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life expectancy

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Elderly woman working on a laptop
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Higher retirement age projected to strain disability benefits for employees over 60
16 February 2026 - 14:30
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Selective view of four elderly people sitting at a table and building a puzzle
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More people died in 2024, but Dutch men’s life expectancy increased slightly
11 February 2025 - 09:01
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Seniors biking
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Average Dutch 65-year-old can look forward to another 21 years of life
10 November 2024 - 10:10
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Elderly woman working on a laptop
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Union leaders call for AOW age to be lowered due to lower life expectancy
9 November 2024 - 10:08
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Grandparents holding grandchild
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Stats office lowers Dutch life expectancy
10 November 2023 - 09:05
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Elderly couple sitting on a bench
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Dutch state pension age increasing to 67 years and 3 months in 2028
9 November 2022 - 13:20
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Older couple walking in the park
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Average life expectancy back up to 86.05 years in 2028
9 November 2022 - 10:50
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A pensioner enjoying a sunny day in the park
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Coronavirus unlikely to shorten life expectancy for much longer
5 November 2021 - 16:30
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Elderly couple sitting on a bench
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Healthy life expectancy decreases among all educational levels
24 October 2021 - 18:19
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Elderly people sitting on a park bench
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Dutch life expectancy could fall due to Covid, first time since WWII
25 September 2020 - 08:14
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Screen showing an elderly patient's vitals in hospital
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Life expectancy likely to fall due to coronavirus, experts say
2 April 2020 - 08:05
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Sunset in Slufter nature reserve on Texel island
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EU clean-air policy increased life expectancy in NL by 6 years
12 November 2019 - 12:00
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Just married
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More Netherlands couples celebrating gold, diamond anniversaries
6 November 2019 - 13:30
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An older couple walking on the beach
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Retirement age increase in 2025 seems unlikely as life expectancy stagnates
1 November 2019 - 10:20
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Older man reading a newspaper
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Life expectancy increasing in NL, but only for highly-educated
16 August 2019 - 08:31
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A jogger exercising along the Veemkade in Amsterdam on a warm summer's day, 29 June 2018
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People with healthy lifestyles live 6 years longer: Rotterdam Study
5 February 2019 - 15:10
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Beach chairs, Eastern Scheldt, Ouwerkerk, Schouwen-duiveland, Zeeland
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Dutch life expectancy still rising, but slowing down
7 September 2018 - 12:50
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Beach chairs, Eastern Scheldt, Ouwerkerk, Schouwen-duiveland, Zeeland
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Slightly lower Dutch life expectancy to freeze retirement age in 2023
3 November 2017 - 11:30
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Beach chairs, Eastern Scheldt, Ouwerkerk, Schouwen-duiveland, Zeeland
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Dutch elderly vital, healthy and active
30 June 2017 - 09:41
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Elderly worker
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Rising retirement age to cause problems in Dutch society: Doctors
3 January 2017 - 13:20
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Dutch life expectancy increasing
14 September 2016 - 13:55
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Rotterdam researchers: Obesity does not make you die faster
4 August 2016 - 11:20

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