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Victims of suicide by marital status, method, motives, age and sex among the Dutch population, absolute figures and per 100 000 persons

Last year, 1,916 people took their own lives. This is more than five suicide deaths per day, on average.

Last year, 1,859 people took their own lives. This is 36 more than in 2020. There was a decrease in suicide deaths among women (-31) against an increase among men (+67).

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

In 2022, altogether 73 inhabitants of the Netherlands died due to drowning in open water or in and around the house. This is 7 fewer people than in the previous year.

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

Deaths among the Dutch population by main primary causes of death, age (at time of death) and sex

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.

At the end of 2021, nearly 100 thousand young people aged 0 to 24 years were half-orphans. In addition, over 1.5 thousand young people were orphans.

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

In 2021, altogether 80 Dutch residents died due to drowning in open water, or in or around the house.

In 2020, mortality in the Netherlands stood at 168,678. Over 20 thousand people died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

In 2018, the number of suicide deaths stood at1,829, which is 88 fewer than in 2017. The suicide rate declined among 10 to 19-year-olds.

From March to October 2020 inclusive, altogether 12,872 people in the Netherlands died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

In 2017, 1,917 people took their own lives, i.e. 23 more than in 2016.

Last year, 1,871 people in the Netherlands committed suicide, the highest number ever.

Population, households, population growth, births, mortality, marriages, marriage dissolutions, change of nationality and migration

Number of suicides has risen in recent years, but related to population and composition has been the same since 2013

In the first six months of 2020, there were more than 86 thousand deaths registered in the Netherlands. This is almost 9 thousand more than in the first half of 2019 and over 5 thousand more than in...

The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.

Last year, 1,647 Dutch residents committed suicide, an increase by 47 relative to 2010.