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Date: November 7, 2024 Patients discharged from hospital after inpatient treatment
Tables on the subject: Patients discharged from hospital after inpatient treatment (including deaths and hour cases)
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Date: November 7, 2024 Patients discharged from prevention and rehabilitation facility after inpatient treatment
Tables on the subject: Patients discharged from prevention and rehabilitation facility after inpatient treatment (including deaths and hour cases)
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Date: August 19, 2024 Causes of death by chapters of the ICD-10 and sex
Tables on the subject: Number of deaths by chapters of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (10th Revision) and by sex 2023
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Date: September 27, 2024 Hospital deliveries in Germany from 1991 to 2023
Tables on the subject: Hospital deliveries in Germany from 1991 to 2023
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Date: July 19, 2024 Severely disabled people by sex, age and severe-disability rate
Tables on the subject: Severely disabled people
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Press release No. 259 of 22 June 2022 7.8 million severely disabled people living in Germany
...People are classed as severely disabled if a pension office has determined a degree of disablement of 50 or more and handed over a valid disability pass. The percentage of severely disabled people in the total population in Germany stood at 9.4% at the end of 2021. Men accounted for 50.3% of severely disabled people, women for 49.7%....
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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 figures over the entire period of the pandemic so far. ...
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Press release No. N 009 of 15 February 2023 Nearly one third of births by Caesarean section in 2021
...Roughly 237,000 women delivered by Caesarean in 2021, 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 30.9% for the whole of Germany. It is slightly higher than in 2020 (29.7%). The proportion of such surgical interventions doubled over the last 30 years. 15.3% of women gave birth by Caesarean section in 1991. ...
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Press release No. 120 of 27 March 2023 Number of abortions up 9.9% in 2022
Approximately 104,000 cases of abortions were reported in Germany in 2022, which was an increase of 9.9% compared with the previous year in which the lowest level (94,600 cases) had been reached since the statistics began. According to the Federal …
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Press release No. 136 of 5 April 2023 Health expenditure exceeded 474 billion euros in 2021
...Health expenditure in Germany rose to 474.1 billion euros in the second Covid year of 2021. That was 5,699 euros per inhabitant. Health expenditure per capita and total health expenditure were up by 7.5% from a year earlier, which is the largest increase since calculations started in 1992. ...
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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 71,331 people died in Germany of Covid-19 as the underlying cause of death in 2021, which was an increase by 79% year on year (2020: 39,758). Covid-19 thus was the decisive cause of death in 7.0% of the cases....
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Press release No. 124 of 30 March 2023 Long-term care projection: 1.8 million more people in need of long-term care expected until 2055
...The number of people in need of long-term care in Germany will go up by 37% until 2055 just because the population is ageing. Their number will increase from roughly 5.0 million at the end of 2021 to approximately 6.8 million in 2055, according to the results provided by the long-term care projection of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). ...
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Press release No. 539 of 15 December 2022 Increase of 16.7% in abortions in the 3rd 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. The number of abortions rose significantly in the first three quarters of 2022, following decreases in 2021 (-5.4% on 2020) and in 2020 (-0.9% on 2019). ...
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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 …
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Press release No. 304 of 28 June 2021 Physician density in 2020: 4.5 physicians per 1,000 people in Germany
...Physician density in Germany remains high compared with other countries...
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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) to coincide with Men’s World Day, a day of action on 3 November focusing on men’s health. 20 years earlier, 18,100 patients were hospitalised with a diagnosis of testicular cancer. ...
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Press release No. 384 of 13 September 2022 Abortions in the 2nd 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 of 2021. The number of abortions rose significantly in the first two quarters of 2022, following decreases in 2021 (-5.4% on 2020) and in 2020 (-0.9% on 2019). ...
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Press release No. N 010 of 3 February 2021 A quarter of all deaths in Germany caused by cancer in 2019
In 2019, roughly 231,000 people died from cancer in Germany: 125,000 men and 106,000 women. To coincide with the World Cancer Day, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that a quarter of all deaths was caused by cancer. This proportion …
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Press release No. N 022 of 26 April 2022 One third of births in 2020 by Caesarean section
...Schleswig-Holstein had the highest proportion of deliveries by Caesarean section, Berlin the lowest Rate of Caesarean deliveries almost doubled in Germany since 1991 WIESBADEN – 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 the whole of Germany. ...
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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
...A total of 75,500 deaths due to smoking-specific illnesses in 2020 375,200 patients treated in hospital because of relevant diagnoses Every adult in Germany consumed an average of 1,033 cigarettes in 2021 WIESBADEN – 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). ...
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Press release No. 230 of 24 June 2020 7.9 million severely disabled people living in Germany
At the end of 2019, roughly 7.9 million severely disabled people were living in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of approximately 136,000, or 1.8%, compared with the end of 2017.
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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 average per capita costs increased by 25% to 5,190 euros. ...
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Press release No. 248 of 15 June 2022 Abortions in the 1st quarter of 2022 up 4.8% year on year
...In the 1st quarter of 2022, roughly 25,800 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions increased by 4.8% in the 1st quarter of 2022 compared with the 1st quarter of 2021. Previously, the number of abortions had declined since the 2nd quarter of 2020. ...
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Press release No. 255 of 21 June 2022 Health expenditure in 2020: financing from government transfers and subsidies rose to 15.7%
...67.9 billion euros of current health expenditure was financed from government transfers and subsidies in Germany in 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 16.3 billion euros, or 31.5%, compared with 2019. As a result, the proportion of government subsidies and transfers was up by 3.0 percentage points year on year, accounting for 15.7% of the 431,8 billion euros of current health expenditure. ...
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Press release No. 260 of 22 June 2022 Public health service: number of staff with an open-end contract up 14% during the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of 2021
...At the end of 2021, at least 21,460 people had an open-end employment contract in the public health service in Germany. This corresponds to 17,770 full-time equivalents, that is, persons employed when converted to the full collectively agreed working hours. Based on results of a survey commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of people with an open-end employment contract in the authorities covered rose by 2,615 (+14%), or 2,405 full-time equivalents (+16%), compared with reference date 31 January 2020. ...
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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
...Roughly 12,200 children and young people aged 10 to under 20 years were treated on an in-patient basis in hospitals for acute alcohol abuse in Germany in 2020, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was a decrease of 39.7% from 2019, when the number of hospitalised children and young people had been 20,300....
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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
...To mark International Nurses Day on 12 May, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that just under 486,100 people worked in hospital nursing care in Germany on 31 December 2020. This was an increase of 18% compared with ten years earlier. The majority of them (434,400 nurses and auxiliary staff or 89%) had undergone specific nursing training. Almost half (49%) of the people employed in nursing care worked part-time – a total of 238,000 persons....
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Press release No. 154 of 7 April 2022 Number of abortions down by 5.4% in 2021
...Approximately 94,600 cases of abortions were reported in Germany in 2021, which was a decrease of 5.4% compared with the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions declined by just 0.9% in 2020, the first year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
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Press release No. 119 of 2 April 2020 High hospital bed density in Germany compared with other countries
...Equipment rate in Spain and Italy much lower than in Germany...
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Press release No. 135 of 29 March 2022 105,000 apprentices training to become generalist nurses in 2021
For two years, there has been a new vocational training occupation in Germany. Apprentices can train to become generalist nurses entitled to work in geriatric, paediatric and nursing care. Their number totalled 105,006 on reference date 31 December …
