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Mortality rising further in week 50
In week 50 (7 to 13 December inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at 3,550. This is over 50 more than in the previous week.
Within Europe, antibiotics use lowest in the Netherlands
Among European countries, the Netherlands prescribed the lowest volume of antibiotics (2013) while Greece prescribed the highest. Within the Netherlands, there are regional differences in the volume...
453 thousand Dutch people without home internet access in 2019
In 2019, 3 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 and over did not have home internet access.
Almost 4 thousand deaths in week 51
The total number of deaths in week 51 (14 - 20 December inclusive) is estimated at almost 4 thousand. This is nearly 400 more than in the previous week
Public-financed health care institutions; key figures, 2006-2014
Profit-and-loss account, balance sheet, personnel, hospitals, youth care nursing homes and home care, mental health care, care for the disabled
Satellite account for culture and media 2018
Besides the contribution of culture and media to the Dutch economy and the different good, services and branches of industry playing a part here, the cultural and media goods and services are grouped...
More farmers generate income from supplementary activities
Non-agricultural activities like agro-tourism, nature conservation and care provision are becoming increasingly popular among farmers and market gardeners.
Nearly 2,000 centenarians in the Netherlands
1,940 Dutch residents – mainly women – are one hundred years or older.
Nearly nine in ten over-65 households have extra incomes in addition to AOW
Altogether, 1.8 million households received old age state pensions (AOW) in 2010. Nearly nine in ten households received supplementary pensions and approximately as many generated revenues from...
Forecast: 18 million inhabitants in 2029
According to the latest forecast by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the population of the Netherlands will continue to grow in the coming years. The 18 millionth inhabitant is expected to arrive in...
Around three-quarters of population see GP and dentist once a year
Summary: Over seven in ten people in the Dutch population see their general practitioner (GP) every year; eight in ten visit their dentist at least once a year.
Employee sickness absence increased further in 2019
Last year, absenteeism in the public and the private sector due to illness or injury rose to 4.4 percent.
Baby boomers: ripples of a birth wave
Some 2.4 million babies were born in the Netherlands in the period 1946–1955. Although births also peaked in other countries in western Europe after the war, until the mid 1950s the Dutch birth rate...
Nearly 3 in 5 Dutch people used online platforms in 2019
In 2019, 58 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 years and over had made use of online platforms to order or exchange goods or services.
Expenditure on care 6.2 percent up
Last year, national spending on health care and welfare totalled 79 billion euro, a 6.2 percent increase on 2007.
Over half of the Dutch population are not religious
For the first time, a majority of the Dutch population have stated they do not belong to any religious group.