Health and health care; personal characteristics
| Characteristics | Margins | Periods | Anxiety, 12 years or older Anxious period, in the last 12 months (%) | Chronic disorders Disorders survey date/last 12 months Disorder back of the neck or shoulder (%) | Chronic disorders Disorders survey date/last 12 months Other disorders/diseases (%) | Acute diseases Inflammation of the ear (%) | Medical contacts Contact physio- and exercise therapist Persons with at least 1 contact (%) | Medical contacts Contact physio- and exercise therapist Contacts per person (number) | Medical contacts Contact physio- and exercise therapist Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands | Value | 2023 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 13.7 | 3.2 | 30.1 | 3.6 | 12.1 |
| The Netherlands | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 14.4 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 2.8 | 29.0 | 3.4 | 11.4 |
| The Netherlands | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 31.1 | 3.9 | 12.8 |
| Europe (excluding the Netherlands) | Value | 2023 | 21.3 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 25.4 | 2.5 | 10.0 |
| Europe (excluding the Netherlands) | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 18.1 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 22.2 | 1.9 | 7.7 |
| Europe (excluding the Netherlands) | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 25.0 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 6.2 | 28.8 | 3.2 | 12.2 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Value | 2023 | 15.5 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 3.5 | 28.8 | 3.4 | 11.8 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 14.6 | 6.1 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 27.8 | 3.2 | 11.1 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 16.4 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 4.0 | 29.8 | 3.6 | 12.5 |
| Position: other member of household | Value | 2023 | 21.2 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 22.9 | 1.6 | . |
| Position: other member of household | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 16.3 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 18.2 | 1.1 | . |
| Position: other member of household | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 27.1 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 28.4 | 2.2 | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||
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This table contains data on the perceived state of health and on contacts with providers of medical care of the Dutch population from 0 years on in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics. For several topics a different age demarcation applies. The age boundaries are listed at the relevant topics.
Data available from: 2014
Status of the data: final.
Changes by March 12, 2024:
The year 2023 have been added.
When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2025.
Description topics
- Anxiety, 12 years or older
- Anxious period, in the last 12 months
- The percentage of people aged 12 years or older who answered 'yes' to the question 'Have you ever had a period when you were very anxious or worried, for at least 2 weeks in a row?' and 'yes' to the follow-up question 'Have you had this in the past 12 months?'.
- Chronic disorders
- All respondents are asked: ꞌDo you /Does your child have one or more chronic disorders?ꞌ Chronic means (in anticipation) 6 months or longer. Next, 23 disorders and a remainder category 'other disorders' are presented and persons are asked if they had this disorder during the last 12 months. Persons are asked after 3 of these disorders if they ever suffered from it. Besides (more elaborately) is asked after diabetes. Most questions on specific chronic disorders are being asked to persons of all ages. Questions on disorders that do not occur amongst youngsters are posed to persons of 12 years or older.
- Disorders survey date/last 12 months
- Chronic diseases/disorders in the last 12 months. Respondents may currently suffer from the disease/disorder or have suffered from it in the last 12 months.
- Disorder back of the neck or shoulder
- Percentage of persons who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you / Has your child suffered from a serious disorder of the back of the neck or shoulder in the last 12 months?'
- Other disorders/diseases
- Percentage of persons who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you / Has your child suffered from another chronic disease or disorder in the last 12 months, not mentioned before?'
- Acute diseases
- Questions are asked on different acute diseases or complaints. With the answer ꞌyesꞌ or ꞌnoꞌ the respondent can indicate if he had the complaints during the last 2 months. The questions are asked to respondents of all ages. In 2019 and 2020, questions about acute illnesses or complaints were not included in the survey.
- Inflammation of the ear
- Percentage of persons who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you / Has your child suffered from an inflammation of the ear during the last 2 months?'
- 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 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).