Health and health care; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Health and health care; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Characteristics persons Margins Periods Oral Health Real teeth and molars, 18 years or older (number) Chronic disorders Disorders in the last 12 months Disorder of the elbow, wrist or hand (%) Technical aids Auditive aids, 4 years and over (%) Medical contacts Contact with dental hygienist, >=12 yrs (%) Medical contacts Contact with orthodontist, >=8 yrs (%) Medical contacts Persons treated by alternative healer (%) Medical contacts Persons receiving home care (%) Medical contacts Persons with care abroad (%) Medical contacts Contact with medical specialist % persons with at least 1 contact (%) Medical contacts Contact with medical specialist Contacts per person (number) Medical contacts Contact with medical specialist Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact (number) Medical contacts Contact physio- and exercise therapist % persons with at least 1 contact (%) Medical contacts Contact physio- and exercise therapist Contacts per person (number) Medical contacts Contact physio- and exercise therapist Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact (number) Informal care Informal care, 16 years or older Informal care receiver (%) Informal care Informal care, 16 years or older Hours of informal care per week (hours) Informal care Informal care, 55 years or older Informal care receiver (%) Informal care Informal care, 55 years or older Hours of informal care per week (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Emotional problem: less carefully Yes (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Emotional problem: less carefully No (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Calm and peaceful Constantly (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Calm and peaceful Mostly (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Calm and peaceful Often (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Calm and peaceful Sometimes (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Calm and peaceful Rarely (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Calm and peaceful Never (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Downhearted and blue Constantly (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Downhearted and blue Mostly (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Downhearted and blue Often (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Downhearted and blue Sometimes (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Downhearted and blue Rarely (%) SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older Separate items Downhearted and blue Never (%)
Background: Netherlands Value 2014 . 6.0 4.9 27.4 6.7 5.9 6.4 . 40.2 3.1 7.8 24.3 3.7 15.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2015 . 6.0 4.8 29.6 7.0 5.3 6.3 2.1 40.6 3.2 8.0 24.8 3.5 14.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2016 . 5.9 5.3 31.4 6.5 5.8 6.0 1.9 39.9 3.6 9.0 26.9 4.1 15.2 5.7 15.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2017 . 6.3 5.4 33.8 6.6 6.4 6.1 2.2 39.4 3.1 7.9 26.7 4.0 14.9 5.5 16.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2018 . 6.6 5.9 35.7 7.9 5.8 6.1 2.1 40.5 3.6 9.0 29.0 4.0 13.9 5.6 13.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2019 . . 6.5 36.9 7.5 4.3 6.4 . 40.6 3.7 9.0 27.5 3.6 13.3 . . 10.0 19.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Value 2020 . . 6.0 37.9 7.7 5.4 6.5 . 36.4 3.2 8.8 26.4 3.2 12.3 . . 8.1 19.7 11.9 88.1 15.8 50.1 17.5 10.5 3.9 2.2 0.8 1.4 4.4 19.6 30.0 43.7
Background: Netherlands Value 2021 24.7 . 6.7 40.3 7.9 5.2 5.8 . 37.8 3.7 9.7 26.4 3.2 12.3 . . 7.6 21.6 14.0 86.0 13.0 50.5 17.9 12.3 4.1 2.2 0.8 2.2 5.2 21.2 31.2 39.4
