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On 27 February 2020, the first patient testing positive for coronavirus was reported in the Netherlands; the first COVID death was reported on 6 March.

Just over half of the 171 thousand deaths in 2021 involved a medical end-of-life decision. Thirty percent of deaths involved relief of pain or disease symptoms.

Deaths by medical end-of-life decision, age and cause of death

Medical decision at the end of life in which the medical doctor reports that: - the patient’s death resulted from a treatment prescribed or administered by her/him or a colleague with the explicit...

Medical service that can provide care in cases of (acute) thrombosis.

GP, specialist, dentist, fysiotherapist, hospitalisation, medicine use Sex, age, educational level

Over the past 15 years, the total amount of day-patient hospital admissions has soared. The number of in-patient hospital admissions, defined as admissions including at least one overnight...

Between 2000 and 2005, mortality among stroke and prostate cancer patients within one year after their first hospital admission dropped by more than 25 and 21 percent respectively. The mortality...

Out-patient hospital admissions are becoming more and more common. The number of out-patient hospital admissions for chronic enteritis (e.g. Crohn’s disease) has risen far above average.

Only 7 percent of unemployed chronic patients in 2008 had managed to find jobs one year later.

In 2021, half of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were overweight.

In 2020, the total number of hospital admissions stood at 2.7 million. This is 12 percent lower than in 2019.

In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 3,480 people died due to COVID-19. This represents 8.1 percent of all deaths in that quarter.

Birth, death, life expectancy, health and disease, use of health care services, education and labour market, costs of care, care providers

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is constantly looking for new methods and techniques to meet the steadily growing demand for statistical information.

Health status, lifestyle, use of health care services, care supply, (healthy) life expectancy and causes of death

Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality and other regional classifications

Day preceding a night in which a patient is absent from the hospital, not being the day the patient is dismissed.

The COVID-19 crisis has brought with it a great need for reliable data, and national statistical offices (NSOs) are playing an important role in this regard.

Health, chronic disorders, use of health care sex, age, eduational level, ethnicity, income level

Health accounts; providers and functions, healthcare providers; healthcare functions

Statutory social security benefits, Social Assistance Benefits

Health accounts; functions and financing, healthcare functions; healthcare financing

Health Accounts; providers and financing, providers; financing