1,468 COVID-19 deaths in Q3 2022

25/01/2023 15:00

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In the third quarter of 2022, a total of 1,468 people died due to COVID-19. This number is similar to the second quarter but higher than in the same quarter of 2021 and 2020. More than two thirds were 80 years or older. This is reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on provisional figures on causes of death.

COVID-19 was the confirmed cause of death in 3.7 percent of nearly 40 thousand deaths in the third quarter. In July, 700 people died from COVID-19, in August 480 and in September 288.

Mortality due to COVID-19, quarterly
jaar	kwartaal	80 yrs and over (persons)	65-79 yrs (persons)	0-64 yrs (persons)
2020	Q1	1318	764	128
2020	Q2	5365	2174	433
2020	Q3	410	143	44
2020	Q4	6334	2611	449
2021*	Q1	5617	2584	493
2021*	Q2	908	1319	384
2021*	Q3	541	294	135
2021*	Q4	4844	2062	427
2022*	Q1	2223	1077	275
2022*	Q2	950	392	92
2022*	Q3	1018	373	77
* Provisional figures

Mortality due to COVID-19, quarterly
jaar	kwartaal	80 yrs and over (persons)	65-79 yrs (persons)	0-64 yrs (persons)
2020	Q1	1318	764	128
2020	Q2	5365	2174	433
2020	Q3	410	143	44
2020	Q4	6334	2611	449
2021*	Q1	5617	2584	493
2021*	Q2	908	1319	384
2021*	Q3	541	294	135
2021*	Q4	4844	2062	427
2022*	Q1	2223	1077	275
2022*	Q2	950	392	92
2022*	Q3	1018	373	77
* Provisional figures

COVID-19 mortality relatively higher among long-term care users

In the third quarter of 2022, COVID-19 was the confirmed death cause in 5.4 percent of deaths among long-term care (Wlz) users, including residents of nursing homes and institutions for the disabled. Among the rest of the population, the share of COVID-19 deaths was lower compared to long-term care recipients: 2.6 percent. During mortality peaks in 2020 and 2021, the percentage of weekly COVID-19 deaths was considerably higher: between 30 and 40 percent among long-term care users, and between 20 and 30 percent among the rest of the population.

COVID-19 mortality relative to total mortality, quarterly
Jaar	Kwartaal	Long-term care recipients (%)	Rest of the population (%)
2020	Q1	5.3	5.0
2020	Q2	29.3	11.1
2020	Q3	3.0	0.9
2020	Q4	29.2	14.5
2021*	Q1	26.2	15.1
2021*	Q2	3.3	8.5
2021*	Q3	3.0	2.3
2021*	Q4	19.2	12.3
2022*	Q1	10.8	6.9
2022*	Q2	5.0	2.6
2022*	Q3	5.4	2.6
* Provisional figures

COVID-19 mortality relative to total mortality, quarterly
Jaar	Kwartaal	Long-term care recipients (%)	Rest of the population (%)
2020	Q1	5.3	5.0
2020	Q2	29.3	11.1
2020	Q3	3.0	0.9
2020	Q4	29.2	14.5
2021*	Q1	26.2	15.1
2021*	Q2	3.3	8.5
2021*	Q3	3.0	2.3
2021*	Q4	19.2	12.3
2022*	Q1	10.8	6.9
2022*	Q2	5.0	2.6
2022*	Q3	5.4	2.6
* Provisional figures

Excess mortality and COVID-19 mortality

There was excess mortality in the third quarter of 2022: in almost each week, more people died than expected for this period. Only in the second week of September was there no excess mortality. The number of excess deaths was slightly higher than the number of COVID-19 deaths in the third quarter, just as in the second quarter. Mortality was higher than expected in the fourth quarter as well. During that period, there was also a flu epidemic in the Netherlands; however, the causes of death of those who died in this period will not be known until later.

