Health and health care; personal characteristics

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Oral Health

Real teeth and molars, 18 plus

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

No real teeth/molars, 18 plus

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

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.

Hypertension, 12 plus

Percentage of persons aged 12 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you suffered from hypertension in the last 12 months?'

Non-voluntary urine loss, 12 plus

Percentage of persons who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you suffered from non-voluntary loss of urine (incontinence) in the last 12 months?'

Arthrosis hips /knees, 12 plus

Percentage of persons aged 12 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you suffered from arthrosis of hips or knees in the last 12 months?'

Cirrhosis of liver, 12 plus

Percentage of persons aged 12 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you suffered from cirrhosis of the liver in the last 12 months?' From 2022 on this questions was no longer in the survey.

Kidney disorder, 12 plus

Percentage of persons aged 12 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you suffered from a kidney disorder in the last 12 months?' From 2022 on this questions was no longer in the survey.

Depression, 12 plus

Percentage of persons aged 12 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you suffered from depression in the last 12 months?'

ADHD or ADD, 4 plus

Percentage of persons aged 4 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you / Has your child suffered from ADHD or ADD in the last 12 months?'

Autism spectrum disorder, 4 plus

Percentage of persons aged 4 years and over who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you / Has your child suffered from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the last 12 months?'

Chronic disorders, ever had

This concerns 3 chronic disorders/diseases respondents have ever suffered from.

Stroke, 12 plus

Percentage of persons of 12 years or older who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you ever had a stroke, cerebral haemorrhage or cerebral infarction?'

Myocardial infarction, 12 plus

Percentage of persons of 12 years or older who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you ever had a myocardial infarction?'

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 dental hygienist, 12 plus

Percentage of persons of 12 years or older in the population who at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview had contact with the dental hygienist.

Contact with orthodontist, 8 plus

Percentage of persons of 8 years or older in the population who at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview had contact with the orthodontist.

Contact with psychologist, 4 plus

Figures on contacts with psychologist, psychiatrist or psychotherapist. These questions are posed to persons of 4 years or older. For children younger than 12 years of age the questions are answered by the parent / caretaker.

Persons with at least 1 contact

Percentage of persons in the population who contacted a psychologist, psychiatrist or psychotherapist 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.

Norm score physical

Standard score physical is determined for persons 12 years of age or older. The standard score physical is a summary physical health measure, which is calculated by means of the answers to the SF-12 questionnaire. The American population was used as the reference group in the development of the norm scores. In 1995, the physical health score for the American population was exactly 50. Mean values below 50 indicate less good physical health than in that standard population (American population 1995) and values above 50 indicate better health. For the Dutch population, the average of the physical norm score is slightly higher than 50.

Norm score Psychological

Psychological norm score is determined for people aged 12 or older. The psychological norm score is a summary psychological health measure, which is calculated by means of the answers to the SF-12 questionnaire. The American population was used as the reference group in the development of the norm scores. In 1995, the psychological health score of the American population was exactly 50. Mean values below 50 indicate less good psychological health than in that standard population (American population 1995) and values above 50 indicate better health. For the Dutch population, the average of the psychological norm score is slightly higher than 50.