Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021

Changed on: 31/07/2023 02:00

Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021
Characteristics persons	Margins	Periods	Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Up to 1 glass per day in the population (%)	Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Guideline alcohol use (%)	Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fruit Sufficient fruit during 7 days a week (%)	Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fruit At least 5 days a week sufficient fruit (%)	Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of vegetables Sufficient vegetables during 7 days/week (%)	Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of vegetables At least 5 days/wk sufficient vegetables (%)	Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fish At least one day a week (%)	Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fish Min. 2 days/week, of which 1 x oily fish (%)
Total	Value	2014	40.6	39.8	26.2	35.2	28.2	54.5	55.7	14.6
Total	Value	2015	41.4	40.3	28.6	37.6	30.3	56.2	56.0	15.4
Total	Value	2016	42.5	41.6	28.8	38.3	18.5	39.6	56.9	16.1
Total	Value	2017	43.2	42.5	30.4	39.6	20.0	42.4	57.1	16.3
Total	Value	2018	43.1	42.3	28.9	38.8	20.0	42.6	56.5	16.0
Total	Value	2019	44.4	43.4	29.6	39.5	20.3	41.3	55.9	16.5
Total	Value	2020	47.5	46.6	29.7	40.6	19.9	41.9	56.1	16.1
Total	Value	2021	46.9	46.2	27.4	38.8	22.1	44.6	56.3	15.9
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	39.6	38.7	25.3	34.3	27.3	53.5	54.7	13.9
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2015	40.4	39.3	27.6	36.6	29.4	55.2	55.0	14.7
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2016	41.4	40.5	27.8	37.2	17.7	38.6	55.8	15.4
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	42.2	41.4	29.5	38.6	19.1	41.4	56.1	15.6
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	42.1	41.3	28.0	37.8	19.2	41.6	55.5	15.2
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	43.4	42.4	28.6	38.5	19.5	40.3	54.9	15.7
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	46.3	45.4	28.7	39.6	19.1	40.9	55.1	15.3
Total	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	45.7	45.0	26.4	37.7	21.2	43.4	55.2	15.1
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	41.7	40.8	27.1	36.2	29.2	55.6	56.8	15.3
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2015	42.5	41.4	29.5	38.6	31.3	57.2	57.1	16.2
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2016	43.6	42.6	29.7	39.3	19.3	40.6	57.9	16.9
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	44.3	43.5	31.3	40.6	20.8	43.4	58.1	17.1
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	44.2	43.3	29.8	39.8	20.8	43.5	57.5	16.8
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	45.4	44.4	30.6	40.5	21.1	42.3	56.9	17.3
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	48.6	47.7	30.7	41.7	20.8	43.0	57.2	16.9
Total	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	48.1	47.4	28.5	39.9	23.1	45.7	57.5	16.8
Sex: Male	Value	2014	31.4	30.6	22.1	31.4	28.4	55.2	54.6	13.3
Sex: Male	Value	2015	31.2	30.1	24.3	33.8	30.0	56.6	55.1	14.3
Sex: Male	Value	2016	32.5	31.4	25.0	35.5	18.5	40.2	57.0	14.7
Sex: Male	Value	2017	33.7	32.9	25.5	35.2	20.3	42.8	56.5	14.8
Sex: Male	Value	2018	34.0	33.1	25.1	36.4	19.0	42.7	56.5	15.1
Sex: Male	Value	2019	34.0	33.1	26.1	36.8	20.2	41.4	56.3	15.9
Sex: Male	Value	2020	37.4	36.4	25.4	37.5	19.4	41.4	55.3	14.6
Sex: Male	Value	2021	38.3	37.7	22.5	34.4	21.7	44.1	56.1	14.7
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	30.0	29.2	20.9	30.0	27.1	53.8	53.2	12.3
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2015	29.7	28.7	23.0	32.4	28.7	55.1	53.6	13.3
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2016	31.0	29.9	23.7	34.1	17.4	38.8	55.6	13.7
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	32.2	31.5	24.3	33.8	19.1	41.3	55.1	13.8
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	32.5	31.7	23.9	35.1	17.8	41.3	55.1	14.1
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	32.6	31.7	24.9	35.4	19.0	40.0	54.9	14.9
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	35.9	34.8	24.1	36.0	18.2	39.9	53.8	13.5
Sex: Male	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	36.6	36.0	21.2	32.8	20.4	42.5	54.5	13.5
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	32.8	32.0	23.3	32.8	29.8	56.7	56.1	14.3
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2015	32.6	31.6	25.5	35.2	31.4	58.0	56.6	15.4