Weekly mortality*
		Deaths	Expected mortality	Expected mortality (95% interval)	Non-COVID-19 deaths
2020	1	3103	3277	2908 – 3645	3103
2020	2	3364	3311	2930 – 3692	3364
2020	3	3157	3344	2945 – 3742	3157
2020	4	3046	3392	3008 – 3776	3046
2020	5	3164	3407	3027 – 3788	3164
2020	6	3196	3401	2979 – 3823	3196
2020	7	3198	3408	2916 – 3901	3198
2020	8	2959	3387	2851 – 3922	2959
2020	9	3098	3352	2805 – 3898	3098
2020	10	3107	3315	2785 – 3845	3102
2020	11	3218	3253	2756 – 3751	3183
2020	12	3614	3174	2711 – 3637	3202
2020	13	4458	3104	2703 – 3505	3208
2020	14	5085	3024	2712 – 3337	3164
2020	15	4981	2957	2719 – 3195	3004
2020	16	4308	2915	2711 – 3120	2839
2020	17	3911	2869	2677 – 3060	2816
2020	18	3382	2841	2650 – 3032	2715
2020	19	2990	2821	2633 – 3009	2555
2020	20	2777	2794	2626 – 2962	2494
2020	21	2769	2770	2620 – 2920	2552
2020	22	2733	2753	2608 – 2898	2584
2020	23	2681	2735	2591 – 2880	2574
2020	24	2690	2737	2600 – 2875	2624
2020	25	2695	2725	2594 – 2855	2646
2020	26	2660	2717	2577 – 2857	2626
2020	27	2637	2723	2544 – 2902	2605
2020	28	2619	2719	2515 – 2923	2594
2020	29	2529	2720	2507 – 2934	2521
2020	30	2672	2707	2515 – 2900	2654
2020	31	2666	2687	2492 – 2882	2644
2020	32	2641	2682	2483 – 2881	2613
2020	33	3211	2669	2481 – 2857	3159
2020	34	2854	2663	2510 – 2815	2806
2020	35	2736	2667	2526 – 2807	2705
2020	36	2693	2676	2549 – 2804	2666
2020	37	2741	2698	2564 – 2832	2709
2020	38	2722	2729	2585 – 2873	2655
2020	39	2891	2752	2618 – 2886	2752
2020	40	3000	2786	2628 – 2943	2805
2020	41	3024	2807	2655 – 2960	2755
2020	42	3220	2839	2677 – 3001	2786
2020	43	3449	2862	2661 – 3063	2806
2020	44	3687	2889	2683 – 3095	2831
2020	45	3589	2902	2692 – 3111	2695
2020	46	3581	2932	2710 – 3155	2799
2020	47	3335	2972	2742 – 3202	2667
2020	48	3404	3012	2762 – 3263	2752
2020	49	3529	3037	2742 – 3332	2915
2020	50	3615	3100	2800 – 3399	2918
2020	51	3911	3166	2830 – 3501	2969
2020	52	3867	3222	2871 – 3573	2743
2020	53	4104	3266	2906 – 3625	2913
2021	1	4143	3309	2940 – 3677	2998
2021	2	3850	3343	2962 – 3724	2824
2021	3	3863	3376	2978 – 3775	2880
2021	4	3715	3425	3040 – 3809	2893
2021	5	3654	3440	3060 – 3821	2920
2021	6	3553	3434	3012 – 3856	2862
2021	7	3529	3441	2949 – 3934	2877
2021	8	3206	3420	2884 – 3955	2704
2021	9	3104	3384	2838 – 3931	2681
2021	10	3246	3347	2817 – 3877	2861
2021	11	3042	3285	2787 – 3782	2690
2021	12	3046	3205	2742 – 3668	2711
2021	13	3177	3134	2733 – 3535	2812
2021	14	3164	3054	2741 – 3366	2834
2021	15	3141	2986	2748 – 3224	2797
2021	16	3144	2944	2739 – 3148	2843
2021	17	3122	2897	2705 – 3088	2804
2021	18	3006	2869	2677 – 3060	2724
2021	19	3019	2849	2660 – 3037	2776
2021	20	2988	2821	2653 – 2989	2798
2021	21	2806	2797	2646 – 2947	2691
2021	22	3011	2780	2635 – 2925	2895
2021	23	2882	2762	2617 – 2906	2818
2021	24	2870	2764	2627 – 2901	2819
2021	25	2674	2751	2620 – 2882	2647
2021	26	2791	2743	2603 – 2883	2768
2021	27	2838	2750	2571 – 2929	2817
2021	28	2873	2745	2541 – 2949	2854
2021	29	2778	2747	2534 – 2960	2710
2021	30	2913	2734	2541 – 2926	2841
2021	31	2960	2713	2518 – 2908	2851
2021	32	2840	2708	2509 – 2907	2738
2021	33	2898	2695	2507 – 2883	2805
2021	34	2926	2688	2535 – 2841	2820
2021	35	2863	2693	2552 – 2833	2776
2021	36	3090	2702	2575 – 2829	2997
2021	37	2923	2724	2590 – 2858	2829
2021	38	2888	2755	2612 – 2899	2827
2021	39	3071	2778	2644 – 2912	3011
2021	40	3073	2813	2655 – 2970	2997
2021	41	3064	2835	2682 – 2987	2961
2021	42	3274	2866	2705 – 3028	3103
2021	43	3389	2889	2688 – 3090	3092
2021	44	3518	2917	2711 – 3123	3111
2021	45	3794	2930	2720 – 3139	3235
2021	46	3999	2960	2738 – 3183	3177
2021	47	4194	3001	2771 – 3231	3171
2021	48	4391	3042	2791 – 3292	3315
2021	49	4378	3066	2771 – 3361	3331
2021	50	4059	3130	2830 – 3429	3283
2021	51	3771	3196	2861 – 3531	3177
2021	52	3679	3253	2902 – 3605	3268
2022	1	3435	3321	2953 – 3690	3140
2022	2	3157	3356	2975 – 3737	2932
2022	3	3192	3390	2991 – 3788	3013
2022	4	3202	3438	3054 – 3822	3016
2022	5	3286	3454	3073 – 3835	3047
2022	6	3254	3447	3025 – 3870	2980
2022	7	3378	3455	2963 – 3947	3089
2022	8	3351	3433	2898 – 3969	3100
2022	9	3233	3397	2851 – 3944	2998
2022	10	3387	3360	2830 – 3890	3074
2022	11	3603	3298	2800 – 3795	3195
2022	12	3631	3217	2754 – 3680	3243
2022	13	3565	3146	2745 – 3547	3229
2022	14	3575	3066	2753 – 3378	3287
2022	15	3515	2997	2759 – 3235	3288
2022	16	3235	2955	2751 – 3159	3068
2022	17	3141	2908	2716 – 3100	3026
2022	18	3129	2880	2689 – 3071	3058
2022	19	3127	2860	2672 – 3048	3067
2022	20	3057	2832	2664 – 3000	3004
2022	21	2923	2808	2657 – 2958	2882
2022	22	2962	2791	2645 – 2936	2933
2022	23	2943	2773	2628 – 2917	2914
2022	24	3012	2775	2637 – 2912	2939
2022	25	3136	2762	2631 – 2893	3068
2022	26	3102	2754	2614 – 2894	2951
2022	27	2973	2760	2581 – 2940	2869
2022	28	3089	2756	2552 – 2960	2933
2022	29	3189	2758	2544 – 2971	3005
2022	30	3133	2744	2552 – 2937	2950
2022	31	2959	2724	2529 – 2918	2816
2022	32	2985	2719	2520 – 2918	2856
2022	33	3077	2705	2518 – 2893	2977
2022	34	3039	2699	2546 – 2852	2956
2022	35	2964	2703	2563 – 2843	2901
2022	36	2937	2713	2586 – 2840	2867
2022	37	2818	2735	2601 – 2869	2762
2022	38	3016	2766	2622 – 2910	2960
2022	39	3199	2789	2655 – 2923	3105
2022	40	3307	2824	2666 – 2981
2022	41	3308	2846	2693 – 2998
2022	42	3365	2878	2716 – 3039
2022	43	3306	2901	2700 – 3102
2022	44	3226	2928	2722 – 3134
2022	45	3170	2941	2732 – 3151
2022	46	3206	2972	2749 – 3195
2022	47	3404	3013	2783 – 3243
2022	48	3425	3054	2803 – 3304
2022	49	3605	3078	2783 – 3373
2022	50	3985	3142	2842 – 3442
2022	51	4180	3209	2874 – 3544
* 2022 provisional figures. COVID-19 mortality known up to September 2022 inclusive.