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . 5.4 4.4 26.3 6.1 5.4 5.8 . 39.0 2.9 7.2 23.3 3.4 14.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . 5.4 4.3 28.5 6.4 4.8 5.8 1.8 39.4 3.0 7.4 23.8 3.2 13.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2016 . 5.3 4.7 30.3 5.9 5.3 5.4 1.5 38.8 3.3 8.3 25.9 3.8 14.2 5.1 12.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2017 . 5.8 4.8 32.7 6.0 5.8 5.5 1.9 38.3 2.9 7.4 25.7 3.7 14.0 4.9 12.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 . 6.1 5.4 34.6 7.2 5.2 5.6 1.8 39.4 3.4 8.4 28.0 3.7 13.1 5.0 10.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 5.9 35.8 6.9 3.9 5.8 . 39.5 3.4 8.4 26.5 3.4 12.5 . . 8.9 15.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 5.4 36.6 7.1 4.8 5.9 . 35.2 2.9 8.0 25.3 3.0 11.5 . . 7.0 14.3 11.1 87.2 14.8 48.9 16.5 9.8 3.4 1.8 0.6 1.1 3.9 18.6 28.8 42.4
Background: Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2021 24.4 . 6.1 39.0 7.3 4.7 5.3 . 36.6 3.4 8.9 25.3 3.0 11.4 . . 6.5 15.2 13.0 85.0 12.2 49.1 16.9 11.4 3.6 1.9 0.6 1.8 4.5 20.1 30.0 38.1
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . 6.5 5.4 28.5 7.3 6.5 6.9 . 41.3 3.4 8.4 25.2 4.0 16.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . 6.5 5.3 30.7 7.6 5.9 6.9 2.5 41.7 3.5 8.6 25.8 3.7 14.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2016 . 6.4 5.8 32.6 7.1 6.3 6.5 2.2 41.1 3.9 9.7 28.0 4.4 16.1 6.3 18.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2017 . 6.8 5.9 35.0 7.2 6.9 6.6 2.5 40.5 3.3 8.4 27.7 4.3 15.8 6.1 19.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 . 7.2 6.5 36.9 8.5 6.3 6.7 2.4 41.6 3.9 9.6 30.0 4.3 14.7 6.2 15.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 7.0 38.1 8.2 4.8 6.9 . 41.7 3.9 9.6 28.6 3.9 14.0 . . 11.2 23.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 6.6 39.1 8.4 5.9 7.1 . 37.5 3.5 9.6 27.5 3.5 13.1 . . 9.2 25.1 12.8 88.9 16.7 51.4 18.5 11.3 4.4 2.6 1.1 1.7 5.0 20.6 31.2 45.0
Background: Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2021 24.9 . 7.4 41.6 8.7 5.8 6.5 . 39.1 4.0 10.4 27.5 3.5 13.1 . . 8.8 27.9 15.0 87.0 14.0 51.8 19.0 13.2 4.7 2.6 1.1 2.7 5.8 22.3 32.5 40.7
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2014 . 15.5 9.6 19.1 3.2 3.5 16.3 . 54.7 4.8 8.7 27.5 5.7 20.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2015 . 16.6 11.2 19.3 3.6 2.6 15.1 4.6 55.6 4.3 7.8 29.1 5.3 18.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2016 . 15.6 10.3 19.5 3.5 3.5 18.4 2.3 50.9 5.3 10.4 31.7 5.9 18.8 17.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2017 . 15.9 12.5 23.1 2.2 2.9 15.2 2.9 51.9 5.4 10.5 27.9 4.6 16.6 16.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2018 . 15.8 9.5 26.6 3.5 2.2 15.9 3.6 57.9 6.2 10.6 33.2 5.9 17.7 16.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2019 . . 13.3 23.6 4.1 2.0 17.6 . 51.8 5.6 10.8 27.8 4.5 16.1 . . 21.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2020 . . 10.9 33.4 5.2 1.7 14.5 . 48.1 5.5 11.5 32.4 4.6 14.4 . . 17.9 . 13.6 86.4 17.4 40.2 15.2 17.2 6.2 3.9 2.5 2.8 3.3 22.7 23.6 44.9
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Value 2021 18.0 . 12.5 30.8 6.4 1.9 14.2 . 44.1 5.2 11.7 29.2 4.0 13.7 . . 17.1 . 14.5 85.5 11.1 39.5 14.6 24.2 5.3 5.2 0.4 4.7 8.2 27.5 22.3 36.9
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . 12.7 7.3 16.0 1.8 2.1 13.4 . 50.8 4.0 7.4 24.0 4.4 16.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . 13.7 8.7 16.2 2.2 1.4 12.4 3.0 51.8 3.6 6.6 25.6 4.2 15.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2016 . 12.7 7.9 16.4 2.0 2.0 15.3 1.1 46.9 4.2 8.3 28.0 4.8 15.7 14.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2017 . 13.0 9.8 19.7 1.0 1.6 12.4 1.5 47.9 4.5 8.8 24.3 3.5 13.3 13.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 . 12.9 7.2 23.1 2.0 1.0 13.0 2.2 54.0 5.1 9.0 29.4 4.5 14.1 13.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 10.5 20.0 2.4 0.9 14.4 . 47.7 4.1 8.1 24.1 3.5 13.1 . . 17.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 8.1 29.3 3.3 0.6 11.4 . 43.7 4.2 8.9 28.2 3.6 12.0 . . 13.8 . 10.6 83.4 14.1 35.9 12.0 13.8 4.1 2.2 1.2 1.4 1.7 19.1 19.9 40.6
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2021 16.6 . 9.5 26.1 4.2 0.9 10.8 . 38.9 3.6 8.4 24.6 2.9 10.8 . . 12.8 . 11.0 81.2 8.2 34.5 11.2 19.8 3.4 3.3 0.1 2.7 5.6 22.8 18.2 32.0
