Health in Netherlands 100 indicators covering health for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 0.007 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2019 down 41.7% 19th Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 39,800 Number 2024 down 33.4% 19th Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 3.3 Rate 2024 down 8.3% 22nd Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 81.9 Year 2024 up 0.4% 20th Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 547 Number 2024 down 13.2% 11th Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 2.8 Years 2024 down 17.6% 7th Life expectancy 81.9 Years 2024 up 0.4% 2nd Infant health: low birthweight 5.6 Percentage of live births 2023 down 11.1% 2nd Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -2.8 Years 2024 up 17.6% 1st Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 66,870 Number 2020 up 35.8% 11th Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 50,777 Number 2020 down 27.2% 17th Maternal and infant mortality — Perinatal mortality 4.2 Deaths per 1 000 births 2024 up 2.4% 2nd Healthcare coverage — Health insurance coverage 17,993 Persons 2024 up 6.9% 3rd Causes of mortality 172,165 Deaths 2024 up 23.7% 3rd Communicable diseases — Communicable disease incidence 135 Cases 2024 down 39.7% 2nd Hospital beds by function of healthcare 2.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 37.7% 7th Hospital beds by sector 2.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 37.7% 7th Hospitals 40.24 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 34.4% 1st Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by NUTS 2 region of 1.46 Rate 2023 down 52.0% 43rd Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother and parity, by NUTS 2 region 360 Number 2023 down 32.7% 16th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 1.37 million Number 2021 down 38.6% 9th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 727,570 Number 2021 down 42.1% 9th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 642,132 Number 2021 down 34.2% 9th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - females - historical 2.98 million Number 2021 down 47.8% 20th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - total - historical 6.09 million Number 2021 down 43.5% 20th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients 1.36 million Number 2021 down 33.1% 15th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - males - historical 3.12 million Number 2021 down 38.7% 17th Hospital discharges by diagnosis, NUTS 2 region, in-patients and 723,205 Number 2021 down 34.7% 15th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients 640,687 Number 2021 down 31.3% 15th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 7,812 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 41.6% 12th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 8,252 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 44.6% 11th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 7,367 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 37.6% 12th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 7,779 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 36.3% 34th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 8,202 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 37.6% 33rd Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 7,351 Per hundred thousand inhabitants 2021 down 34.8% 35th Infant mortality rates 2 Rate 2024 up 5.3% 23rd Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories 4.4 Days 2023 down 8.3% 6th Infant mortality 512 Number 2019 down 21.0% 10th Life expectancy by age and sex 81.9 Year 2024 up 0.4% 21st Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 1.38 million Discharges 2023 down 17.3% 3rd Assumptions for mortality rates by age, sex and type of projection 0.0023 Number 2100 down 14.4% 13th Projected life expectancy by age (in completed years), sex and type 89.6 Year 2100 up 1.0% 14th Projected life expectancy by age, sex and type of projection 89 Year 2100 up 1.3% 13th Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 9,551 Deaths 2024 down 5.9% 3rd Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 20,056 Deaths 2024 up 1.8% 3rd Avoidable mortality 29,607 Deaths 2024 down 0.8% 3rd Health graduates 2,574 Number 2024 up 5.1% 11th Health personnel 71,184 Number 2024 up 23.2% 10th Hospital beds by function and type of care 39,800 Number 2024 down 33.4% 16th Pharmaceutical consumption 247.2 Defined daily dose per 1 000 inhabitants per day 2024 down 9.4% 4th Risk factors for health — Tobacco consumption 8.5 Cigarettes per smoker per day 2024 down 20.6% 5th Perceived health status 6.2 Percentage of population in the same age 2025 up 19.2% 7th Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality 2.7 Per 100 admissions 2023 down 38.6% 7th Acute care — Ischaemic stroke 30 day mortality 4.7 Per 100 admissions 2021 down 37.3% 7th Acute care — Haemorrhagic stroke 30 day mortality 22.9 Per 100 admissions 2021 down 17.0% 6th Primary care — Congestive heart failure hospital admission 150.6 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2023 down 21.7% 5th Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 1.41 million Number 2021 down 26.5% 16th Health graduates - historical data 2,500 Number 2020 up 9.8% 11th Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 108,481 Million euro 2024 up 59.9% 7th Health personnel (excluding nursing and caring professionals) 66,870 Number 2020 up 15.8% 9th Page 1 of 2 Next →