Health and welfare

Health and welfare

1. People living with a partner are happier
2. Brain tumours and leukaemia account for two thirds of childhood cancer mortality
3. Dutch population taller and heavier
4. Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands
5. Well-off people live longer in good health
6. 165 murder and manslaughter victims in 2011
7. Costs and revenues of care institutions no longer rising as fast
8. Profits of medical specialists rise by 8 percent in 2001-2009
9. Most Dutch residents positive about GP and physiotherapist
10. 65-year-olds live longer without physical limitations, but suffer more from chronic diseases
11. Annual AWBZ deficit again exceeds 3 billion euro
12. Suicide death rate up to 1,647
13. Half of employees experience aggression in the workplace
14. Euthanasia carried out in nearly 3 percent of cases
15. More people overweight
16. Daily activities problematic for one quarter of over-75s
17. Generally, employed people are more satisfied
18. Care spending 3.2 percent up
19. Gap closed between male and female COPD-related  hospital admissions
20. Traffic death toll marginally up in 2011
21. More than half of adults prepared to donate their organs
22. Physical limitations prevent over-75s from leaving the house
23. Netherlands Pilot Project on Morbidity Statistics
24. Average retirement age employees more than 63 years