Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Funeral
Funeral - Credit: Buurserstraat38 / DepositPhotos - License: DepositPhotos
Health
Statistics Netherlands
excess mortality
mortality
Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
Covid-19
Friday, January 21, 2022 - 09:29
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Fewer deaths than expected for first time in 6 months

An estimated 3,250 people died in the Netherlands in the second week of January. That is over 100 fewer than expected for this period - the first time in six months that the number of weekly deaths was lower than anticipated, Statistics Netherlands reported. 

The Netherlands was dealing with excess mortality since the start of August 2021. In the last week of December, mortality was at about the expected level. In the first week of January, slightly more people than expected died. Statistics Netherlands does not have data on the causes of death yet, but the excess mortality coincided with the latest coronavirus wave.

In recent weeks, the decrease in mortality was particularly visible among people in their 80s and older. But in the second week of January, the mortality in this age group remained stable. An estimated 1,850 people over 80 died last week, over 100 fewer than expected. In all other age groups, the mortality was at the expected level. 

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Six people say they were pricked in Kaatsheuvel; young woman is unwell
  • Lack of quality control, regulation for children's sleep coaches
  • Unlikely that Putin will turn off the gas tap: Timmermans
  • Ukrainian refugees with host families can miss out on registration, aid
  • Up to three weeks of quarantine after contact with monkeypox patients
  • Theaters, museums suffer from fewer visitors

Top stories

  • Up to three weeks of quarantine after contact with monkeypox patients
  • Explosion shatters windows in Amsterdam Nieuw-West
  • Doctors must report cases of monkeypox, RIVM advice says
  • 20 injured in Losser farm cart accident, 4 taken to hospital
  • Second case of monkeypox found in the Netherlands: RIVM
  • Much unknown about first Dutch monkeypox cases, experts say

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content