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2016	33.9	32.9	26.3	36.9	19.7	41.7	58.5	15.8
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	35.1	34.4	26.8	36.6	21.4	44.2	57.9	15.8
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	35.4	34.5	26.4	37.8	20.1	44.1	57.9	16.1
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	35.4	34.5	27.3	38.2	21.4	42.8	57.7	16.9
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	39.0	37.9	26.7	39.0	20.6	42.9	56.8	15.7
Sex: Male	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	40.0	39.4	23.9	35.9	23.1	45.8	57.8	15.9
Sex: Female	Value	2014	49.7	48.7	30.2	39.0	28.1	53.9	56.9	15.8
Sex: Female	Value	2015	51.4	50.3	32.8	41.4	30.6	55.8	57.0	16.5
Sex: Female	Value	2016	52.4	51.5	32.5	40.9	18.5	39.0	56.7	17.5
Sex: Female	Value	2017	52.6	51.8	35.2	44.0	19.6	42.1	57.7	17.8
Sex: Female	Value	2018	52.1	51.3	32.6	41.1	21.0	42.4	56.5	16.8
Sex: Female	Value	2019	54.6	53.6	33.1	42.1	20.5	41.1	55.5	17.1
Sex: Female	Value	2020	57.3	56.6	34.0	43.7	20.4	42.4	57.0	17.6
Sex: Female	Value	2021	55.3	54.5	32.3	43.2	22.5	45.0	56.5	17.1
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	48.1	47.2	28.9	37.6	26.8	52.4	55.4	14.8
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2015	49.9	48.8	31.4	40.0	29.3	54.4	55.5	15.4
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2016	50.8	49.9	31.1	39.5	17.4	37.5	55.2	16.4
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	51.1	50.4	33.9	42.6	18.5	40.7	56.3	16.8
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	50.6	49.9	31.3	39.7	19.9	41.0	55.1	15.8
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	53.0	52.0	31.7	40.7	19.3	39.7	54.1	16.1
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	55.7	55.0	32.6	42.2	19.2	40.9	55.5	16.5
Sex: Female	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	53.6	52.8	30.8	41.6	21.1	43.4	54.9	15.9
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	51.2	50.3	31.6	40.4	29.4	55.3	58.3	16.9
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2015	53.0	51.8	34.1	42.9	32.0	57.3	58.4	17.6
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2016	53.9	53.0	33.9	42.4	19.7	40.4	58.2	18.6
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	54.1	53.3	36.6	45.4	20.8	43.5	59.2	18.9
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	53.6	52.8	33.9	42.5	22.2	43.8	57.9	17.8
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	56.2	55.2	34.5	43.5	21.7	42.5	56.9	18.1
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	58.9	58.1	35.4	45.2	21.6	43.9	58.5	18.8
Sex: Female	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	57.0	56.2	33.8	44.8	23.9	46.6	58.1	18.4
Age: 0 to 3 years	Value	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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Age: 0 to 3 years	Value	2019	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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Age: 0 to 3 years	Value	2021	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 0 to 3 years	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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Age: 0 to 3 years	Lower boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 0 to 3 years	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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Age: 0 to 3 years	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2017	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 0 to 3 years	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2018	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 0 to 3 years	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2019	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 0 to 3 years	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2020	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 0 to 3 years	Upper boundary 95% confidence interval	2021	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 4 to 11 years	Value	2014	.	.	30.5	36.5	33.3	56.5	50.5	9.6
Age: 4 to 11 years	Value	2015	.	.	33.7	39.5	33.7	58.2	51.0	9.7
Age: 4 to 11 years	Value	2016	.	.	37.5	44.9	38.8	58.9	53.1	10.4
Age: 4 to 11 years	Value	2017	.	.	41.5	48.5	41.3	65.3	50.8	9.3
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

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

Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older

The questions on consuming alcohol are asked to all persons aged 12 years or older.

