86 Dutch drowned last year

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dutch police investigating 133 homicides in 2024, Amsterdam total doubles to 20

NL Times

A total of 133 individuals were killed by violence in the Netherlands this year as of Tuesday afternoon, up 6 percent from the total for all of 2023, according to police data provided to NL Times. The provisional figures put the national homicide rate at roughly 0.74 deaths per 100,000 residents based on the population at the start of 2024, …

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1 month ago

Ten percent of Netherlands residents have experienced discrimination

NL Times

One in ten Netherlands residents aged 15 and older experienced discrimination last year. More women than men experienced discrimination, and more young people than older people. Second-generation immigrants with non-European roots also experienced discrimination often. 4.2 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 and older experienced discrimination based on their skin color.

Netherlands Discrimination Experienced Experienced Discrimination

1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch population must stay below 20 million, ministers say

Dutch News

The right-wing Dutch government is looking at drawing up specific targets to limit immigration and ensure the population of the Netherlands remains below 20 million by 2050. Immigration minister Marjolein Faber and social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum told MPs in a briefing on Tuesday that the cabinet was embracing a report by the government’s demographic development commission which recommends …

Population Netherlands Migration

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jail for Dutchmen who pushed man who drowned into Belgian canal

Dutch News

A court in Belgium has sentenced two Dutch nationals to four and two years in jail for pushing a man into a canal in Ghent and leaving him to drown. The men, 25 and 27 years old and both from Goes, had attended the annual Ghent festival in 2022 and were under the influence of drink and drugs when they …

Man Mutyaba

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dutch men convicted in man’s drowning death after festival in Ghent, Belgium

NL Times

Two Dutch men convicted for their role in a drowning death at an event in Ghent, Belgium were sentenced to prison on Monday. De V. was accused of beating up Mutyaba, and then throwing him over the railing and into the water after the 53-year-old victim returned from the Gentse Feesten, an annual music event in the city. The other …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Abortions up 10% in the Netherlands last year, rising above 39,000

NL Times

Last year, there were 39,332 abortions in the Netherlands, an increase of around 3,700 compared to 2022, the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate reported on Wednesday based on figures from all hospitals and abortion clinics in the country. The number of pregnancy terminations fluctuated between 30,000 and 33,000 per year since 2012, but there has been a clear increase for …

Netherlands Inspectorate

4 months, 2 weeks ago

More Dutch holidaymakers die in accidents abroad: AD

Dutch News

The number of Dutch holidaymakers who die in an accident while abroad is showing a steep rise, figures requested by the AD from the foreign affairs ministry and emergency call centres have shown. Last year, the foreign ministry provided help in 1080 cases of death abroad compared to 385 in 2017, the paper said, but not of these were accidental. …

Dutch Die Abroad

8 months, 2 weeks ago

1,862 people took their own lives in Netherlands last year

NL Times

Last year, 1,862 people took their own lives in the Netherlands. For years, the figure was highest among people over 80, but since the start of this century, the suicide rate has been highest among 40 to 60-year-olds. Among people in their 20s and 30s, it was 10.6 per 100,000 last year, but it has increased slightly since 2005-2009, especially …

Netherlands Suicide Young Young People Rate Cbs

10 months, 1 week ago

Obesity tripled in Netherlands in 40 years

NL Times

Last year, 16 percent of people over 20 in the Netherlands were obese or seriously overweight, according to Statistics Netherlands. That is three times as many as about 40 years ago, notes the organization, which collaborated with the RIVM health institute for the Health Survey/Lifestyle Monitor. In total, 51 percent of all Dutch people aged 20 and older were overweight …

Netherlands Bmi Overweight

1 year, 4 months ago

Murder rate increased in 2022, Rotterdam has most killings

Dutch News

The number of murders in the Netherlands has gone up for the second year in a row, with the biggest increases among young men and older women, latest figures show. The figures from the statistics agency CBS also showed that in six out of 10 murders of women, the suspected killer was a current or former partner, including 75% of …

Women Murder Men Cbs

1 year, 5 months ago

Five Dutch people missing after floods in Slovenia

NL Times

Following the storms of the last few days, five Dutch nationals have been reported missing in Slovenia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://twitter.com/policija_si/status/1687708202027081728 Presumably, these are mainly reports from family members who were unable to contact the Dutch nationals living in Slovenia. https://t.co/PcR6AnlKgH — 24/7 BZ August 4, 2023 It is still not known how many Dutch citizens are …

Dutch Foreign Affairs Slovenia

1 year, 5 months ago

Two Dutch tourists drown after canoe accident in France

NL Times

Two Dutchmen, aged 25 and 35, drowned after a canoe accident in a canal between Mathaux and Blaincourt-sur-Aube in France on Wednesday. They got into trouble in whirlpools in a place in the canal where a water suction pipe runs, according to local media. An 8-year-old child went into shock and was taken to hospital along with another Dutch person. …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch working population is expanding as older people work longer

Dutch News

Some 25% 15- to 75-year-olds in the Netherlands were not in work last year or looking for a job last year, the lowest percentage in 20 years, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. Most of the 3.3 million people who are not in work or looking for a job were pensioners, but the total also includes people …

Age Work Cbs

1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch working population is expanding as older people work longer

Dutch News

Some 25% 15- to 75-year-olds in the Netherlands were not in work last year or looking for a job last year, the lowest percentage in 20 years, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. Most of the 3.3 million people who are not in work or looking for a job were pensioners, but the total also includes people …

Age Work Cbs

1 year, 8 months ago

Number of heavy drinkers has remained unchanged since 2014

NL Times

Eight percent of adults in the Netherlands were heavy drinkers last year, Statistics Netherlands reported. In the prevention agreement, the government and various social organizations agreed to reduce the number of heavy drinkers to 5 percent or less by 2040. Nearly 80 percent of Netherlands residents aged 18 or older consumed alcohol in the year before answering CBS’s questions for …

Drink Netherlands Alcohol Cbs Heavy Drinkers

1 year, 10 months ago

Tourism in Netherlands close to pre-Covid levels with hotel occupancy rising

NL Times

The number of tourists who spent the night in Dutch accommodations last year increased by 40 percent to 44 million compared to 2021. Tourists spent a total of 127.8 million nights in Dutch accommodations - an increase of 26 percent compared to 2021 and 4 percent higher than 2019, which was already a record year. Dutch hotels accommodated 28 million …

Dutch Netherlands Million Tourists Foreign Tourists

1 year, 11 months ago

Dutch more worried about natural disasters; Half think country will become uninhabitable

NL Times

Compared to 2020, Netherlands residents are now more afraid of natural disasters like dike breaches, floods, and drought. Despite increased concerns about floods and other natural disasters, Netherlands residents still underestimate the size of the vulnerable areas in the Netherlands. A large majority believe climate change will significantly increase flood risks in the Netherlands. And a third think the Netherlands …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Cancer fatality rate is higher in the Netherlands than the EU average

NL Times

More people die from cancer every year in the Netherlands than on average in the European Union, according to the European Commission. Although the mortality rate in the Netherlands fell by more than a tenth between 2011 and 2019, the number of new cancer patients was also the second highest of the 27 EU countries. Dutch cancer foundation KWF said …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Survey shows lack of Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands

The Independent

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2 years ago

More people in the Netherlands giving up on faith: 58% are not religious

NL Times

Residents of the Netherlands are continuing to abandon religion, according to research from Statistics Netherlands that looked at the beliefs of people aged 15 and up. “In 2021, 58 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 or older did not consider themselves to belong to a religious denomination or philosophical group,” the CBS said on Thursday. “A year earlier that …

