Table 1.

Statistics Netherlands population data and Dutch Hospital Data on the number and percentage of adult hospital admissions attributable to the very elderly for the years 2005 to 2014

	Statistics Netherlands population data		Dutch Hospital Data on hospital admissions
Year	The very elderly	All adults	The very elderly	All adults
2005	573,573 (4.5 %)	12,707,935	284,484 (9.0 %)	3,145,476
2006	587,016 (4.6 %)	12,752,453	307,986 (9.3 %)	3,316,256
2007	600,842 (4.7 %)	12,793,540	330,360 (9.5 %)	3,491,052
2008	615,489 (4.8 %)	12,859,287	355,635 (9.7 %)	3,675,625
2009	631,208 (4.9 %)	12,957,546	381,782 (9.8 %)	3,881,713
2010	647,994 (5.0 %)	13,060,511	413,450 (10.1 %)	4,079,607
2011	667,547 (5.1 %)	13,153,716	446,385 (10.4 %)	4,289,547
2012	686,015 (5.2 %)	13,243,578	457,074 (10.5 %)	4,341,407
2013	702,820 (5.3 %)	13,316,082	418,457 (10.7 %)	3,924,802
2014	717,089 (5.4 %)	13,386,487	363,630 (10.6 %)	3,437,061