Netherlands – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Netherlands
NETHERLANDS- A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 16,404,282
Female percentage of population (2007): 50.54%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 18.1% |
| Ages 15-24 | 12.0% |
| Ages 25-49 | 36.1% |
| Ages 50-64 | 19.4% |
| Ages 65-79 | 10.8% |
| Age 80 and older | 3.7% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 17.88%
- Male: 19.13%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 16.00%
- Male: 11.83%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 82.0 years female
- 77.7 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2004): 137.15
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births (2005): 6
Percentage using contraception (1993): 78.5%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 69.6%
- Male: 82.2%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: 58%
- 1997: 69.6%
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 3.6%
- Male: 2.8%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 30,900
- Male: 40,300
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 73.2%
Marriage rate (2007): 4.49 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2005):
- – Female: 425
- – Male: 523
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 156.7
- – Male: 240.1
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000 (2003):
- – Incidence: 7.13
- – Death: 1.98
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2003):
- – Incidence: 142.62
- – Death: 31.67
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2005):
- – Stomach: 120
- – Colorectal: 484
- – Lung: 1280
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 43.9
- Male: 61.2
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 32.5
- Male: 63.4
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 21.96
- Male: 93.94
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita (2003): 5.3
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 2401.99
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- Female: 70.5%
- Male: 61.4%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 24.9%
- Male: 31.6%
Percentage overweight (2002):
- Female: 28.5%
- Male: 43.5%
Percentage obese (2002):
- Female: 10.1%
- Male: 10.4%
Low Energy Expenditure (2002):
- Female: 61.4%
- Male: 62.6%
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.