Reproductive Health Care in the Netherlands

Figures & data

Table 1 Contraceptive use rates (%) among women of reproductive age, Netherlands, 1968–98^{23 24}

Contraceptive method	1968 Women aged 21–37 (n=483)	1982 Women aged 18–37 (n=6539)	1988 Women aged 18–37 (n=5814)	1993 Women aged 18–42 (n=4512)	1998 Women aged 18–49^a(n=4932)
Hormonal pill/injectable	26%	39%	43%	47%	43%
IUD	–	8%	5%	3%	2%
Condom	9%	6%	7%	8%	6%
Sterilisation female	–	6%	3%	4%	7%
Sterilisation male	–	7%	7%	9%	8%
Other method	9%	3%	5%	3%	1%
No method	56%	30%^1	30%^1	26%	31%

a Pill use appears to be lower in 1998, but the apparent decline is due to the expansion of the age group to 18–49, compared to 1993, when it was 18–42. In the 43–49 age group, the pill is used far less.

Table 2 Quality of care during pill consultations, responses of 486 young women attending GPs, Netherlands, 1998

Topic	Received good information	Sufficiently informed	Topic was not discussed
Other contraceptive options	11%	35%	52%
How to use chosen contraceptive method	80%	9%	10%
Side effects	56%	7%	33%
Need to use condoms to prevent STDs	42%	27%	31%

Table 3 STD incidence in the Netherlands, 2000–2001³²

New cases	Absolute number in 2001	Overall increase over 2000 (%)	Heterosexual men	Homosexual and bisexual men	Women
HIV infection	61	+9%	−30%	+41%	0
Chlamydia	1578	+40%	+28%	+22%	+49%
Gonorrhoea	543	+32%	+30%	+33%	+60%
Syphilis	139	+22%	−14%	+130%	+15%

Table 4 Maternal and perinatal mortality rates 1950–2000⁴⁰

	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Perinatal mortality per 1000 live births	34.2	26.6	18.6	11.1	9.6	7.8
Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1

Figure 1 Sculpture on dunes, Scheveningen, Netherlands, 1998

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