Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures

This table provides an overview of the key figures on health and care available on StatLine. All figures are taken from other tables on StatLine, either directly or through a simple conversion. In the original tables, breakdowns by characteristics of individuals or other variables are possible. The period after the year of review before data become available differs between the data series. The number of exam passes/graduates in year t is the number of persons who obtained a diploma in school/study year starting in t-1 and ending in t.

Data available from: 2001

Status of the figures: Most figures are definite. Figures reported for the last year are provisional for:

• causes of death;
• perinatal mortality at pregnancy lasting at least 22 weeks (WHO);
• diagnoses known to the general practitioner;
• hospital admissions by some diagnoses;
• average period of hospitalisation;
• AWBZ/Wlz-funded long term care;
• youth care;
• physicians and nurses employed in care;
• Mbo health care graduates;
• Hbo nursing graduates / medicine graduates (university);
• profitability and operating results at institutions1 Figures reported for the last two years are provisional for:
• supplied drugs;
• persons employed in health and welfare;
• persons employed in healthcare. For expenditures of care, figures for 2022 are provisional; the figures for 2020 and 2021 are revised provisional.

Changes as of 7 July 2023: More recent figures have been added for:

• causes of death;
• life expectancy;
• self-perceived health;
• diagnoses known to the general practitioner;
• hospital admissions by some diagnoses;
• sickness absence;
• average period of hospitalisation;
• contacts with health professionals;
• persons aged 80 or older;
• youth care;
• smoking, heavy drinkers, physical activity;
• overweight;
• high blood pressure;
• physicians and nurses employed in care;
• persons employed in health and welfare;
• persons employed in healthcare;
• Mbo health care graduates;
• Hbo nursing graduates / medicine graduates (university);
• expenditures on care;
• average distance to facilities. The series 'Hbo nursing graduates' and 'medicine graduates (university)' have been replaced from 2016 for figures rounded to tens.

Changes as of 14 July 2022: A new series was added for hospital discharges of COVID19.

When will new figures be published? New figures will be published in December 2023.