Religious Netherlands Age

2 years ago

Half of the Dutch rarely, or never, see the police in their own neighborhood

NL Times

More than half of the Dutch said that they rarely or never see the police in their own neighborhood. According to figures from Statistics Netherlands, about 41 percent rarely see police near their homes, while 13 never do. Nine percent of survey respondents say they often see the police in their own neighbourhood, 36 percent indicate that the police are …

Dutch Satisfied

2 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands population to hit 20.7 million by 2070

NL Times

The population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next 50 years, mainly due to immigration and a longer lifespan. Over the past years, the Dutch population mainly grew through foreign migration, and that will likely remain the case, CBS expects. This is especially the case in the coming years - many older people died in the coronavirus …

Population Netherlands Million Number Cbs

2 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 5,000 Covid-19 deaths in first half of 2022, bringing Dutch total towards 45,000

NL Times

A total of 1,420 people in the Netherlands died of Covid-19 in the second quarter, down from 3,564 coronavirus deaths in the first quarter of 2022. That brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic to 44,760, Statistics Netherlands reported on Friday. The decrease is likely due to the high vaccination rate in the …

Netherlands First Half Excess Mortality Bringing Dutch

2 years, 2 months ago

More burglaries in Netherlands for first time in years

NL Times

The number of burglaries increased for the first time in years. In the same period last year, the police registered 16,100 burglaries. But we expect to hit over 25,000 residential burglaries this year,” said Sybren van der Velden, the national project leader for home burglary at the police. Despite the increase, the number of burglaries is still much lower than …

Number Burglaries

2 years, 2 months ago

16% more young people with payment problems despite overall decrease

NL Times

The number of people with payment problems decreased again in the past 12 months, as did the total number of people with credit. The number of people aged 18 to 24 with payment problems increased by 16 percent, Stichting BKR reported. At the end of August 2022, over 7.8 million Netherlands residents had more than 11.8 million consumer loans, compared …

Netherlands Young People Bkr Payment Problems

2 years, 5 months ago

NL residents could be charged more if they use excessive water

NL Times

As drought grips the Netherlands, drinking water companies and the government are investigating whether they can charge higher prices to consumers and companies that use excessive amounts of drinking water. “Different rates in combination with more information and water-saving techniques can contribute to more economical water use and more awareness among consumers,” said Madelon Vink of De Vewin, the association …

Netherlands Water Companies Drinking Drinking Water Water Companies Middendorp

2 years, 5 months ago

Over 330 Dutch nationals have died abroad this year: RTL

Dutch News

Dutch consular officials have helped deal with 332 deaths abroad so far this year, and 40 people died in July alone, RTL Nieuws reported at the weekend. Last year, during the coronavirus crisis, government officials helps relatives deal with 283 deaths up to the end of August and in 2019, 278. ‘Statistically a lot of people are travelling and that …

Dutch

2 years, 5 months ago

Over 330 Dutch nationals have died abroad this year: RTL

Dutch News

Dutch consular officials have helped deal with 332 deaths abroad so far this year, and 40 people died in July alone, RTL Nieuws reported at the weekend. Last year, during the coronavirus crisis, government officials helps relatives deal with 283 deaths up to the end of August and in 2019, 278. ‘Statistically a lot of people are travelling and that …

Dutch

2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch holidaymakers see more fatal accidents this year

NL Times

As holidaymakers resume their travels after two years of coronavirus restrictions, more Dutch people are also dying abroad than in years past. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that 332 Dutch people have died while traveling abroad so far this year. In comparison, the number of Dutch people who died abroad up to and including August was 283 last …

Dutch Dutch People Van Vuure

2 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands population numbers boosted by Ukrainian refugees

NL Times

The number of residents of the Netherlands grew strongly in the past six months. In the first half of 2022, the number of Netherlands residents increased by almost 120,000, Statistics Netherlands reported. That is nearly the same as the combined population growth in the first half of 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. About 195,200 people moved to the Netherlands in …

Netherlands Numbers Boosted

2 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 caused 8% of Netherlands deaths in first quarter

