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3 in 10 deaths caused by cancer
In 2018, the number of deaths in the Netherlands stood at 153 thousand. With nearly 47 thousand cases (30 percent), cancer was the leading cause of death, just as in previous years.
Fewer suicide deaths in 2018
In 2018, the number of suicide deaths stood at1,829, which is 88 fewer than in 2017. The suicide rate declined among 10 to 19-year-olds.
Economic position of women has improved
The Emancipation Monitor by CBS and SCP shows that the economic position of women has improved.
FEV and PHEV fleet
The data cover both fully electric vehicles (FEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) which were included in the vehicle licence registration database of the Netherlands Vehicle Authority...
First Departmental Data Centre launched
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs launched the ‘CBS/EZ Departmental Data Centre’
Increase in online shopping among older generation
The number of people in the Netherlands making online purchases has increased further. So far in 2018, 78 percent of Dutch consumers say they have made a purchase via the Internet, as against 76...
Transition facility: insights into users 2012-2015
A descriptive analysis of de demography and trade behaviour of users of the instrument “Transition Facility” in the period 2012-2015.
Sharp fall in traffic deaths in 2004
Traffic fatality rate fell by 19 percent last year. 881 people were killed in traffic in 2004. In the previous year 1,088 people died on Dutch roads. Far fewer men and children died in road accidents.
Associate-degree programme attracts mainly mbo graduates
Many first year students in higher professional education (hbo) in the Netherlands in 2012/’11 who opted for the shorter two-year programme are graduates from senior secondary vocational education...
Marginal reduction farms and horticultural enterprises
On 1 April 2010, there were 72 thousand farms and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands, a reduction by more than 1 percent relative to the same month last year. This reduction is the smallest...
Retail turnover down in May
In May 2015 retail turnover was 1.3 percent down from the same month last year. The volume of sales shrank by 0.4 percent, retail prices were 0.9 percent down. The less favourable shopping-day...
Psychological complaints in girls and older women
In 2014, more than 1 in 10 Dutch people aged 12 or up suffered from psychological complaints. Women had more mental health problems than men. In particular girls between 16 and 20 and older women...
Unemployment further up
An average of 430 thousand persons were unemployed in the period November 2009-January 2010, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force.
Dutch economic growth reaches 2.1 percent
The Dutch economy grew by 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2010 relative to the same quarter in 2009.
End of post-Irma consumer price increase
In Q4 2018, consumer prices on Saba were back at the level of one year previously. This brought an end to the price increases recorded after Hurricane Irma in Q4 2017.
Criminal law; key figures 1994-2016
Key figures criminal law: subdistrict court cases, district court cases and settlements under the Mulder Act