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Tables on mental health and labour force in 2001-2003 and 2007-2009 (averages). Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employement. Results are available on request.

Health as the person experiences it him or herself

Safety, health and welfare service for employees, as laid down in the Dutch Arbowet.

Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Sector/branches

Protecting and improving the health of employees when related to the relationship employees have with their work and working environment.

Perceived state of health, chronic disorders, functional limitations, mental complaints, infectious diseases; by sex and age

Happiness, satisfaction with life, Experienced health, smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight, excercise

Perceived state of health, chronic disorders, functional limitations, mental complaints, infectious diseases; by personal characteristic

Employed persons, jobs, hours worked, also with seasonal correction employee or self-employed, economic activity

Combining large data files may not only help Statistics Netherlands it could also contribute to scientific advances

These are just some findings in the book Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands, published today.

About the Health Survey as of 2014

Generally, lower educated persons more often receive health care services than higher educated people. Factors like age, gender, state of health and income partially account for the differences...

Theme Health and welfare

After secondary education, young people up to the age of 25 are more likely to attend secondary vocational education (MBO) than higher vocational education (HBO) or university (WO).

Statistics Netherlands (SN) has been publishing figures on health expectancy (HE) for several years. So far we have published about various variants of health expectancy, broken down by various...

The turnover of health care institutions increased greatly in 2009, as it had in 2008, despite the recession in the Netherlands. Profits also rose substantially.

Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Sector/branches, confidence margins

According to the most recent figures, the costs of health care and welfare amounted to 87.6 billion euro in 2010, a 3.6 percent increase relative to 2009. Over the period 2004-2008, the costs of care...

The higher the income of older age groups (50-80 years) in the population, the better their physical and mental heat

In the period September through November, unemployment declined by an average of 17 thousand per month, to 251 thousand in November.

Over the past 30 years, the use of health care facilities has obviously increased. The proportion of people consulting a GP, dentist or physiotherapist has risen and people take more medicines.

Many older people in the Netherlands still remember times of food shortage. Today’s supermarkets, specialist food shops and market stalls sell an unprecedented range of products. At the same time,...