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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 …

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 …

Press release No. 259 of 22 June 2022 7.8 million severely disabled people living in Germany

At the end of 2021, approximately 7.8 million severely disabled people were living in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of roughly 108,000, or 1.4%, compared with the end of 2019. The decline is due …

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. …

Press release No. 248 of 15 June 2022 Abortions in the 1^st quarter of 2022 up 4.8% year on year

In the 1^st 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 1^st quarter of 2022 compared with the 1^st quarter of 2021. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Press release No. 153 of 7 April 2022 Health expenditure exceeded 440 billion euros in 2020

Health expenditure in Germany rose to a new record high of 440.6 billion euros in the Covid-year of 2020. That was 5,298 euros per inhabitant. Health expenditure per capita exceeded 5,000 euros for the first time since calculations started in 1992. …

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, …

Press release No. N 018 of 6 April 2022 Skin cancer led to 81% more hospital treatments in 2020 and 53% more deaths than in 2000

Climate change is not only a danger to nature and the environment but can also be a growing health risk for humans. In the context of a changing climate, excessive UV radiation and sunburns, for example, can be possible causes of diseases such as …

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 …

Press release No. N 005 of 3 February 2022 In-patient cancer treatments down 6% in 2020

Fewer patients were treated for cancer in hospital in 2020 than a year earlier. To coincide with World Cancer Day, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that just under 1.45 million people suffering from cancer were treated in hospital, …

Press release No. 029 of 20 January 2022 Abortions in the 3^rd quarter of 2021 down 6.4% year on year

In the third quarter of 2021, approximately 22,700 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions was down by 6.4% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the third quarter …

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 …

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 …

Press release No. N 068 of 8 December 2021 Many elderly care workers work part-time

The caring profession has come particularly into focus during the coronavirus pandemic.  In 2019, 954,000 people were employed in residential care homes or home care and support services, 616,000 of whom worked part-time. The Federal Statistical …

Press release No. 505 of 4 November 2021 Causes of death statistics, 2020: number of deaths up 4.9%

A total of 985,572 people died in Germany in 2020 according to final results of causes of death statistics, of whom 492,797 were men and 492,775 women. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of deaths rose by 4.9% …

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 …

Press release No. N057 of 29 September 2021 Nearly 6 million older people live alone

In Germany, most people in old age live in their own home. It also means, however, that increasing numbers of older people live alone. To mark the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …