Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021
| Characteristics persons | Margins | Periods | Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Daily smokers in the population (%) | Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Heavy smokers in the population (%) | Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Drink status Drinkers (%) | Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Up to 1 glass per day in the population (%) | Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Guideline alcohol use (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of cannabis Last year (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of drugs, other than cannabis Last year (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of amphetamine Last year (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of ecstasy Last year (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of other drugs Last year (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of other drugs Ever (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of drugs, total Last month (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of drugs, total Last year (%) | Drugs use, 12 years or older Use of drugs, total Ever (%) |
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| Total | Value | 2019 | 14.8 | 2.8 | 75.4 | 44.4 | 43.4 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 23.4 |
| Sex: Male | Value | 2019 | 17.0 | 3.4 | 80.4 | 34.0 | 33.1 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 28.2 |
| Sex: Female | Value | 2019 | 12.7 | 2.2 | 70.6 | 54.6 | 53.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 18.7 |
| Age: 0 to 3 years | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Age: 4 to 11 years | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Age: 12 to 15 years | Value | 2019 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 20.1 | 90.5 | 79.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| Age: 16 to 19 years | Value | 2019 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 70.0 | 42.6 | 35.4 | 15.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 9.6 | 16.9 | 22.8 |
| Age: 20 to 29 years | Value | 2019 | 17.7 | 2.5 | 85.7 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 6.0 | 12.5 | 5.4 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 25.5 | 49.0 |
| Age: 30 to 39 years | Value | 2019 | 18.3 | 2.8 | 78.6 | 40.8 | 40.8 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 40.5 |
| Age: 40 to 49 years | Value | 2019 | 17.8 | 3.8 | 79.5 | 41.1 | 41.1 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 27.6 |
| Age: 50 to 54 years | Value | 2019 | 19.6 | 4.6 | 80.1 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 20.6 |
| Age: 55 to 64 years | Value | 2019 | 17.2 | 4.1 | 79.9 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 14.2 |
| Age: 65 to 74 years | Value | 2019 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 78.1 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| Age: 75 years or older | Value | 2019 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 66.8 | 65.9 | 65.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Age: 0 to 11 years | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Age: 12 to 17 years | Value | 2019 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 34.6 | 76.9 | 65.4 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 8.6 |
| Age: 18 years or older | Value | 2019 | 15.9 | 3.0 | 79.1 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 24.7 |
| Position: Single; < 40 year | Value | 2019 | 22.3 | 3.4 | 85.2 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 24.7 | 18.7 | 9.9 | 14.8 | 7.3 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 31.6 | 56.5 |
| Position: Single; 40 to 64 years | Value | 2019 | 29.2 | 9.9 | 76.0 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 31.0 |
| Position: Single; >= 65 years | Value | 2019 | 12.2 | 2.9 | 68.5 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 6.7 |
| Position: child<18 yrs. One-parent | Value | 2019 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 32.0 | 77.8 | 68.0 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 13.1 | 15.3 |
| Positon: child of age, one-parent family | Value | 2019 | 18.8 | 2.2 | 80.3 | 36.1 | 36.1 | 22.4 | 14.3 | 3.7 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 12.8 | 18.4 | 27.1 | 40.0 |
| Position: child < 18 yrs., two-parents | Value | 2019 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 34.9 | 76.9 | 65.1 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
| Position: child >= 18 yrs., two-parents | Value | 2019 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 80.2 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 19.8 | 34.1 |
| Position: single parent | Value | 2019 | 27.3 | 4.3 | 72.2 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 30.6 |
| Position: partner in couple with child | Value | 2019 | 13.4 | 1.9 | 79.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 25.2 |
| Partner in couple, no child; <40 yrs. | Value | 2019 | 13.8 | 3.0 | 89.7 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 3.4 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 13.6 | 9.6 | 18.8 | 48.5 |
| Partner in couple: no child, 40-64 yrs. | Value | 2019 | 17.2 | 3.3 | 84.4 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 14.1 |
| Partner in couple: no child, >=65 yrs. | Value | 2019 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 77.1 | 50.7 | 50.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Position: other member of household | Value | 2019 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 74.3 | 42.6 | 41.6 | 18.9 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 5.4 | 9.8 | 14.0 | 22.8 | 36.7 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2019 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 80.2 | 39.8 | 38.8 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 22.9 |
| Background: western | Value | 2019 | 17.2 | 4.7 | 77.8 | 47.0 | 46.0 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 27.2 |
| Background: 1st generation western | Value | 2019 | 17.5 | 5.1 | 75.7 | 52.7 | 52.2 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 24.8 |
| Background: 2nd generation western | Value | 2019 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 79.2 | 43.0 | 41.7 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 10.7 | 8.1 | 12.3 | 28.8 |
| Background: non-western | Value | 2019 | 17.9 | 2.8 | 45.0 | 69.9 | 69.0 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 11.5 | 23.1 |
| Background: 1st generation non-western | Value | 2019 | 20.4 | 3.6 | 44.8 | 70.9 | 70.7 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 19.7 |
| Background: 2nd generation non-western | Value | 2019 | 13.4 | 1.2 | 45.5 | 68.2 | 66.1 | 12.9 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 29.0 |
| Level of education: low | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Level of education: middle | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Level of education: high | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2019 | 25.5 | 5.1 | 55.5 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 9.3 |
| Level of educ.: lower sec. education | Value | 2019 | 22.5 | 5.1 | 68.1 | 52.8 | 52.8 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 15.4 |
| Level of educ.:upper secondary | Value | 2019 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 81.5 | 39.6 | 39.6 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 23.1 |
| Level of educ: bachelor degrees | Value | 2019 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 87.7 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 27.8 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2019 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 88.8 | 34.1 | 34.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 9.7 | 34.9 |
| Level of education: unknown | Value | 2019 | 18.4 | 2.0 | 50.5 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 11.6 |
| Equivalised income: 1st 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 23.6 | 5.9 | 60.7 | 57.2 | 56.3 | 13.1 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 12.0 | 16.3 | 29.9 |
| Equivalised income: 2nd 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 18.9 | 2.2 | 68.0 | 51.5 | 50.8 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 20.1 |
| Equivalised income: 3rd 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 15.8 | 3.3 | 75.1 | 46.5 | 45.3 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 23.5 |
| Equivalised income: 4th 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 10.6 | 2.0 | 81.0 | 39.9 | 38.8 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 21.6 |
| Equivalised income: 5th 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 86.1 | 33.1 | 32.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 23.1 |
| Wealth: 1st 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 24.4 | 4.9 | 71.8 | 43.9 | 42.5 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 17.9 | 37.0 |
| Wealth: 2nd 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 23.2 | 4.6 | 64.9 | 52.7 | 52.2 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 25.6 |
| Wealth: 3rd 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 13.0 | 2.2 | 77.2 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 24.7 |
| Wealth: 4th 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 79.4 | 42.5 | 41.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 18.2 |
| Wealth: 5th 20%-group | Value | 2019 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 81.3 | 42.4 | 41.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 14.9 |
| Welfare: 1st 20%-group | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Welfare: 2nd 20%-group | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Welfare: 3rd 20%-group | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Welfare: 4th 20%-group | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Welfare 5th 20%-group | Value | 2019 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||||||
Table explanation
This table contains data on life style and on the (preventive) health examination of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.
Data available from: 2014-2021
Status of the data: final.
Changes by July 31, 2023
None, the table has been discontinued.
When will new data be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.
Description topics
- Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older
- Questions on smoking behaviour are asked to persons aged 12 years or older.
- Smokers
- Daily smokers in the population
- The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered Yes’ to the question ‘Do you smoke every day?
- Heavy smokers in the population
- The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who smoke 20 or more cigarettes per day. Persons who only smoke cigars and/or pipe are not considered to be heavy smokers.
- Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older
- The questions on consuming alcohol are asked to all persons aged 12 years or older.
- Drink status
- Drinkers
- The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older that answered ‘Yes’ to the question: ‘Did you ever drink an alcoholic beverage during the last 12 months, such as beer, wine, spirits, mixed drinks or cocktails? Beer without alcohol or containing only little alcohol does not count.’ From 2020, the question has been changed to: "Have you ever drunk alcohol in the past 12 months, for example beer, wine, spirits, mixed drinks or cocktails? By this we also mean low-alcohol beer, but not non-alcoholic beer ".
- Up to 1 glass per day in the population
- Percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who do not drink or at most 1 glass per day.
- Guideline alcohol use
- The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older that meet the guideline on alcohol use. Since 2014, the guideline for persons aged 12 to 18 years is: do not drink until you are 18 years old. Since 2015, the guideline for adults is: do not drink or at most 1 glass per day. This guideline originates from the Guidelines for Good Nutrition (in Dutch: Richtlijnen Goede Voeding) of the Dutch Health Council.
- Drugs use, 12 years or older
- The questions on the use of drugs are asked to persons aged twelve years or older. For the following types of drugs, it is asked whether people have ever used it and if so, when for the last time:
Cannabis (hashish, weed, marijuana)
Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
LSD
Mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms, magic mushrooms)
Cocaine (including crack, basecoke, freebase)
Heroine (horse, smack, or brown)
GHB
Methadone
From 2018: 4-Fluoramphetamine, also known as 4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux
Other drugs
The answer categories for each type of drug are:
Yes, in the last 30 days
Yes, in the last 12 months, but not in the last 30 days
Yes, more than 12 months ago
No, never used- Use of cannabis
- Based on the question about the use of cannabis (hashish, weed, marijuana)
- Last year
- Use of drugs, other than cannabis
- Based on the question about the use of:
• Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
• XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
• LSD
• Mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms, magic mushrooms)
• Cocaine (including crack, cooked coke, freebase)
• Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
• GHB
• Methadone
• From 2018: 4-Fluoramphetamine, also known as 4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux
• Other drugs
This concerns the use of one or more of these types of drugs. When several of these drugs are used, the most recently used drug type determines which of the answer categories ‘last month’, ‘last year’ and ‘ever’ applies.- Last year
- Use of amphetamine
- Based on the question about the use of amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
- Last year
- Use of ecstasy
- Based on the question about the use of XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
- Last year
- Use of other drugs
- Based on the questions about the use of:
LSD
Mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms, magic mushrooms)
Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
GHB
Methadone
From 2018: 4-Fluoramphetamine, also known as 4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux
Other drugs
This concerns the use of one or more of these types of drugs. When several of these drugs are used, the most recently used drug type determines which of the categories last month, last year and ever applies.- Last year
- Ever
- Use of drugs, total
- Based on the question about the use of:
Cannabis (hashish, marijuana)
Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
LSD
Mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms, magic mushrooms)
Cocaine (including crack, cooked coke, freebase)
Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
GHB
Methadone
From 2018: 4-Fluoramphetamine, also known as 4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux
Other drugs
Total drug used concerns the use of one or more of these types of drugs. When several of these drugs are used, the most recently used drug type determines which of the answer categories last month, last year and ever applies.- Last month
- Last year
- Ever