hour a day’ and ‘Daily, one hour or more a day’. These data are not comparable to the data of 2015-2018.



(Almost) never
Percentage of people with answer category ‘never of almost never’ to the question: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’.
Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older
The questions on consuming alcohol are asked to all persons aged 12 years or older.
Guideline alcohol use
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older that meet the guideline on alcohol use. Since 2014, the guideline for persons aged 12 to 18 years is: do not drink until you are 18 years old. Since 2015, the guideline for adults is: do not drink or at most 1 glass per day. This guideline originates from the Guidelines for Good Nutrition (in Dutch: Richtlijnen Goede Voeding) of the Dutch Health Council.
Drugs use, 12 years or older
The questions on the use of drugs are asked to persons aged twelve years or older. For the following types of drugs, it is asked whether people have ever used it and if so, when for the last time:
Cannabis (hashish, weed, marijuana)
Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
LSD
Mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms, magic mushrooms)
Cocaine (including crack, basecoke, freebase)
Heroine (horse, smack, or brown)
GHB
Methadone
From 2018: 4-Fluoramphetamine, also known as 4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux
Other drugs
The answer categories for each type of drug are:
Yes, in the last 30 days
Yes, in the last 12 months, but not in the last 30 days
Yes, more than 12 months ago
No, never used

Use of cannabis
Based on the question about the use of cannabis (hashish, weed, marijuana)

Last month
Last year
Length and weight
The questions on length and weight were asked to every person. It is asked to report one's length in centimetres and one's body weight in kilograms without clothes. If a woman is pregnant, she is asked to report her body weight before the pregnancy.


Under- and overweight, 4 years or older
Under- and overweight is measured with the so-called Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is the quotient of the body weight in kilograms and the square of the length in meters [kg/m2]. For persons aged 20 years or older, the BMI is used to calculate the following weight indicators:
1.Underweight: BMI < 18,5
2.Normal weight: BMI >= 18,5 and < 25,0
3.Overweight: BMI >= 25,0
a.Moderate overweight: BMI >= 25,0 and < 30,0
b.Severe overweight: BMI >= 30,0
For persons younger than 20 years of age, different limit values apply. These values depend on gender and age . Respondents whose length and/or weight is unknown or who reported an improbable weight in relation to their length are not used for calculating the indicators. This applies to persons aged 20 years or older with a BMI lower than 14 or higher than 50, and persons younger than 20 years of age with a BMI below 10 or above 50. From 2018 onwards, there is no longer un upper limit of BMI.
Overweight
The percentage of persons whose BMI is 25,0 kg/m2 or more.
For persons below age 18, different limits apply. These limits correspond with a BMI value of 25,0 kg/m2 in adults.


Nutrition, 4 years or older
The questions on nutrition are posed to all persons of 4 years or older and enquire about the consumption of fruit, vegetables and fish.
Consumption of fruit
Persons are being asked to indicate their consumption of fruit in a regular week during the last months.
At least 5 days a week sufficient fruit
The percentage of persons who, on at least 5 days of the week, eat at least 2 pieces of fruit (from 9 years of age) or one and a half piece of fruit (children up to and including 8 years of age). One piece of fruit corresponds to 100 grams.