Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; from 1900
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Table explanation
This table presents a wide variety of historical data in the field of health, lifestyle and health care. Figures on births and mortality, causes of death and the occurrence of certain infectious diseases are available from 1900, other series from later dates.
In addition to self-perceived health, the table contains figures on infectious diseases, hospitalisations per diagnosis, life expectancy, lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity, and causes of death. The table also gives information on several aspects of health care, such as the number of practising professionals, the number of available hospital beds, nursing day averages and the expenditures on care.
Many subjects are also covered in more detail by data in other tables, although sometimes with a shorter history. Data on notifiable infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS are not included in other tables.
Data available from: 1900
Status of the figures:
2024:
The available figures are definite.
2023:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- occurrence of infectious diseases;
- expenditures on health and welfare;
- perinatal and infant mortality.
2022:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- occurrence of infectious diseases;
- diagnoses at hospital admissions;
- number of hospital discharges and length of stay;
- number of hospital beds;
- health professions;
- expenditures on health and welfare.
2021:
Most available figures are definite.
Figures are provisional for:
- occurrence of infectious diseases;
- expenditures on health and welfare.
2020 and earlier:
Most available figures are definite.
Due to 'dynamic' registrations, figures for notifiable infectious diseases, HIV, AIDS remain provisional.
Changes as of 18 december 2024:
- Due to a revision of the statistics Health and welfare expenditure 2021, figures for expenditure on health and welfare have been replaced from 2021 onwards.
- Revised figures on the volume index of healthcare costs are not yet available, these figures have been deleted from 2021 onwards.
The most recent available figures have been added for:
- live born children, deaths;
- occurrence of infectious diseases;
- number of hospital beds;
- expenditures on health and welfare;
- perinatal and infant mortality;
- healthy life expectancy;
- causes of death.
When will new figures be published?
July 2025.
Description topics
- Use of health care services
- Contacts with health professionals and hospital admissions.
- Hospital admissions by some diagnoses
- Overnight admissions to general and university hospitals and hospitals specialising in one type of disease. Admissions are included if the date of discharge is within the year under review. Starting 2013, one-day admissions are counted only in case of death of the patient or transport to an other hospital.
Diagnoses are recorded according to the 'International Classification of Diseases'. Up to 2013 version 9 was used (ICD-9-CM), From 2013 onwards version 10 (ICD-10) is used.
Diagnoses are classified according to the International Shortlist for Hospital Morbidity Tabulation (ISHMT). Categories are definied slightly different using ICD-9 (up to 2013) or ICD-10 (from 2013).
Figures on diagnoses refer to the principal diagnosis registered at each admission, as indicated at discharge form the hospital.
The figures are expressed per 10 000 of the population in the year under review.- Injury, poisoning, other external causes
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 800-999
ICD-10: S00-T98.- Compl. surg. medical care, n.e.c.
- Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: 996-999
ICD-10: T80-T88.
- Factors influencing health status
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: V01-V82
ICD-10: Z00-Z99.- Other care (e.g. radio and chemother.)
- Other medical care (including radiotherapy and chemotherapy sessions).
ICD-codes:
ICD-9: V07.1, V58
ICD-10: Z51.
- Care supply
- Quantitative data on hospitals, health professionals and costs of care.
- Health and social care expenditure
- Expenditure on medical care, long-term care, welfare and social services, youth care and child care. Care includes provision of services and goods. Expenditure includes care provided to non-residents by Dutch care providers. As it concerns final use expenditure, industry and wholesale figures do not count, as these sectors do not supply their products directly to consumers/patients. Also, expenditure on cross-supplies between care providers does not count. Care expenditure expressed in actual prices indicates expenditure in prices of the year under review and reflects value trends. It refers to expenditure on care goods and services by all institutions, practices and organisations providing those goods and services; providers for whom it is not their main work also count.
These figures refer to a broader definition than internationally used in the System of Health Accounts, that refers to health care including long term nursing care (health).
Due to the revision of the 2021 Health and social care expenditure statistics, figures for 2021-2023 are not easily comparable with previous years.- Expenditure in current prices
- The expenditure on health and social care is expressed in euros of the year under review. In this way the series gives the development of the value of the expenditure.
Due to the revision of the 2021 Health and social care expenditure statistics, figures for 2021-2023 are not easily comparable with previous years.
- Health and social care volume index
- Health and social care expenditure, volume index
The weighted average of the volume changes of the constituent products, index figures compared to the reference year 2015.
This series is temporarily unavailable from 2021 onwards due to the revision of the statistics Health and social care expenditure.
- Per capita health and social care expd.
- Total health and social care expenditure calculated per capita.
Due to the revision of the 2021 Health and social care expenditure statistics, figures for 2021-2023 are not easily comparable with previous years.
- Expenditure as percentage of the GDP
- Total expenditure on health and social care expressed as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Due to the revision of the 2021 Health and social care expenditure statistics, figures for 2021-2023 are not easily comparable with previous years.