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.

Nutrition, 4 years or older

The questions on nutrition are posed to all persons of 4 years or older and enquire about the consumption of fruit, vegetables and fish.

Consumption of fruit

Persons are being asked to indicate their consumption of fruit in a regular week during the last months.

Sufficient fruit during 7 days a week: The percentage of persons who eat at least 2 pieces of fruit (from 9 years of age) or one and a half piece of fruit (children up to and including 8 years of age) every day. One piece of fruit corresponds to 100 grams. This recommendation corresponds with the ‘Wheel of Five’ of the Netherlands Nutrition Centre. This standard originates from the Dutch Dietary Guidelines (November 2015) of the Dutch Health Council.

At least 5 days a week sufficient fruit: The percentage of persons who, on at least 5 days of the week, eat at least 2 pieces of fruit (from 9 years of age) or one and a half piece of fruit (children up to and including 8 years of age). One piece of fruit corresponds to 100 grams.

Consumption of vegetables

Persons are being asked for the consumption of vegetables in a regular week during the last months.

Sufficient vegetables during 7 days/week: Percentage of persons who eat at least 5 serving spoons of vegetables each day. This guideline applies to persons aged 14 years and over. For children aged 4 to 8 years, at least 2 serving spoons of vegetables per day are required and for children aged 9 to 13 years, at least 3 serving spoons of vegetables per day are required. One serving spoon of vegetables corresponds to 50 grams. The number of spoons corresponds to the recommended number of vegetables a day from the ‘Wheel of Five’ of the Netherlands Nutrition Centre. This standard originates from the Dutch Dietary Guidelines (November 2015) of the Dutch Health Council. The figures for 2014 and 2015 are based on the former dietary guidelines (in Dutch: Richtlijnen Voedselkeuze 2011) . The former guideline was different from the new guideline for people aged 14 and over: at least 4 serving spoons for people aged 14 to 70 years and at least 3 serving spoons for people over 71 years of age. The figures for the years from 2016 onwards are based on the new guideline. Due to the change in the guideline, the figures of the consumption of vegetables from 2016 onwards cannot be compared with those of 2014 and 2015 for people aged 14 years or over.

At least 5 days/wk sufficient vegetables: Percentage of persons who eat at least 5 serving spoons of vegetables at least 5 days per week. This guideline applies to persons aged 14 years and over. For children aged 4 to 8 years, at least 2 serving spoons of vegetables per day are required for at least 5 days per week and for children aged 9 to 13 years, at least 3 serving spoons of vegetables per day are required for at least 5 days per week. One serving spoon of vegetables corresponds to 50 grams. The number of spoons corresponds to the recommended number of vegetables a day from the ‘Wheel of Five’ of the Netherlands Nutrition Centre. This standard originates from the Dutch Dietary Guidelines (November 2015) of the Dutch Health Council. The figures for 2014 and 2015 are based on the former dietary guidelines. The former guideline was different from the new guideline for people aged 14 and over: at least 4 serving spoons for people aged 14 to 70 years and at least 3 serving spoons for people over 71 years of age. The figures for the years from 2016 onwards are based on the new guideline. Due to the change in the guideline, the figures of the consumption of vegetables from 2016 onwards cannot be compared with those of 2014 and 2015 for people aged 14 years or over.

Consumption of fish

Persons were being asked about the consumption of fish in a regular week during the last months.

At least one day a week: The percentage of persons who eat fish at least one day a week. This recommendation corresponds with the ‘Wheel of Five’ of the Netherlands Nutrition Centre. This standard originates from the Dutch Dietary Guidelines (November 2015) of the Dutch Health Council.

Min. 2 days/week, of which 1 x oily fish: The percentage of persons who eat fish at least twice a week, one of which is oily fish, such as salmon, herring and mackerel.