Deaths; underlying cause of death (shortlist), sex, age

Deaths; underlying cause of death (shortlist), sex, age

Sex Age Periods 17 External causes of injury and pois. 17.1 Accidents 17.1.3 Accidental drowning (number)
Total male and female Total of all ages 1950 516
Total male and female Total of all ages 1960 358
Total male and female Total of all ages 1970 302
Total male and female Total of all ages 1980 137
Total male and female Total of all ages 1990 111
Total male and female Total of all ages 2000 107
Total male and female Total of all ages 2010 80
Total male and female Total of all ages 2020 107
Total male and female Total of all ages 2021 80
Total male and female Total of all ages 2022 73
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains the number of deaths in the population of the Netherlands by underlying cause of death (short list), sex and age-group (at time of death).

Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using Iris software for automatic coding for cause of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistic. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied.

Data available from: 1950

Status of the figures:
All figures are final.

Changes as of December 18th 2024:
The final figures for 2023 have been added.

Changes as of February 14th 2024:
A correction has been implemented concerning the average population for the years 2015 and 2016, there was a shift in all age categories.

When will new figures be published?
The aim is to publish the provisional figures of 2024 in the third quarter of 2025.

Description topics

17 External causes of injury and pois.
17 External causes of injury and poisoning.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: V01-Y89;
ICD-9: E800-E999;
ICD-8: E800-E999;
ICD-6+7: E800-E999
17.1 Accidents
17.1 Accidents.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: V01-X59;
ICD-9: E800-E929;
ICD-8: E800-E929, E940-E949;
ICD-6+7: E800-E936, E960-E962
17.1.3 Accidental drowning
17.1.3 Accidental drowning.
ICD-codes:
ICD-10: W65-W74;
ICD-9: E910;
ICD-8: E910;
ICD-6+7: E929