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Dutch cancer mortality rate relatively high
In 2006, the Dutch cancer mortality rate was 187 in every 100 thousand, marginally above the average in the EU 27 of 175 per 100 thousand residents.
Mortality rates broken down by age, industrial sector and annual amount of wage, profits and pension, 2006-2010 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables regarding mortality over the period 2006-2010.The mortality rates are broken down by gender, age, marital status, industrial sector an annual amount from wage, profits and pension....
Increase skin cancer mortality
The number of people who die from melanoma, a frequent type of skin cancer has increased significantly in the Netherlands, in particular among over-60s. In the European Union, the Netherlands is...
Mortality
The total number of people pronounced dead by an authorized medical doctor in a given period.
Perinatal mortality (WHO)
The total number of still births after a pregnancy of at least 28 weeks, plus babies who died within a week after birth.
Cancer mortality higher, but risk of dying from cancer lower
The risk of dying from cancer is declining. The risk for men and women to die from cancer dropped by 14 and 5 percent respectively in 2010 relative to 2000, but the cancer death toll has increased...
Mortality more than 10 percent down due to mild winter
In the first quarter of 2014, 35 thousand people died, 4.6 thousand fewer than in the first quarter of 2013 and 2.6 thousand fewer than in the first quarter of 2012.
Brain tumours and leukaemia account for two thirds of childhood cancer mortality
In the period 2002-2011, a total of 862 children in the age category 0-14 died from cancer. Two thirds of them died from brain tumours or leukaemia. The childhood cancer mortality rate in the...
Teenage mortality dramatically down since 1970s
On average, 373 teenagers in the age category 10–20 annually died in the Netherlands in the past decade. Nearly half of them died from non-natural causes. Traffic accidents are the most common...
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...
Mortality by age and annual amount of wages and profits, 2007-2011 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables regarding population and mortality in the period 2007-2011, broken down by gender, age, marital status and annual income (incl (partner income) from wage, profits and pension...
International comparability of mortality statistics
CBS became member of the IRIS Core Group, an international software system for automated encoding of causes of death.