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Press release No. N 064 of 2 November 2022 Number of in-patient treatments for testicular cancer down by 40% within 20 years
The number of in-patient treatments for testicular cancer fell by 40% within 20 years. Roughly 10,900 boys and men all over Germany were treated in hospital for testicular cancer in 2020. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 416 of 30 September 2022 Reference value for hospital costs amounts to 6.07% in 2022
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) publishes the reference value for hospitals on the basis of the Hospital Fees Act. It is an important parameter for the partners in the German self-governing healthcare system (statutory health insurance …
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Press release No. 364 of 30 August 2022 Number of beds and bed occupancy rate of hospitals almost unchanged in 2021
The supply of and demand for hospital services have remained nearly unchanged in 2021, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, compared with a year earlier. The total number of beds provided (483,532), among them 27,394 intensive care beds and …
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Press release No. N 033 of 30 May 2022 Number of women dying of lung and bronchial cancer significantly higher than 20 years ago
Approximately 75,500 people died of smoking-specific illnesses in Germany in 2020. 46,100 of these cases were due to lung, bronchial, laryngeal or tracheal cancer and 29,400 to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To mark the World No …
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Press release No. N 026 of 11 May 2022 Number of people working in hospital nursing care up 18% in ten years
The demand for labour in nursing care has been growing for years. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the skilled labour shortage and the working conditions in nursing care have come even more into focus. To mark International Nurses Day on 12 …
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Press release No. N 024 of 6 May 2022 Covid year 2020: 40% fewer children and young people hospitalised because of alcohol abuse compared with the previous year
The number of people hospitalised because of alcohol abuse was down markedly in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic as parties were cancelled, pubs and restaurants closed and contacts restricted. Roughly 12,200 children and young people aged 10 …
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Press release No. N 022 of 26 April 2022 One third of births in 2020 by Caesarean section
Roughly 220,700 women delivered by Caesarean section in 2020, which means that nearly one out of three births in hospitals in Germany was by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate was 29.7% for …
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Press release No. 585 of 20 December 2021 Number of intensive care beds increased by an annual average of 5% in 2020 compared with a year earlier
In the pandemic year of 2020, the number of intensive care beds in German hospitals increased by roughly 5% (or 1,400) year on year to about 27,000, according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office. At the same time, the total of …
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Press release No. 563 of 9 December 2021 Coronavirus pandemic has led to excess mortality in Germany
The coronavirus waves have led to excess mortality in Germany. This has been ascertained by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on an evaluation of the death statistics in the course of the pandemic. This has also led to excess death …
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Press release No. 461 of 30 September 2021 Reference value for hospital costs amounts to 2.48% in 2021
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) publishes the reference value for hospitals on the basis of the Hospital Fees Act. It is an important parameter for the partners in the German self-governing healthcare system (statutory health insurance …
