Health and health care; personal characteristics

Table explanation

Description topics

Oral Health

Denture and teeth, 18 years or older

Denture

Percentage of people aged 18 or older with full or partial dentures in the upper and/or lower jaw.

Real teeth and molars

Average number of real teeth in the upper and lower jaw of people aged 18 years or older.

No real teeth/molars

Percentage of people aged 18 or older without real teeth in the upper and lower jaw.

Medical contacts

Persons are asked if they had contact with their GP, specialist, dentist, dental hygienist, orthodontist, physiotherapist, exercise therapist, psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist, and if he or she is treated by alternative healer. Also, if there were hospital admissions or day care admissions. For children up to 12 years old, these questions are answered by the parent/guardian. Most questions after medical contacts are asked to persons of all ages. Contacts that do not often occur in the case of children are posed from an older age.

Contact with dentist or dental hygienist

Dentist and/or dental hygienist

Percentage of people in the population who reported that they have had contact with the dentist and/or dental hygienist at least once in the 12 months prior to the survey date.
The questions about dentist and dental hygienist are asked to everyone aged 1 or older. For children up to 12 years, the questions are answered by the parent or caregiver.
Children aged 0 are assumed not to have been to the dentist or dental hygienist.

Contact physio- and exercise therapist

Figures on physiotherapy and exercise therapy. Physiotherapy and exercise therapy during hospital and day care admission are not taken into account.

Persons with at least 1 contact

Percentage of persons in the population who contacted a physio- and exercise therapist at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview.

Contacts per person

This figure is the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, per person in the population.
In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).

Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact

This figure is the average number of contacts of persons who in the 12 months preceding the interview at least had contact once.
In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).

SF-12 health measure, 12 plus

The 'Short Format 12' or SF-12 questionnaire is a selection of 12 questions from the SF-36 (Ware et al., 1995 *). The SF-12 is a widely used international standard of a generic health measure. The SF-12 measures eight health aspects, namely physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health problems, physical pain, general health, vitality (energy / fatigue), social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems and mental health. Based on the 12 questions, two partial scales can be calculated; a summary measure for physical health (norm score physical) and a summary measure for psychological health (norm score psychological).
These norm scores are calculated for people aged 12 or older.
*Ware J.E., Kosinski M., Keller S.D. SF-12: How to score the SF-12 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scales. Boston, MA: The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, Second Edition, 1995.

Separate items

Calm and peaceful

Respondents aged 12 or older were asked how they have felt in the past 4 weeks:
Would you like to answer each question that best reflects how you have felt?
Did you feel calm and peaceful
1. Constantly
2. Mostly
3. Often
4. Sometimes
5. Rarely
6. Never

Constantly

Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘constantly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’

Mostly

Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘mostly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’

Often

Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘often’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’

Sometimes

Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘sometimes’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’

Rarely

Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘rarely’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’

Never

Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘never’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’

Downhearted and blue

Respondents aged 12 or older were asked how they have felt in the past 4 weeks:
Would you like to answer each question that best reflects how you have felt?
Did you feel downhearted and blue
1. Constantly
2. Mostly
3. Often
4. Sometimes
5. Rarely
6. Never

Constantly

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘constantly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’

Mostly

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘mostly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’

Often

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘often’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’

Sometimes

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘sometimes’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’

Rarely

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘rarely’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’

Never

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘never’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’