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Fewer than ten women a year die during pregnancy or childbirth
For women in the Netherlands, the risk of dying during pregnancy or childbirth has decreased more than tenfold since the middle of the twentieth century. The largest decrease was in the period...
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; from 1900
Health status, lifestyle, use of health care services, care supply, (healthy) life expectancy and causes of death
Birth; key figures
Key figures on birth by sex, birth order or marital status of the mother. Including figures on stillborn children and multiple births
Caribbean NL: medical contacts, medicines; personal characteristics
GP, specialist, dentist, fysiotherapist, hospitalisation, medicine use Sex, age, educational level
Social protection expenditure; functions, in kind or cash, means-test
Social protection expenditure, ESSPROS Functions, support in cash or in kind, means-testing
Women’s emancipation
The Emancipation Monitor describes the position of women as compared to men in the areas of education, employment, income, work and care, crime victim rates and safety, and health. It also measures...
Deaths; cause of death (extensive list), age and sex
Number of deaths in the population of the Netherlands by main underlying cause of death (extensive list of 'three digit codes'), by age and sex
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
Birth, death, life expectancy, health and disease, use of health care services, education and labour market, costs of care, care providers
Deaths; underlying cause of death (shortlist), sex, age
Deaths among the Dutch population by main primary causes of death, age (at time of death) and sex
Government; social benefits
Statutory social security benefits, Social Assistance Benefits
Short hospital stays, few smokers: the Netherlands versus the EU
Compared with other countries in Europe, in the Netherlands hospital admissions are relatively short: less than two days to have a baby and less than six days for an acute heart attack. The number of...
One in six first-time fathers over 40
The number of fathers over the age of 40 at childbirth is growing.
Fewer women give birth at home
In the period 2005–2008, 29 percent of deliveries in the Netherlands occurred at home, as against 35 percent in the period 1997–2000.
Parents happier in period around birth of first child
People experience a fairly short period of happiness when they become first-time parents. After the baby is born, the feeling of happiness gradually fades and 1 to 2 years after childbirth it appears...
More men in their 40s become fathers
In recent years, the number of men in their 40s who become fathers has continually grown. In 2006, about 24 thousand babies were born whose fathers were in their 40s, i.e. 14 percent of all babies...
Mothers with non-western background closing maternity care gap
Nearly all women who give birth in the Netherlands make use of maternity care. However, relatively fewer women with a non-western background than native Dutch women do so. The share of women with a...
Three quarters of deliveries in hospital
Last year, 184 thousand children were born in the Netherlands. Three quarters were hospital births, one quarter home births.
Working mothers by working hours and average wages in 2009 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on working mothers. The results are presented by working hours and average wages in 2009. Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
Births and marriages both fall in 2013
Fewer than 74 thousand marriages and partnership registrations took place in the Netherlands in 2013. This 6 thousand down on 2012. The decrease was completely accounted for by the fall in the number...
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...
Fewer twins
Multiple births accounted for 3,062 babies born in the Netherlands in 2007. This is down from 3,762 in 2002. Fewer twins in particular are being born. The fall in the number of twin births is...