Health and welfare

Health and welfare

1. Fewer welfare children for the first time since 2009
2. One in 12 young people have poor mental health
3. Over half of the Dutch population are not religious
4. Half of Dutch youth engage in volunteering
5. 1 in 5 obese adults satisfied with body weight
6. More murder and manslaughter victims in 2017
7. Heatwaves caused minor rise in mortality
8. Donor register includes 6.3 million persons
9. Bonaire: number of dental visits down
10. Cancer responsible for 31 percent of deaths
11. One in five Dutch adults very happy
12. 100 thousand adults with morbid obesity
13. Over half of 4 to 11-year-olds get sufficient exercise
14. Higher peaks in hay fever medication turnover in 2018
15. Half of low-skilled men aged 25-44 are smokers
16. 6 in 10 Caribbean Dutch are overweight
17. More and more young adults addicted to social media
18. Well-being not distributed equally
19. More deaths among cyclists than car occupants in 2017
20. Nine in ten consider themselves happy
21. Living ever longer without physical limitations
22. One in five Dutch people have sleeping problems
23. Childhood cancer mortality further down