Health and health care; personal characteristics
Characteristics | Margins | Periods | Technical aids Hearing aids, 4 years or older (%) | Technical aids Visual aids, 4 years or older (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total persons | Value | 2022 | 6.2 | 65.0 |
Sex: Male | Value | 2022 | 6.8 | 60.5 |
Sex: Female | Value | 2022 | 5.5 | 69.5 |
Age: 0 to 3 years | Value | 2022 | . | . |
Age: 4 to 11 years | Value | 2022 | 0.9 | 14.5 |
Age: 12 to 15 years | Value | 2022 | 4.3 | 28.3 |
Age: 16 to 19 years | Value | 2022 | 3.5 | 37.5 |
Age: 20 to 29 years | Value | 2022 | 1.9 | 43.1 |
Age: 30 to 39 years | Value | 2022 | 2.0 | 47.6 |
Age: 40 to 49 years | Value | 2022 | 1.5 | 64.0 |
Age: 50 to 54 years | Value | 2022 | 2.0 | 88.2 |
Age: 55 to 64 years | Value | 2022 | 4.9 | 95.8 |
Age: 65 to 74 years | Value | 2022 | 13.3 | 97.5 |
Age: 75 years or older | Value | 2022 | 29.7 | 97.3 |
Level of educ: 1. Low | Value | 2022 | 11.7 | 83.0 |
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate | Value | 2022 | 7.3 | 76.3 |
Level of educ: 3 High | Value | 2022 | 4.4 | 74.2 |
Source: CBS. |
Table explanation
This table contains data on the perceived state of health and on contacts with providers of medical care of the Dutch population from 0 years on in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics. For several topics a different age demarcation applies. The age boundaries are listed at the relevant topics.
Data available from: 2014
Status of the data: final.
Changes by March 12, 2024:
The year 2023 have been added.
When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2025.
Description topics
- 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?
- Hearing aids, 4 years or older
- Percentage of persons aged 4 years or older 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?.
- Visual aids, 4 years or older
- Percentage of persons of 4 years or older who answer 'yes' to the question: 'Do you / Does your child sometimes wear glasses or contact lenses?' or 'yes' to the question: 'Do you / Does your child have any other visual aid?'