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146 fatalities due to accidental drowning in 2024
Last year, 107 residents and 39 people from other countries drowned in the Netherlands in open water, or in their homes or gardens
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
Birth, death, life expectancy, health and disease, use of health care services, education and labour market, costs of care, care providers
HSMR 2023 Methodological Report
Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2021-2023
HSMR 2024 Methodological Report
Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2022-2024
HSMR 2022 Methodological Report
Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2019-2021
Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex
Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by medicine group (ATC), age and sex in absolute figures and as percentage of the total population
COVID-19 mortality continues to decline in 2023
Mortality from COVID-19 has further decreased in 2023.
Deaths; cause of death (extensive list), age and sex
Number of deaths in the population of the Netherlands by main underlying cause of death (extensive list of 'three digit codes'), by age and sex
Persons with dispensed medicines; origin
Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by origin, medicine group, age, sex
The Netherlands in numbers, 2021 edition
The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.
Government; Taxes and social contributions
Revenue collected from taxes and social contributions Types of taxes and social contributions
Far fewer COVID-19 deaths in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021
In 2022, over 8.2 thousand people died of COVID-19. This represents a sharp decline on the preceding two years.
One in ten deaths attributed to dementia
Dementia was again the main cause of death in 2016 with over 15 thousand related cases.
Number of dementia-related deaths increased to 12.5 thousand
Today, Statistics Netherlands reports that 12.5 thousand Dutch people died from the effects of dementia last year.
3,480 COVID-19 deaths in Q1
In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 3,480 people died due to COVID-19. This represents 8.1 percent of all deaths in that quarter.
Over 19 thousand COVID-19 deaths in 2021
In 2021, a total of 19.4 thousand people died due to COVID-19.
953 COVID-19 deaths in third quarter of 2021
In Q3 2021, altogether 953 people died due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), i.e. 2.5 percent of all deaths in that period.
Fewer COVID-19 deaths in Q2 than in Q1 2021
In April, May and June 2021, there fewer COVID-19 deaths in the Netherlands than in the previous months.
1 out of 8 deaths in 2020 due to COVID-19
In 2020, mortality in the Netherlands stood at 168,678. Over 20 thousand people died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Cause-of-death statistics in public health and epidemiology: Exploring new applications
Dissertation on the use of cause-of-death data in public health, focusing on improving applications for monitoring mortality trends and analyzing disease burdens by linking death data to healthcare...
Continuing decline in mortality from acute heart infarcts
In 2014, over 139 thousand people deceased in the Netherlands. The number of deaths from an acute heart infarct in the Netherlands has been declining steadily since the 1970s, a trend which continued...
Nearly 4.4 thousand COVID-19 deaths in January
In January 2021, altogether 4,387 people died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Vast majority do not fundamentally reject euthanasia
Euthanasia should under certain circumstances be allowed, according to 87 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands.
Relatively high budget for mental health care services
The Netherlands spends relatively more money on short-term admissions for mental and behaviourial disorders than other OECD countries. At hospitals (including GGZ institutions) expenditure on these...