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Date: April 17, 2019 68% of the physicians working in practices at least 50 years old in 2018

At the end of 2018, 68% of the physicians working in practices were 50 years or older. More than a quarter, that is, 31% were aged 60 and over. The proportions of psychotherapists and dentists including orthodontists aged 50 and over who worked in …

Press release No. 554 of 21 December 2022 5 million people in need of long-term care at the end of 2021

In December 2021, 4.96 million people in Germany were in need of long-term care as defined by the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (German Social Code, Book XI). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people in need of …

Press release No. 544 of 16 December 2022 Causes of death statistics 2021: 7% of all deaths directly due to Covid-19

A total of 1,023,687 people died in Germany in 2021 according to final results of causes of death statistics; 515,559 of them were men and 508,128 women. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of deaths rose by 3.9% …

Press release No. 539 of 15 December 2022 Increase of 16.7% in abortions in the 3^rd quarter of 2022 compared with the same quarter a year earlier

In the third quarter of 2022, approximately 26,500 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of abortions rose by 16.7% in the third quarter of 2022 compared with the third quarter of 2021. …

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) …

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 …

Press release No. 384 of 13 September 2022 Abortions in the 2^nd quarter of 2022 up 11.5% on the same quarter a year earlier

In the second quarter of 2022, approximately 25,600 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of abortions increased by 11.5% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the second quarter …

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 …

Press release No. 316 of 27 July 2022 Per capita costs of illness for men and women continue to converge

In 2020, illnesses and health problems caused costs of 431.8 billion euros in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the costs of illness thus rose by a total of 28% compared with 2015. In the years from 2015 to 2020, the …

Press release No. 262 of 23 June 2022 Medical health occupations: number of persons employed up 1.5% in the Covid-19 year 2020

At the end of 2020, just over 5.8 million people were employed in the German healthcare system. Of these, just under 3.1 million people worked in medical health occupations (e.g. human medicine or health and nursing care) and just under 2.8 million …