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Maternal deaths
Mothers dying as a result of (complications of) the pregnancy or birth.
Emission factors by vehicle category and year of construction, 2009
CO, VOC, NOx, PM10 Vehicle category, year of construction
Care for thrombotic patients
Medical service that can provide care in cases of (acute) thrombosis.
List of main causes of death
List of the main causes of death used at Statistics Netherlands.
Primary cause of death
The illness, situation or event that started the chain of events that led to death.
Annual Report on Integration 2018
State of affairs regarding integration in the Netherlands: how do people with a (second-generation) migration background differ from persons with a native Dutch background and in which areas are...
FAQs
FAQs
AWBZ
Abbreviation of the Dutch law: Exceptional Medical Expenses Act (AWBZ).
General hospital
An institution in which all kinds of medical specialist help is on offer 24 hours a day.
Mortality
The total number of people pronounced dead by an authorized medical doctor in a given period.
Midwife/obstetrician
Someone trained to assist a woman during birth and by monitoring the pregnancy through regular check ups.
Non-prescription medicine
Medicine that can be bought over the counter without a doctor’s prescription.
CPI; derived series 1995 = 100
Consumer price indices derived series; all households, low income households, high income households
Euthanasia
The intentional ending of a person’s life by someone other than the person involved at his or her explicit request.
Nursing day average
The number of nursing days in a given period divided by the number of patients admitted.
Home for the elderly
Permanent dwelling made available to older people, including care such as meals, cleaning, monitoring alarm systems and personal support.
Industrial accident
A work-related accident due to or during paid work, except traffic accidents to and from work.
DG Statistics Netherlands advises Prince Charles
DG Mr. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi participated in the advisory group at the ‘Measure what Matters: a Framework for Action’ forum last 12 July with HRH Prince of Wales.
Accident
An event that occurs suddenly and involuntarily where an external cause leads to physical injury not caused by deliberate violence or food poisoning.
Special purpose housing
A complex, a building or part of a building purpose-built for permanent occupation by an institutional household.
Medical decision at the end of life.
If there is more than one decision, the death is classified on the basis of the most drastic intervention.
Care-providing professions are demanding
In 2007, over one third of the employed population in the Netherlands experienced a high level of work-related stress. Another one third had jobs that were physically demanding and nearly one in...
Dutch economy shrinks considerably
The Dutch economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the third quarter compared to the preceding quarter. In the first two quarters, the Dutch economy had grown by 0.1 percent