Number of benefits WAO, Wajong and WAZ by month, 1998-2010

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Number of benefits WAO, Wajong and WAZ by month, 1998-2010
Sex Degree of disablement Age Periods Labour disablement benefits By economic activity Construction (absolute) Disablement Insurance Act (WAO) By economic activity Construction (absolute)
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2009 December* 35,380 33,350
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 January* 35,190 33,150
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 February* 34,900 32,890
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 March* 34,590 32,600
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 April* 34,290 32,300
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 May* 34,000 32,040
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 June* 33,760 31,810
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 July* 33,490 31,550
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 August* 33,220 31,300
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 September* 32,950 31,040
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 October* 32,740 30,840
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 65 yrs 2010 November* 32,540 30,650
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2009 December* 10 10
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 January* 10 10
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 February* 10 10
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 March* 10 10
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 April* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 May* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 June* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 July* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 August* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 September* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 October* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 15 to 25 yrs 2010 November* 0 0
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2009 December* 390 380
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 January* 380 370
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 February* 380 360
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 March* 370 350
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 April* 360 350
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 May* 350 340
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 June* 340 330
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 July* 330 320
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 August* 320 310
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 September* 320 310
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 October* 310 300
Total men and women Total disablement 25 to 35 yrs 2010 November* 300 290
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2009 December* 2,620 2,450
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 January* 2,610 2,430
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 February* 2,590 2,410
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 March* 2,540 2,380
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 April* 2,510 2,350
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 May* 2,480 2,320
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 June* 2,460 2,300
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 July* 2,420 2,270
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 August* 2,390 2,230
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 September* 2,350 2,190
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 October* 2,320 2,170
Total men and women Total disablement 35 to 45 yrs 2010 November* 2,300 2,150
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2009 December* 8,510 8,010
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 January* 8,440 7,950
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 February* 8,360 7,880
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 March* 8,310 7,820
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 April* 8,240 7,760
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 May* 8,140 7,660
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 June* 8,060 7,590
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 July* 8,000 7,520
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 August* 7,930 7,460
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 September* 7,870 7,410
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 October* 7,790 7,330
Total men and women Total disablement 45 to 55 yrs 2010 November* 7,720 7,260
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2009 December* 23,840 22,500
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 January* 23,750 22,400
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 February* 23,560 22,230
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 March* 23,370 22,040
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 April* 23,170 21,850
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 May* 23,020 21,710
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 June* 22,890 21,590
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 July* 22,740 21,440
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 August* 22,570 21,280
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 September* 22,410 21,130
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 October* 22,320 21,040
Total men and women Total disablement 55 to 65 yrs 2010 November* 22,210 20,940
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2009 December* 14,850 13,950
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 January* 14,750 13,860
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 February* 14,630 13,750
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 March* 14,500 13,620
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 April* 14,370 13,510
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 May* 14,260 13,400
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 June* 14,150 13,300
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 July* 14,050 13,200
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 August* 13,940 13,100
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 September* 13,820 12,990
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 October* 13,720 12,900
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 65 yrs 2010 November* 13,630 12,810
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2009 December* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 January* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 February* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 March* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 April* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 May* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 June* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 July* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 August* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 September* 0 0
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 October* - -
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 15 to 25 yrs 2010 November* - -
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 25 to 35 yrs 2009 December* 140 130
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 25 to 35 yrs 2010 January* 130 130
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 25 to 35 yrs 2010 February* 130 130
Total men and women Partial disablement (< 80%) 25 to 35 yrs 2010 March* 130 120
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


The number of disablement benefits under the Disablement Insurance Act (WAO), the Disablement Provision Act for Disabled from an Early Age (Wajong) and
the Disablement Insurance Act for Self-employed (WAZ) by sex, age, degree of disablement, sector, category of origin, diagnostic code and period.

Employee's who became sick on January the first of 2004 or later, can no longer acquire a WAO benefit.
Nothing will change for benefits already paid under the WAO.
As from January the first of 2006 there is a new Disablement Insurance Act (WIA).

The Self-employed persons, who became sick on 1 August 2004 or later, can no longer acquire a WAZ benefit. Nothing will change for benefits already paid under the WAZ.

Data available from: January 1998 until November 2010.

In the period 1998-2000 the breakdown by diagnostic code is only available for the months December.
For the period 1998-2000 it proved necessary to combine and include the public sector categories 'public sector education and science' and 'other public sector' in the category 'other public sector'.
From January 2004 the breakdown by economic benefits has been changed. The benefits which were categorised in the 'public sector services' have been or will be transferred to the 'other public sector'.
The category of origin of the vast majority of benefits to persons living abroad is unknown.
See also the table 'Labour disablement; regional.

Status of the figures
The figures of November 2009 until November 2010 are provisional, the other figures are definitive.
Since the table has been stopped, the provisional figures will not become definitive.

Changes as of 22 October 2013
The table has been stopped.

Description topics

Labour disablement benefits
The number of labour disablement benefits under the Disablement
Insurance Act (WAO), the Disablement Provision Act for
Disabled from an Early Age (Wajong), and the Disablement Act
for Self-employed (WAZ) not terminated at the end of the
period under review (current benefits).
Employee's who became sick on January the first of 2004 or later, can no
longer acquire a WAO benefit. Nothing will change for benefits already
paid under the WAO. As from January the first of 2006 there is a new
Disablement Insurance Act (WIA).
The Self-employed persons, who became sick on 1 August 2004 or later,
can no longer acquire a WAZ benefit. Nothing will change for benefits
already paid under the WAZ.
By economic activity
By ministerial decree the public and private sectors have
been divided into subsectors. Each subsector comprises one or more
activities. The Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) gives advice on the
classification of the subsectors. There exists a statutory obligation for
every employer to become a member of the subsector which covers his
activities.In the period 1998-2000 the categories 'public sector,
education and science' and 'other public sector' were included in the
category 'other public sector'.
Construction
Disablement Insurance Act (WAO)
The number of benefits under the Disablement Insurance Act (WAO) not
terminated at the end of the period under review (current benefits).
Employee's who became sick on January the first of 2004 or later, can no
longer acquire a WAO benefit. Nothing will change for benefits already
paid under the WAO. As from January the first of 2006 there is a new
Disablement Insurance Act (WIA).
By economic activity
In the period 1998-2000 the categories 'public sector, education and
science' and 'other public sector' were included in the category 'other
public sector'. By ministerial decree the public and private sectors have
been divided into subsectors. Each subsector comprises one or more
activities. The Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) gives advice on the
classification of the subsectors. There exists a statutory obligation for
every employer to become a member of the subsector which covers his
activities.
Construction