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . 18.4 11.9 22.2 4.6 4.9 19.2 . 58.6 5.6 10.1 31.0 6.9 24.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . 19.5 13.6 22.3 5.1 3.8 17.9 6.3 59.5 5.1 9.1 32.6 6.5 21.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2016 . 18.5 12.8 22.7 5.0 5.0 21.5 3.5 54.9 6.4 12.5 35.5 7.1 21.8 20.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2017 . 18.8 15.1 26.5 3.4 4.3 18.1 4.2 55.9 6.4 12.1 31.5 5.7 19.8 19.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 . 18.6 11.8 30.1 5.0 3.3 18.7 5.1 61.8 7.2 12.3 36.9 7.2 21.4 19.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 16.2 27.1 5.7 3.2 20.8 . 56.0 7.1 13.5 31.5 5.5 19.1 . . 25.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 13.6 37.6 7.2 2.8 17.6 . 52.4 6.8 14.0 36.5 5.6 16.7 . . 21.9 . 16.6 89.4 20.8 44.5 18.3 20.5 8.3 5.6 3.9 4.3 4.9 26.4 27.4 49.3
Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2021 19.3 . 16.3 36.0 9.7 3.8 18.5 . 49.4 6.7 15.0 34.3 5.1 16.6 . . 22.4 . 18.8 89.0 14.7 44.8 19.0 29.3 8.2 8.2 1.9 7.8 11.9 32.6 27.0 42.1
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2014 . 4.3 3.1 38.0 3.4 8.2 4.0 . 38.0 3.4 9.0 28.5 2.9 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2015 . 2.8 3.3 38.2 2.2 6.4 4.1 4.5 34.5 2.7 7.7 26.9 2.8 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2016 . 3.2 2.0 43.0 3.7 6.8 4.1 4.8 37.1 3.4 9.3 27.0 3.0 11.2 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2017 . 4.6 3.3 45.9 3.2 7.2 3.1 6.1 38.7 2.5 6.5 28.3 3.1 11.1 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2018 . 4.8 3.4 45.8 4.8 7.3 4.0 4.5 38.6 3.1 8.1 30.5 3.8 12.6 1.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2019 . . 5.2 44.7 5.3 4.9 4.4 . 41.8 3.0 7.2 31.8 3.0 9.5 . . 3.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2020 . . 3.4 50.9 5.3 6.8 4.8 . 36.4 2.8 7.7 26.9 3.0 11.2 . . 6.0 . 12.1 87.9 11.9 55.6 19.9 8.9 2.0 1.7 0.1 0.6 4.9 21.3 33.4 39.7
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Value 2021 28.5 . 3.8 49.5 3.0 6.0 2.7 . 35.7 3.0 8.5 27.9 2.4 8.6 . . 1.5 . 15.1 84.9 11.9 54.8 16.7 11.7 3.8 1.0 0.3 2.2 4.6 22.4 35.4 35.1
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . 2.8 1.8 34.4 2.1 6.2 2.5 . 34.4 2.2 5.8 25.1 2.2 8.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . 1.6 2.0 34.6 1.1 4.6 2.6 3.0 31.0 2.0 6.0 23.6 2.2 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2016 . 1.9 0.9 39.3 2.3 4.9 2.6 3.2 33.4 2.4 6.6 23.6 2.3 9.0 0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2017 . 3.2 2.0 42.4 2.0 5.4 1.9 4.4 35.3 2.0 5.2 25.1 2.5 9.3 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 . 3.4 2.2 42.4 3.3 5.5 2.7 3.1 35.3 2.3 5.9 27.4 3.1 10.5 0.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 3.7 41.5 3.9 3.5 3.1 . 38.5 2.4 5.8 28.8 2.5 8.2 . . 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 2.2 47.4 3.8 5.1 3.3 . 33.1 2.2 6.2 23.8 2.3 9.0 . . 3.0 . 9.8 85.7 9.7 52.2 17.2 6.9 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.1 3.4 18.5 30.2 36.4
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2021 28.1 . 2.7 46.1 2.0 4.6 1.8 . 32.6 2.3 6.4 25.0 2.0 7.3 . . 0.7 . 12.7 82.2 9.9 51.4 14.3 9.6 2.6 0.5 0.1 1.3 3.2 19.6 32.2 31.9
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2014 . 5.8 4.4 41.6 4.8 10.3 5.4 . 41.6 4.7 12.2 31.8 3.6 12.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2015 . 4.1 4.6 41.8 3.3 8.3 5.6 6.1 38.1 3.3 9.5 30.2 3.4 12.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2016 . 4.6 3.1 46.8 5.2 8.8 5.6 6.4 40.8 4.5 11.9 30.4 3.7 13.4 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2017 . 6.1 4.5 49.3 4.5 9.0 4.3 7.7 42.1 3.0 7.7 31.4 3.7 12.9 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 . 6.3 4.6 49.2 6.2 9.0 5.4 5.9 41.9 4.0 10.2 33.6 4.6 14.8 2.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 . . 6.7 48.0 6.8 6.4 5.7 . 45.0 3.6 8.5 34.9 3.6 10.9 . . 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2020 . . 4.7 54.3 6.9 8.6 6.3 . 39.7 3.4 9.3 29.9 3.7 13.3 . . 9.0 . 14.3 90.2 14.1 59.0 22.6 10.8 3.0 2.6 0.4 1.2 6.3 24.1 36.6 43.1
Level of educ: master degrees and doc. Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2021 28.8 . 5.2 53.0 4.4 7.8 4.0 . 39.1 3.8 10.6 31.1 2.8 9.9 . . 3.5 . 17.8 87.3 14.2 58.2 19.5 14.3 5.6 1.9 0.9 3.5 6.4 25.5 38.8 38.4
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains data on the perceived state of health and on contacts with providers of medical care of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available for 2014-2021