NL Times

The coronavirus was still a common cause of death at the beginning of this year. In the first quarter of this year, 3,480 people in the Netherlands died of Covid-19, Statistics Netherlands calculated. Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the number of deaths attributable to the coronavirus was more than half lower at the beginning of this year. In …

Netherlands This Year Cbs Died First Quarter Total Deaths Coronavirus Death

2 years, 8 months ago

Less than half of NL residents get enough exercise

NL Times

Nearly half of Netherlands residents aged 4 or older got enough exercise last year, according to Statistics Netherlands. This group complied with the Health Council's exercise guidelines, which state that an adult should get at least 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity exercise per week and children at least one hour a day. However, more children aged 4 to 12 and people …

Exercise Netherlands

2 years, 8 months ago

Mortality rate higher than expected for first time since end-2021

NL Times

For the first time since the end of 2021, the number of deaths was higher than expected in April. Statistics Netherlands only speaks of excess mortality if the number of deaths is much higher than expected for the time of year. Last week, 150 more people died than expected, but according to the researchers, there was no longer excess mortality. …

Coronavirus Deaths Excess Mortality

2 years, 8 months ago

Young adults in NL less happy and satisfied

NL Times

Young adults in the Netherlands were significantly less happy and less satisfied with their lives in 2021 than before the turn of the century. Last year, 81 percent of young adults said they were happy, and 77 percent were satisfied with life. Of all adults in the Netherlands, 86.4 percent were happy last year, and 83.6 percent were satisfied with …

Netherlands Life Happy Adults Young Adults Satisfied

3 years ago

Ethnically diverse Dutch people often more financially vulnerable

NL Times

Ethnically diverse Dutch people, particularly with non-Western roots, are on average more financially vulnerable than Dutch people with no migration background. Another critical point for specifically first-generation Dutch immigrants is the often inadequate old-age provision resulting from a state pension shortfall. The AFM stated that approximately 40 percent of ethnically diverse pensioners in the Netherlands with a non-Western background live …

Dutch Financial Dutch People

3 years, 1 month ago

More Dutch vacationing in the Netherlands, fewer Belgians and Germans

NL Times

Residents of the Netherlands vacationing in their own country last summer led to an increase in the number of guests at Dutch hotels, campsites, and other overnight locations. The number of foreign guests fell in the third quarter of the year by 13 percent compared to the previous year. Hotels, group accommodations, and camping and cottage parks combined received 5 …

Hotels Dutch Netherlands Number Guests German Group Accommodations

3 years, 1 month ago

Only a quarter of NL residents are "financially healthy"

NL Times

Only 27 percent of Netherlands residents are "financially healthy." Women and residents of the large cities score lower in financial health, Financieele Dagblad reports based on a study by consultancy firm Deloitte. In collaboration with ING, Nibud, and Leiden University, Deloitte questioned about 5,000 Netherlands residents about their situation, attitude, behavior, and feelings regarding income, expenditure, saving, borrowing, and planning. …

Netherlands Financial Ing Netherlands Residents Financially

3 years, 1 month ago

30% more deaths last week than expected

NL Times

The increase in the number of deaths continues, figures from last week show. Statistics Netherlands noted a striking number of deaths in people aged 65 or older. Last week, the number of people over 80 who died in particular increased. But there was also an increase in the number of deaths among people aged 65 to 80.

Deaths Bgnu

3 years, 1 month ago

Over 800 more people died last week than statisticians expected

Dutch News

Some 850 more people died last week than would have been expected using seasonal trends, the national statistics office CBS said on Friday. The excess death rate cuts across all age groups but in particular, more people have died in nursing homes and residential care than would have been expected, the CBS said. The number of excess dates rose sharply …

Cbs More People

3 years, 1 month ago

Over 800 more people died last week than statisticians expected

Dutch News

Some 850 more people died last week than would have been expected using seasonal trends, the national statistics office CBS said on Friday. The excess death rate cuts across all age groups but in particular, more people have died in nursing homes and residential care than would have been expected, the CBS said. The number of excess dates rose sharply …

