State of health of the Dutch population
| Years (incl. standard error) | Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Vocational college, university (%) | Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Men Vocational college, university (%) | Perceived health Healthy/very healthy by education Women Vocational college, university (%) | Average height Education Vocational college, university (cm) | Average height Education Men Vocational college, university (cm) | Average height Education Women Vocational college, university (cm) | Obesity % of overweight persons (QI >= 25) Education Vocational college, university (%) | Obesity % of overweight persons (QI >= 25) Education Men Vocational college, university (%) | Obesity % of overweight persons (QI >= 25) Education Women Vocational college, university (%) | Obesity % of obese persons (QI>= 30) Education Vocational college, university (%) | Obesity % of obese persons (QI>= 30) Education Men Vocational college, university (%) | Obesity % of obese persons (QI>= 30) Education Women Vocational college, university (%) | Frequently occurring health complaints Education Vocational college, university (abs.) | Frequently occurring health complaints Education Men Vocational college, university (abs.) | Frequently occurring health complaints Education Women Vocational college, university (abs.) | Temporary limitation of activity % pers. with temp. restricted activity Education Vocational college, university (%) | Temporary limitation of activity % pers. with temp. restricted activity Education Men Vocational college, university (%) | Temporary limitation of activity % pers. with temp. restricted activity Education Women Vocational college, university (%) | Beddays as a result of temp. lim. of act % beddays Education Vocational college, university (%) | Beddays as a result of temp. lim. of act % beddays Education Men Vocational college, university (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard error | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1981 | . | . | . | 175.6 | 180.4 | 167.6 | 20.0 | 24.7 | 12.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | . | . | . | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| 1982 | . | . | . | 174.7 | 179.2 | 168.2 | 19.2 | 22.4 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.9 | . | . | . | 9.6 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| 1983 | . | . | . | 174.6 | 179.9 | 167.0 | 17.3 | 20.9 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
| 1984 | 88.5 | 89.8 | 86.5 | 175.4 | 180.4 | 167.5 | 19.2 | 24.8 | 10.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| 1985 | 89.7 | 91.1 | 87.6 | 175.0 | 179.6 | 168.3 | 19.1 | 24.9 | 10.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 1986 | 89.6 | 92.1 | 86.1 | 174.9 | 179.7 | 168.0 | 19.6 | 26.3 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | . | . | . | 9.2 | 7.4 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 1987 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 88.7 | 175.1 | 180.5 | 167.9 | 18.4 | 24.1 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | . | . | . | 8.8 | 7.6 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 1988 | 88.6 | 89.7 | 87.0 | 175.2 | 179.9 | 168.7 | 21.0 | 25.3 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | . | . | . | 10.4 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| 1989 | 89.8 | 90.8 | 88.3 | 175.5 | 180.5 | 168.1 | 19.3 | 22.4 | 14.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 14.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1990 | 90.3 | 90.5 | 90.0 | 175.4 | 180.4 | 168.6 | 22.1 | 27.3 | 15.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 1991 | 88.5 | 89.7 | 86.7 | 176.2 | 181.0 | 169.2 | 19.9 | 25.0 | 12.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| 1992 | 89.7 | 92.1 | 86.8 | 176.4 | 182.1 | 168.5 | 19.3 | 23.7 | 14.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 15.2 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 88.6 | 89.6 | 87.4 | 176.2 | 181.8 | 169.0 | 21.2 | 26.4 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1994 | 87.4 | 88.9 | 85.0 | 176.3 | 181.4 | 168.4 | 26.8 | 34.2 | 15.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 15.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
| 1995 | 88.5 | 90.8 | 85.3 | 176.4 | 181.7 | 168.8 | 24.6 | 30.7 | 15.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| 1996 | 88.9 | 90.8 | 86.3 | 176.2 | 181.5 | 169.0 | 25.9 | 31.1 | 18.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| 1997 | 89.1 | 89.7 | 88.3 | 176.4 | 181.9 | 168.9 | 29.5 | 35.0 | 21.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 16.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| 1998 | 87.3 | 90.8 | 82.7 | 176.6 | 182.1 | 168.9 | 27.4 | 32.3 | 20.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 20.5 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 87.3 | 88.1 | 86.1 | 176.7 | 181.7 | 169.2 | 33.4 | 39.4 | 24.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2000 | 86.5 | 87.5 | 85.3 | 176.8 | 181.8 | 170.1 | 34.5 | 41.6 | 26.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Table explanation
Health perception, height, obesity, health complaints, physical
limitations, psychosocial complaints by sex, type of insurance,
1981 - 2000
Changed on March 25 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.
limitations, psychosocial complaints by sex, type of insurance,
1981 - 2000
Changed on March 25 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.
Description topics
- Perceived health
- Health as experienced by the respondent
- Healthy/very healthy by education
- Figures refer to the population aged 16 and older.
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university
- Women
- Vocational college, university
- Average height
- Average height of persons aged 20 yrs and older. Excluding persons
with unknown height and improbable height (shorter than 30cm and
taller than 240 cm).- Education
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university
- Women
- Vocational college, university
- Obesity
- Obesity is based on the Quetelet index: weight in kilos divided by the
square of the height in metres. Excluding persons with unknown height
and/or weight and with improbable weight in relation to height, i.e.
Quetelet index smaller than 14 or greater than 40. kg/m2- % of overweight persons (QI >= 25)
- Percentage of persons aged 20 yrs and older who are overweight
(Quetelet index: equal to or above 25). kg/m2- Education
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university
- Women
- Vocational college, university
- % of obese persons (QI>= 30)
- Percentage of persons aged 20 yrs and older who are seriously
overweight (obese) (Quetelet index: equal to or above 30). kg/m2- Education
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university
- Women
- Vocational college, university
- Frequently occurring health complaints
- Frequent health complaints
Figures about frequent health complaints are based on answers to
the List of Health Complaints (VOEG). Since 1989 the Health
Interview Survey asks questions about 23 complaints which can be
grouped as follows:
- Stomach complaints: stomach upset, stomach troubles, pains in the
stomach region;
- Weariness: insomnia, feeling tired, feeling listless, tiring quickly;
- Nervous complaints: getting upset, feeling nervous, irritable;
- Complaints of chest or heart region: palpitations, tightness in the
chest, pains in the chest or heart region, feeling dizzy;
- Complaints of the musculo-skeletal system: aching bones or
muscles, back-ache, numbness or pins-and-needles in arms or
legs, rheumatism;
- (Allergic) complaints of the upper respiratory system: sneezing fits,
blocked nose, tingling feeling in the nose;
- Coughing;
- Headache.- Education
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university
- Women
- Vocational college, university
- Temporary limitation of activity
- Respondents who, as a result of illness or injury, had to take it easy,
or were unable to undertake an activity they would normally do, on at
least one day in the 14 days preceding the interview are classed as
having temporarily restricted activity.- % pers. with temp. restricted activity
- Percentage of persons aged 1 year and older with temporarily restricted
activity.- Education
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university
- Women
- Vocational college, university
- Beddays as a result of temp. lim. of act
- Respondents (1 year ond older) who spent at least one day or most
of the day in bed as a result of illness or injury the 14 days preceding
the interview are classed as beddays as a result of temporary limitation
of activity.- % beddays
- Percentage of persons (1 year and older) who have beddays as a
result of temporary limitation of activity.- Education
- Vocational college, university
- Men
- Vocational college, university