Weekly mortality*
		Deaths	Expected mortality	Expected mortality (95% interval)	Non-COVID-19 deaths
2020	1	3103	3277	2908 – 3645	3103
2020	2	3364	3311	2930 – 3692	3364
2020	3	3157	3344	2945 – 3742	3157
2020	4	3046	3392	3008 – 3776	3046
2020	5	3164	3407	3027 – 3788	3164
2020	6	3196	3401	2979 – 3823	3196
2020	7	3198	3408	2916 – 3901	3198
2020	8	2959	3387	2851 – 3922	2959
2020	9	3098	3352	2805 – 3898	3098
2020	10	3107	3315	2785 – 3845	3102
2020	11	3218	3253	2756 – 3751	3183
2020	12	3614	3174	2711 – 3637	3202
2020	13	4458	3104	2703 – 3505	3208
2020	14	5085	3024	2712 – 3337	3164
2020	15	4981	2957	2719 – 3195	3004
2020	16	4308	2915	2711 – 3120	2839
2020	17	3911	2869	2677 – 3060	2816
2020	18	3382	2841	2650 – 3032	2715
2020	19	2990	2821	2633 – 3009	2555
2020	20	2777	2794	2626 – 2962	2494
2020	21	2769	2770	2620 – 2920	2552
2020	22	2733	2753	2608 – 2898	2584
2020	23	2681	2735	2591 – 2880	2574
2020	24	2690	2737	2600 – 2875	2624
2020	25	2695	2725	2594 – 2855	2646
2020	26	2660	2717	2577 – 2857	2626
2020	27	2637	2723	2544 – 2902	2605
2020	28	2619	2719	2515 – 2923	2594
2020	29	2529	2720	2507 – 2934	2521
2020	30	2672	2707	2515 – 2900	2654
2020	31	2666	2687	2492 – 2882	2644
2020	32	2641	2682	2483 – 2881	2613
2020	33	3211	2669	2481 – 2857	3159
2020	34	2854	2663	2510 – 2815	2806
2020	35	2736	2667	2526 – 2807	2705
2020	36	2693	2676	2549 – 2804	2666
2020	37	2741	2698	2564 – 2832	2709
2020	38	2722	2729	2585 – 2873	2655
2020	39	2891	2752	2618 – 2886	2752
2020	40	3000	2786	2628 – 2943	2805
2020	41	3024	2807	2655 – 2960	2755
2020	42	3220	2839	2677 – 3001	2786
2020	43	3449	2862	2661 – 3063	2806
2020	44	3687	2889	2683 – 3095	2831
2020	45	3589	2902	2692 – 3111	2695
2020	46	3581	2932	2710 – 3155	2799
2020	47	3335	2972	2742 – 3202	2667
2020	48	3404	3012	2762 – 3263	2752
2020	49	3529	3037	2742 – 3332	2915
2020	50	3615	3100	2800 – 3399	2918
2020	51	3911	3166	2830 – 3501	2969
2020	52	3867	3222	2871 – 3573	2743
2020	53	4104	3266	2906 – 3625	2913
2021	1	4143	3309	2940 – 3677	2998
2021	2	3850	3343	2962 – 3724	2824
2021	3	3863	3376	2978 – 3775	2880
2021	4	3715	3425	3040 – 3809	2893
2021	5	3654	3440	3060 – 3821	2920
2021	6	3553	3434	3012 – 3856	2862
2021	7	3529	3441	2949 – 3934	2877
2021	8	3206	3420	2884 – 3955	2704
2021	9	3104	3384	2838 – 3931	2681
2021	10	3246	3347	2817 – 3877	2861
2021	11	3042	3285	2787 – 3782	2690
2021	12	3046	3205	2742 – 3668	2711
2021	13	3177	3134	2733 – 3535	2812
2021	14	3164	3054	2741 – 3366	2834
2021	15	3141	2986	2748 – 3224	2797
2021	16	3144	2944	2739 – 3148	2843
2021	17	3122	2897	2705 – 3088	2804
2021	18	3006	2869	2677 – 3060	2724
2021	19	3019	2849	2660 – 3037	2776
2021	20	2988	2821	2653 – 2989	2798
2021	21	2806	2797	2646 – 2947	2691
2021	22	3011	2780	2635 – 2925	2895
2021	23	2882	2762	2617 – 2906	2818
2021	24	2870	2764	2627 – 2901	2819