Cbs More People

3 years, 3 months ago

Fewer murders in NL last year, more young victims

NL Times

A total of 121 people in the Netherlands were killed by violence last year, 77 men and 44 women. Though the number of young victims of murder or manslaughter under the age of 20 increased from 10 to 18, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. Of all the murders and manslaughter cases in the Netherlands last year, a quarter were committed …

Murder Netherlands Victims Killed Last Year Young Victims

3 years, 3 months ago

Most people gained Dutch citizenship since end 90's

NL Times

The number of people naturalized as Dutch nationals in 2020 was the highest since the late 1990s, statistics office CBS reported. Last year, 49,000 people were naturalized as Dutch citizens.That is almost double compared to 2019. In addition, 7,000 people became Dutch using another regulation, including adoption. Many stateless persons and people of unknown nationality also received a Dutch passport.

Dutch Syrian Eritreans

3 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands hit mental health low point in first half of 2021

NL Times

In the first half of this year, 15 percent of Netherlands residents aged 12 or older were struggling with their mental health - the highest percentage since Statistics Netherlands started keeping track of mental health in 2001. Particularly the proportion of people who felt gloomy and depressed and the proportion who described themselves as less happy increased in the last …

Health Mental Health Netherlands Quarter First Half Reported Mental

3 years, 4 months ago

Obese NL residents more often happy with their weight

NL Times

It is increasingly common for Netherlands residents who are seriously overweight to be satisfied with how much they weigh. Between 2018 and 2020, an average of 26 percent of severely overweight adults were satisfied with how much they weighed. Moreover, a relatively large number of elderly and young people are also satisfied with their weight. Last year, 37 percent of …

Moderately Overweight

3 years, 5 months ago

Notably fewer highly-skilled immigrants from outside of the EU in 2020

NL Times

The number of immigrants that came to the Netherlands in 2020 from outside the EU fell by nearly 30 thousand to 61.7 thousand, Statistics Netherlands reported. Immigrants from inside the EU also decreased last year by 15 thousand, dropping down to a total of 109 thousand. In 2019, 35 percent of EU immigrants stated work-related reasons as the main motive …

Netherlands Cbs Thousand

3 years, 6 months ago

More bankruptcies in EU; Netherlands an exception to the trend

NL Times

The number of bankruptcies in the Netherlands is considerably lower than in many other EU member states, Statistics Netherlands announced. In the second quarter of 2020, the number of bankruptcies there fell, only to rise for several quarters in a row," CBS stated. After that, the number of bankruptcies within the EU rose, while the number in the Netherlands fell …

Netherlands Number Quarter Cbs Ing Bankruptcies

3 years, 8 months ago

January saw highest Covid death toll since last May; Nearly 25K in NL have died

NL Times

Some 4,387 people are known to have died from a cause which was linked to Covid-19 in January this year. That figure in nearly ten thousand higher than data provided by public health agency RIVM, which said on February 1 that it knew of 14,025 deaths caused by the disease. All cause of death reports in the country are filed …

Death Netherlands Month Covid Cbs Died

3 years, 9 months ago

Mortality higher than expected for the first time in two months

NL Times

Last week, for the first time since the beginning of February, more people died in the Netherlands than expected. In week 14, an estimated 450 people younger than 65, and 1,050 people aged 65 to 80 died. For week 14 of 2021, the public health institute RIVM recorded 112 coronavirus-related deaths, but there is no obligation to submit cause of …

Mortality Expected

3 years, 9 months ago

Mortality decreasing in NL; Below expected deaths last week

NL Times

An estimated 3,100 people died in the Netherlands last week, week 12 of 2021 between March 22 and 28. That is 100 fewer deaths than expected for this period, and about a hundred more deaths than the week before, Statistics Netherlands reported. The weekly mortality rate in the Netherlands increased to above expected levels in week 39 of 2020 and …

Netherlands Deaths Last Week Expected Statistics Netherlands

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