Health and welfare

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  1. St Eustatius has highest life satisfaction in Caribbean Netherlands
  2. Fewer murders, lowest number of men murdered in 30 years
  3. Ever more people are single or live alone
  4. Childcare benefit continued to rise in 2025
  5. Higher risk of drowning among children born outside the Netherlands
  6. Spending on health care up by 6.1 percent in 2025
  7. 1,758 suicides in 2025, an average of nearly 5 per day
  8. Fewer young people exposed to secondary smoking
  9. Dutch population is wealthy and content, but less socially connected
  10. 100 people drowned in 2025, mainly aged 60 or over
  11. Fewer young people receiving youth care in 2025
  12. Government revenue from tobacco duty falls by 15 percent
  13. More road traffic deaths in 2025