2021	25	2674	2751	2620 – 2882	2647
2021	26	2791	2743	2603 – 2883	2768
2021	27	2838	2750	2571 – 2929	2817
2021	28	2873	2745	2541 – 2949	2854
2021	29	2778	2747	2534 – 2960	2710
2021	30	2913	2734	2541 – 2926	2841
2021	31	2960	2713	2518 – 2908	2851
2021	32	2840	2708	2509 – 2907	2738
2021	33	2898	2695	2507 – 2883	2805
2021	34	2926	2688	2535 – 2841	2820
2021	35	2863	2693	2552 – 2833	2776
2021	36	3090	2702	2575 – 2829	2997
2021	37	2923	2724	2590 – 2858	2829
2021	38	2888	2755	2612 – 2899	2827
2021	39	3071	2778	2644 – 2912	3011
2021	40	3073	2813	2655 – 2970	2997
2021	41	3064	2835	2682 – 2987	2961
2021	42	3274	2866	2705 – 3028	3103
2021	43	3389	2889	2688 – 3090	3092
2021	44	3518	2917	2711 – 3123	3111
2021	45	3794	2930	2720 – 3139	3235
2021	46	3999	2960	2738 – 3183	3177
2021	47	4194	3001	2771 – 3231	3171
2021	48	4391	3042	2791 – 3292	3315
2021	49	4378	3066	2771 – 3361	3331
2021	50	4059	3130	2830 – 3429	3283
2021	51	3771	3196	2861 – 3531	3177
2021	52	3679	3253	2902 – 3605	3268
2022	1	3435	3321	2953 – 3690	3140
2022	2	3157	3356	2975 – 3737	2932
2022	3	3192	3390	2991 – 3788	3013
2022	4	3202	3438	3054 – 3822	3016
2022	5	3286	3454	3073 – 3835	3047
2022	6	3254	3447	3025 – 3870	2980
2022	7	3378	3455	2963 – 3947	3089
2022	8	3351	3433	2898 – 3969	3100
2022	9	3233	3397	2851 – 3944	2998
2022	10	3387	3360	2830 – 3890	3074
2022	11	3603	3298	2800 – 3795	3195
2022	12	3631	3217	2754 – 3680	3243
2022	13	3565	3146	2745 – 3547	3229
2022	14	3575	3066	2753 – 3378	3287
2022	15	3515	2997	2759 – 3235	3288
2022	16	3235	2955	2751 – 3159	3068
2022	17	3141	2908	2716 – 3100	3026
2022	18	3129	2880	2689 – 3071	3058
2022	19	3127	2860	2672 – 3048	3067
2022	20	3057	2832	2664 – 3000	3004
2022	21	2923	2808	2657 – 2958	2882
2022	22	2962	2791	2645 – 2936	2933
2022	23	2943	2773	2628 – 2917	2914
2022	24	3012	2775	2637 – 2912	2939
2022	25	3136	2762	2631 – 2893	3068
2022	26	3102	2754	2614 – 2894	2951
2022	27	2973	2760	2581 – 2940	2869
2022	28	3089	2756	2552 – 2960	2933
2022	29	3189	2758	2544 – 2971	3005
2022	30	3133	2744	2552 – 2937	2950
2022	31	2959	2724	2529 – 2918	2816
2022	32	2985	2719	2520 – 2918	2856
2022	33	3077	2705	2518 – 2893	2977
2022	34	3039	2699	2546 – 2852	2956
2022	35	2964	2703	2563 – 2843	2901
2022	36	2937	2713	2586 – 2840	2867
2022	37	2818	2735	2601 – 2869	2762
2022	38	3016	2766	2622 – 2910	2960
2022	39	3199	2789	2655 – 2923	3105
2022	40	3307	2824	2666 – 2981
2022	41	3308	2846	2693 – 2998
2022	42	3365	2878	2716 – 3039
2022	43	3306	2901	2700 – 3102
2022	44	3226	2928	2722 – 3134
2022	45	3170	2941	2732 – 3151
2022	46	3206	2972	2749 – 3195
2022	47	3404	3013	2783 – 3243
2022	48	3425	3054	2803 – 3304
2022	49	3605	3078	2783 – 3373
2022	50	3985	3142	2842 – 3442
2022	51	4180	3209	2874 – 3544
* 2022 provisional figures. COVID-19 mortality known up to September 2022 inclusive.

