Official Belgian data, explained
Health in Belgium: maps and local statistics
Explore 33 official health indicators across Belgium, with definitions, dates, source limitations, maps and municipality profiles.
Health is represented by 33 validated indicators from 22 source providers. This page is a curated starting point: it shows what can genuinely be compared, the latest available periods and the finest valid geography for each measure.
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Health: 33 indicators
Age-adjusted mortality rate by province
Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, directly standardized to the European Standard Population 2013; the source 95% confidence interval, standard error and companion crude rate are retained in the cube.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Age-adjusted mortality rate by region
Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, directly standardized to the European Standard Population 2013; the source 95% confidence interval, standard error and companion crude rate are retained in the cube.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- region
Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region
Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region. Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Cause-specific standardized mortality ratio by district
Observed divided by expected deaths from Belgian reference rates, multiplied by 100, for the selected terminal ICD-10 cause; observed/expected deaths and the 95% confidence interval are retained.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- administrative district
Confirmed COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 surveillance series; values are publisher revisions for the selected source period and dimensions.
- Latest period
- 2020-03-01/2025-04-30
- Smallest geographic level
- province
COVID-19 tests
COVID-19 surveillance series; values are publisher revisions for the selected source period and dimensions.
- Latest period
- 2020-03-01/2025-04-30
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Crude mortality rate
Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, with the source denominator and 95% confidence interval retained in the cube.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- administrative district
Crude mortality rate by province
Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, with the source denominator and 95% confidence interval retained in the cube.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Crude mortality rate by region
Deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, with the source denominator and 95% confidence interval retained in the cube.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- region
Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases (archived)
Archived cumulative COVID-19 case export; it is not a current-incidence measure and must not be compared as a live ranking.
- Latest period
- 2023-10-03
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Deaths
- Latest year
- 2025
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Deaths
Number of deaths published by SPMA for the selected district and population group.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- administrative district
Deaths by cause
- Latest year
- 2023
- Smallest geographic level
- region
Deaths by cause, age and district
Annual cause-of-death output for the selected terminal Sciensano ICD-10 cause. Values remain at the exact published district grain; no municipality values are inferred.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- administrative district
Deaths by province
Number of deaths published by SPMA at province level for the selected population group.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Deaths by region
Number of deaths published by SPMA at region level for the selected population group.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- region
Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1993-2021)
Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1993-2021). Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2020
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Life expectancy by province
Period life-table output published by SPMA for the selected province, sex and age group; this is not a cohort forecast.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Life expectancy by region
Period life-table output published by SPMA for the selected region, sex and age group; this is not a cohort forecast.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- region
Life-table probability of death
Period life-table output published by SPMA for the selected province, sex and age group; this is not a cohort forecast.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Life-table probability of death
Period life-table output published by SPMA for the selected region, sex and age group; this is not a cohort forecast.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- region
Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1980-2021)
Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1980-2021). Complete annual Eurostat source dimensions, units and observation flags are retained in one compact cube.
- Latest year
- 2011
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Mortality population denominator
Population denominator published alongside the district mortality observation.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- administrative district
Mortality population denominator by province
Population denominator published with the SPMA province mortality observation.
- Latest year
- 2022
- Smallest geographic level
- province
Indicators (33)
- Age-adjusted mortality rate by province
- Age-adjusted mortality rate by region
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region
- Cause-specific standardized mortality ratio by district
- Confirmed COVID-19 cases
- COVID-19 tests
- Crude mortality rate
- Crude mortality rate by province
- Crude mortality rate by region
- Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases (archived)
- Deaths
- Deaths
- Deaths by cause
- Deaths by cause, age and district
- Deaths by province
- Deaths by region
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1993-2021)
- Life expectancy by province
- Life expectancy by region
- Life-table probability of death
- Life-table probability of death
- Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1980-2021)
- Mortality population denominator
- Mortality population denominator by province
- Mortality population denominator by region
- Patients in hospital
- Patients in intensive care
- Physicians by NUTS 2 region
- Positive COVID-19 tests
- Reporting hospitals
- Share of deaths by cause
- Standard error of life expectancy
- Standardized mortality ratio
Method and limitations
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
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