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Caribbean Netherlands: more births in 2020
Last year, 830 new inhabitants were added to the population of the Caribbean Netherlands. This was mainly due to foreign migration.
Mortality slightly down in week 2, remains high
Estimated mortality in week 2 of 2021 (11 to 17 January inclusive) stands at 3,850. This is 500 deaths in excess of the expected number for this period.
Slightly more income support benefits
320 thousand income support benefits were being paid to people up to the age of 65 years at the end of September 2012. This is one thousand more than in the previous quarter, and 6 thousand more than...
More shops for the first time in years
On 1 January 2022, there were 83.8 thousand physical shops in the Netherlands, 655 more than one year previously.
More highly educated young women than men
Who are better educated in the age category 30-39? Men or women?
Distribution of well-being in 2020 similar to 2019
Well-being is not equally distributed in the Netherlands.
Are older employees more stress resistant and younger employees more versed in technology?
Statistics Netherlands announced today that older employees are generally believed to be more stress resistant, while younger employees appear to be more versed in adopting new technologies. Opinions...
100 thousand adults with morbid obesity
One percent of the Dutch population aged 20 years or older are morbidly obese.
Online shopping continues to increase
The number of people in the Netherlands buying goods and services online continues to increase. In 2013, 10.3 million people aged 12 to 74 years said they buy goods or services online. Holidays and...
Both studying and working young people leave home later
In 2017, the average age of young people leaving the parental home was 23.5 years, versus 22.8 years in 2012.
Number of income support benefits continues to rise
According to figures, the number of income support benefits paid to people under the age of 65 rose further in the first quarter of 2011.
Mortality among institutional population nearly doubled
In week 14, there were an estimated 1,485 deaths among the institutional population. In the first ten weeks of 2020, weekly mortality in institutional households stood at 797 on average.
Increase in use of government websites
Nearly three-quarters of the Dutch population aged 12 years or older accessed government websites in 2017.
Mortality in week 20 also below average among long-term care users
In week 20 (ending 17 May), the number of deaths among people receiving long-term care stood at approximately 1,030, i.e. around 150 below the number recorded over week 19.
Centenarian population doubled since 2000
On 1 October 2014, there were nearly 2.2 thousand people in the Netherlands aged 100 years or older, i.e. more than twice as many as on 1 January 2000. The number of centenarians is likely to have...
Non-western first-time mothers older
In 2008, the average, first-generation, non-western woman was more than one year older when she had her first child than in 1996. The average age for native Dutch women to become first-time mothers...
Slight rise in use of government websites
In the first half of 2013, some 13 million people aged 12 years and older in the Netherlands were using the internet on a regular basis. This is the equivalent of more than 90 percent of this age...
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...
Biggest fall in income support for years
The number of people aged under 65 years claiming income support fell by nearly 11 thousand in the third quarter of 2006. This is the largest quarterly decrease since 1999.
Jobless older people, one year later - Labour market opportunities for unemployed 45 to 64 year-olds and sources of income of all 45 to 64 year-olds (Dutch only)
Figures on the labour market opportunities of older unemployed people (45 to 64 years old) in 2008 and one year later, and information on sources of income of all people in this age group in...
More young people prefer education to a job
In the third quarter of 2010, one quarter of the Dutch population aged 15 to 64 years said they did not have or did not want a paid job of at least 12 hours a week.
Decline in road fatalities larger among motorists than cyclists
The number of traffic deaths has decreased more sharply among motorists than among cyclists over the past two decades.
Surinamese and Antillean parents most frequent recipients of childcare allowances
Requests for childcare allowances were submitted for 30 percent of children under the age of twelve in 2008.
Lifestyle, preventive screening; personal characteristics; 2010-2013
Smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight, height, weight, contraceptive pill use and preventive screening.