Other causes of death show no major differences

COVID-19 was the confirmed cause of death in 3.7 percent of nearly 40 thousand deaths in the third quarter. In other cause-of-death categories, mortality was largely similar to that in the third quarter of previous years. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) was slightly lower than one year previously. Mortality from non-natural causes of death was higher, mainly due to an increase in the number of deaths from accidental falls. The main causes of death are neoplasms (including cancer) and CVD.

Mortality by cause-of-death category, quarterly
jaar	Kwartaal	Neoplasms (x 1,000)	Cardiovascular diseases (x 1,000)	Mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system (x 1,000)	Respiratory diseases (x 1,000)	Non-natural causes of death (x 1,000)	COVID-19 (x 1,000)
2018	Q1	12.037	11.275	6.849	6.150	2.269
2018	Q2	11.393	8.737	4.774	2.789	2.029
2018	Q3	11.428	8.231	5.277	2.260	2.086
2018	Q4	11.799	9.552	5.090	2.845	2.247
2019	Q1	11.867	10.043	5.832	4.175	2.224
2019	Q2	11.529	9.001	5.186	2.961	2.059
2019	Q3	11.691	8.505	5.134	2.269	2.103
2019	Q4	11.903	9.992	5.399	3.219	2.288
2020	Q1	12.077	10.262	5.679	3.963	2.329	2.210
2020	Q2	11.396	8.603	4.716	2.238	2.182	7.972
2020	Q3	11.846	8.313	4.910	2.110	2.241	0.597
2020	Q4	11.770	9.444	4.764	2.192	2.278	9.394
2021*	Q1	11.309	9.503	4.559	2.216	2.260	8.694
2021*	Q2	11.726	8.942	4.746	2.248	2.235	2.611
2021*	Q3	11.899	8.689	5.114	2.482	2.224	0.970
2021*	Q4	12.173	10.312	5.631	3.173	2.547	7.333
2022*	Q1	11.630	9.992	5.058	2.961	2.516	3.575
2022*	Q2	11.514	9.571	5.206	3.505	2.546	1.434
2022*	Q3	11.785	8.476	5.395	2.444	2.539	1.468
* Provisional figures

Mortality by cause-of-death category, quarterly
jaar	Kwartaal	Neoplasms (x 1,000)	Cardiovascular diseases (x 1,000)	Mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system (x 1,000)	Respiratory diseases (x 1,000)	Non-natural causes of death (x 1,000)	COVID-19 (x 1,000)
2018	Q1	12.037	11.275	6.849	6.150	2.269
2018	Q2	11.393	8.737	4.774	2.789	2.029
2018	Q3	11.428	8.231	5.277	2.260	2.086
2018	Q4	11.799	9.552	5.090	2.845	2.247
2019	Q1	11.867	10.043	5.832	4.175	2.224
2019	Q2	11.529	9.001	5.186	2.961	2.059
2019	Q3	11.691	8.505	5.134	2.269	2.103
2019	Q4	11.903	9.992	5.399	3.219	2.288
2020	Q1	12.077	10.262	5.679	3.963	2.329	2.210
2020	Q2	11.396	8.603	4.716	2.238	2.182	7.972
2020	Q3	11.846	8.313	4.910	2.110	2.241	0.597
2020	Q4	11.770	9.444	4.764	2.192	2.278	9.394
2021*	Q1	11.309	9.503	4.559	2.216	2.260	8.694
2021*	Q2	11.726	8.942	4.746	2.248	2.235	2.611
2021*	Q3	11.899	8.689	5.114	2.482	2.224	0.970
2021*	Q4	12.173	10.312	5.631	3.173	2.547	7.333
2022*	Q1	11.630	9.992	5.058	2.961	2.516	3.575
2022*	Q2	11.514	9.571	5.206	3.505	2.546	1.434
2022*	Q3	11.785	8.476	5.395	2.444	2.539	1.468
* Provisional figures

COVID-19 mortality figures

Figures on causes of death are based on the cause-of-death certificates completed by an attending medical practitioner. These figures are processed by CBS and published after four months. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Dutch government report the number of COVID-19 deaths on a weekly basis. This number is lower than what is published by CBS on the basis of registered death causes. The reason for this is that there is no obligation to report COVID-19 deaths to RIVM. It is also possible that a medical practitioner establishes COVID-19 as the cause of death on the basis of the clinical picture without laboratory testing. CBS publishes weekly mortality figures, before any information is known on the causes of death.

From March 2020 to 30 September 2022 inclusive (as at 23 January 2023), RIVM reported 22,675 COVID-19 deaths based on data received from the municipal health services (GGD). In the same period, based on cause-of-death certificates, CBS registered 46,258 deaths due to confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Sources

StatLine - Deaths; underlying cause of death (shortlist), sex, age

COVID-19 mortality relatively higher among long-term care users

Excess mortality and COVID-19 mortality

Other causes of death show no major differences

COVID-19 mortality figures

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