Status of the data: final.

Changes as of July 31, 2023:
None, the table has been discontinued.

When will new data be published?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

Oral Health
Real teeth and molars, 18 years or older
Average number of real teeth in the upper and lower jaw of people aged 18 years or older.

Chronic disorders
All respondents are asked: ꞌDo you /Does your child have one or more chronic disorders?ꞌ Chronic means (in anticipation) 6 months or longer. Next, 23 disorders and a remainder category 'other disorders' are presented and persons are asked if they had this disorder during the last 12 months. Persons are asked after 3 of these disorders if they ever suffered from it. Besides (more elaborately) is asked after diabetes. Most questions on specific chronic disorders are being asked to persons of all ages. Questions on disorders that do not occur amongst youngsters are posed to persons of 12 years or older.
Disorders in the last 12 months
Chronic diseases/disorders in the last 12 months. Respondents may currently suffer from the disease/disorder or have suffered from it in the last 12 months.
Disorder of the elbow, wrist or hand
Percentage of persons who answered ꞌyesꞌ to the question: ꞌHave you / Has your child suffered from a serious disorder of the elbow, wrist or hand in the last 12 months?'
Technical aids
Persons aged 4 years and over are asked whether they have a hearing aid or a special device for sound reinforcement, whether they wear glasses or contact lenses, or another technical aid for seeing or reading. For children under the age of 12, the questions are answered by the parent / caretaker. Persons aged 12 years and over are asked whether they use mobility aids, anatomical aids, and/or incontinence aids. As of 2018, the question about auditive aids has been changed to Do you / Does your child use a hearing aid? or yes to the question: Do you / Does your child use a special device to amplify the sound of your telephone or television?.
Auditive aids, 4 years and over
Percentage of persons aged 4 years and over who answer yes to the question: Do you / Does your child have a hearing aid? or yes to the question: Do you / Does your child have a special device to amplify the sound of your telephone or television? As of 2018, this question has been changed to: Do you / Does your child use a hearing aid? or yes to the question: Do you / Does your child use a special device to amplify the sound of your telephone or television?.
Medical contacts
Persons are asked if they had contact with their GP, specialist, dentist, dental hygienist, orthodontist, physiotherapist, exercise therapist, psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist, and if he or she is treated by alternative healer. Also, if there were hospital admissions or day care admissions, if people have home care and if they had care abroad. Most questions after medical contacts are asked to persons of all ages. Contacts that do not often occur in the case of children are posed from an older age.
Contact with medical specialist
Contacts with the medical specialist can take place in the outpatient department, in a hospital department, in the emergency department, in a practice outside the hospital or in a private clinic. Contacts with medical specialists during a hospital or day care admission are not taken into account.
% persons with at least 1 contact
Percentage of persons in the population who contacted a GP at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview.
Contacts per person
This figure is the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, per person in the population.

In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).

Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact
This figure is the average number of contacts of persons who in the 12 months preceding the interview at least had contact once.

In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).
Contact with dental hygienist, >=12 yrs
Percentage of persons of 12 years or older in the population who at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview had contact with the dental hygienist.
Contact with orthodontist, >=8 yrs
Percentage of persons of 8 years or older in the population who at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview had contact with the orthodontist.
Contact physio- and exercise therapist
Figures on physiotherapy and exercise therapy. Physiotherapy and exercise therapy during hospital and day care admission are not taken into account.
% persons with at least 1 contact
Percentage of persons in the population who contacted a physio- and exercise therapist at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview.
Contacts per person
This figure is the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, per person in the population.

In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).
Contacts p.p. with at least 1 contact
This figure is the average number of contacts of persons who in the 12 months preceding the interview at least had contact once.

In order to prevent distortion as a consequence of bad memory respondents are asked after the number of contacts in the last 4 weeks preceding the interview. In order to calculate the average number of contacts in the 12 months preceding the interview, the number of contacts in 4 weeks is multiplied by 13 (13 periods of 4 weeks make 1 year).
Persons treated by alternative healer
Percentage of persons in the population that claims to have been treated by an alternative healer at least once in the 12 months preceding the interview.
Persons receiving home care
Percentage of persons who receive paid help or care at home because of health problems. E.g. help in housekeeping, personal care, nursing, maternity care, or meal service (such as meals-on-wheels). By paid help is meant help paid by someone him/herself or an authority.
Persons with care abroad
Percentage of persons who in the 12 months preceding the interview used health care in a foreign country (i.e., not in the Netherlands). Examples are use of a GP, medical specialist, hospital or dentist.
Informal care
Informal care is care that a person receives from his or her acquaintances like a partner, friend or child, if this person is chronically ill, in need of help or disabled. Informal care can be keeping house, washing and getting dressed, keeping company, transport, financial matters, etcetera. Informal care is not paid care. A volunteer from a volunteer group is not an informal care giver.
Informal care, 16 years or older
Percentage of persons of 16 years or older receiving informal care
Informal care receiver
Percentage of persons of 16 years or older receiving informal care
Hours of informal care per week
The average number of hours of care received per week by an informal care receiver
Informal care, 55 years or older
Percentage of persons of 55 years or older receiving informal care
Informal care receiver
Percentage of persons of 55 years or older receiving informal care
Hours of informal care per week
The average number of hours of care received per week by an informal care receiver
SF-12 health measure, age 12 or older
The 'Short Format 12' or SF-12 questionnaire is a selection of 12 questions from the SF-36 (Ware et al., 1995 *). The SF-12 is a widely used international standard of a generic health measure. The SF-12 measures eight health aspects, namely physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health problems, physical pain, general health, vitality (energy / fatigue), social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems and mental health. Based on the 12 questions, two partial scales can be calculated; a summary measure for physical health (norm score physical) and a summary measure for psychological health (norm score psychological).
These norm scores are calculated for people aged 12 or older.
*Ware J.E., Kosinski M., Keller S.D. SF-12: How to score the SF-12 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scales. Boston, MA: The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, Second Edition, 1995.
Separate items
Emotional problem: less carefully
The following question was asked to respondents aged 12 or older:
When you are thinking about your work or other daily activities, have you not done your work or other activities as carefully as you are used to during the past 4 weeks due to an emotional problem (for example, feeling depressed or anxious)?
1.Yes
2. No.
Yes
The percentage of people aged 12 or older who answered 'yes' to the question ‘If you are thinking about your work or other daily activities, did you have an emotional problem (for example, feeling depressed or anxious) in the past 4 weeks not done the work or other activities as carefully as you are used to?'
No
The percentage of people aged 12 or older who answered 'no' to the question 'If you are thinking about your work or other daily activities, did you have an emotional problem (for example, feeling depressed or anxious) in the past 4 weeks not done the work or other activities as carefully as you are used to?'
Calm and peaceful
Respondents aged 12 or older were asked how they have felt in the past 4 weeks:
Would you like to answer each question that best reflects how you have felt?
Did you feel calm and peaceful
1. Constantly
2. Mostly
3. Often
4. Sometimes
5. Rarely
6. Never
Constantly
Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘contstantly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’
Mostly
Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘mostly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’
Often
Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘often’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’
Sometimes
Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘sometimes’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’
Rarely
Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘rarely’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’
Never
Percentage of people 12 or older who ‘never’ answer the question ‘Did you feel calm and peaceful?’
Downhearted and blue
Respondents aged 12 or older were asked how they have felt in the past 4 weeks:
Would you like to answer each question that best reflects how you have felt?
Did you feel downhearted and blue
1. Constantly
2. Mostly
3. Often
4. Sometimes
5. Rarely
6. Never
Constantly
Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘constantly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’
Mostly
Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘mostly’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’
Often
Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘often’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’
Sometimes
Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘sometimes’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’
Rarely
Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘rarely’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’
Never
Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘never’ answer the question ‘Did you feel downhearted and blue?’