Hypertension in Netherlands
In Netherlands, 30.5% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the lowest since 1994.
Netherlands, 2019
30.5%
Change from 2018
−0.6percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2019
33.8%
Position in 2019
160th of 192
Hypertension in Netherlands over time
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Netherlands
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% of adults aged 30 to 79. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 30.5% |
| 2018 | 31.1% |
| 2017 | 31.7% |
| 2016 | 32.4% |
| 2015 | 33.0% |
| 2014 | 33.6% |
| 2013 | 34.3% |
| 2012 | 34.8% |
| 2011 | 35.3% |
| 2010 | 35.7% |
| 2009 | 35.9% |
| 2008 | 36.1% |
| 2007 | 36.1% |
| 2006 | 36.1% |
| 2005 | 36.0% |
| 2004 | 35.8% |
| 2003 | 35.5% |
| 2002 | 35.1% |
| 2001 | 34.6% |
| 2000 | 34.0% |
| 1999 | 33.4% |
| 1998 | 32.7% |
| 1997 | 32.0% |
| 1996 | 31.4% |
| 1995 | 30.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 31.1% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 35.9%, the figure has changed by −5.4 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Netherlands has the 160th highest value.
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9.5%
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Infant mortality rate
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Hospital beds
221 per 100,000 people
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Practising physicians
396 per 100,000 people
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People reporting good or very good health
68.6%
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