Table (ad hoc): Persons in need of care (number and quota), e.g. by region

Persons in need of care (number and quota). Classification: years, region, age, sex

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Region: Germany, Sex: All sexes

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Persons in need of care	Year (ascending)	Age
Persons in need of care	Year (ascending)	All age- groups	under 75 years	75 to under 85 years	85 to under 90 years	90 years and older
Number of persons in need of care	2021	4,961,146	1,715,689	1,592,378	962,157	690,922
	2019	4,127,605	1,323,750	1,402,556	773,091	628,208
	2017	3,414,378	1,048,075	1,157,240	664,772	544,291
	2015	2,860,293	839,856	955,830	589,665	474,942
	2013	2,626,206	803,803	863,733	538,799	419,871
	2011	2,501,441	775,653	821,876	522,001	381,911
	2009 ^{Info X further information on document The data for 2009 for Bremen were integrated subsequently without changing the data for Germany. Thus data for Germany in 2009 still contain estimated values for Bremen.}	2,338,252 ¹⁾	748,669 ¹⁾	767,052 ¹⁾	509,382 ¹⁾	313,149 ¹⁾
	2007	2,246,829	729,284	742,184	447,304	328,057
	2005	2,128,550	700,079	730,667	333,741	364,063
	2003	2,076,935	697,724	714,212	309,601	355,398
	2001	2,039,780	696,467	623,309	391,296	328,708
	1999	2,016,091	703,543	576,470	436,921	299,157
Quota of care ^{Info X further information on document Number of persons in need of care (in a certain population group) divided by the total number of persons (in that population group) in %.}	2021	6.0	2.3	23.9	54.1	81.6
	2019	5.0	1.8	19.6	49.4	76.3
	2017	4.1	1.4	16.3	44.5	70.7
	2015	3.5	1.1	14.1	39.7	66.7
	2013	3.3	1.1	13.9	38.2	63.9
	2011	3.1	1.1	14.3	38.8	64.9
	2009 ^{Info X further information on document The data for 2009 for Bremen were integrated subsequently without changing the data for Germany. Thus data for Germany in 2009 still contain estimated values for Bremen.}	2.9 ¹⁾	1.0 ¹⁾	14.2 ¹⁾	38.0 ¹⁾	59.1 ¹⁾
	2007	2.7	1.0	14.2	37.2	61.6
	2005	2.6	0.9	14.0	36.3	60.2
	2003	2.5	0.9	14.3	39.9	59.4
	2001	2.5	0.9	13.7	39.5	59.7
	1999	2.5	0.9	13.9	38.4	60.2

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Nursing care statistics, Federal Statistical Office, Branch Bonn (more information on

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Data Source:	Nursing care statistics - home care facilities, residental care facilities: basic data, staff available, persons in need of care, welfare recipients of nursing care services
Contact:
- Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
- Data owner:	Abteilung H, Gruppe H 1, Referat H 16
- Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
- Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
- Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
- Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
- Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
Purpose of Data Collection:	-
Legal Base:	Verordnung zur Durchführung einer Bundesstatistik über Pflegeeinrichtungen sowie über die häusliche Pflege vom 24. November 1999 in Verbindung mit § 109 Abs. 1 SGB XI, in der jeweils geltenden Fassung. Den Wortlaut der nationalen Rechtsvorschriften in der jeweils geltenden Fassung finden Sie unter https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/.
Data Collector:	Regional statistical offices, for welfare recipients of nursing care services Federal Statistical Office.
Reporting Stations:	Outpatient, inpatient nursing care facilities - Regional statistical offices - Federal Statistical Office.
Object under Review:	Basic data, staff available, persons requiring nursing care, recipients of nursing care benefit services.
Interviewees:	Outpatient, inpatient nursing care facilities, leading associations of the nursing care services, association of the private insurance companies.
Collection:
- Instruments:	Procurement by internet form and in exceptional cases data procurement form.
- Periodicity:	Every two years.
- First:	1999
- Last:	2023
Processing:
- Periodicity:	Every two years.
Publication:
- Regular:	Tabellenbände zu Pflegestatistik (Deutschlandergebnisse und Ländervergleiche); als Dateien unter www.destatis.de --> Themen -->Gesellschaft und Umwelt --> Gesundheit --> Pflege --> Publikationen.
- Irregular:	-
Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Full survey with compulsory response.
Conceivable Modifications:	2017: Adjustment due to the second and third strengthening care law (Pflegestärkungsgesetz) (e.g. reformulation of the term need of care (classification in five care degrees instead of three care levels)). 2019: Adjustment due to the Pflegepersonal-Stärkungsgesetzes and the Terminservice- und Versorgungsgesetzes (e.g. additionel staff in residential car homes, inclusion of ambulant support facilities (just supporting activities (like assistance in the household) for people in need of care) in the survey).
Comparable Data Sources:	-
Remarks:	-
Last Update:	May 15, 2024

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Data Source:	Update of the state of the population
Contact:	Dr. Claire Grobecker Bevölkerungsfortschreibung, Ausländer- und Integrationsstatistiken +49 611 75-3178" >
- Contact Person:	Federal Statistical Office / Statistisches Bundesamt [StBA] - Central Information Service
- Data owner:	Abteilung F, Gruppe F 2, Referat F 24
- Street:	Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
- Post Code/Town:	65189 Wiesbaden
- Telephone:	+49 611 75-2405
- Contact form:	https://www.destatis.de/kontakt
- Internet:	https://www.destatis.de
Purpose of Data Collection:	The statistics provide current data on the population structure (sex, age, family status, nationality). Data are used from ministries and local administrations for administrative and policy purposes and for the organisation of elections, as well as from the scientific and economic sectors, institutes, organisations, media, private persons and the general public. They are the basis for population projections and are of decisive importance for the assessment of the long-term effects of demographic changes (e.g. on the labor market and old age provision).
Legal Base:	Regulation on population statistics. You can find the wording of the national legislation in its current version under https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de.
Data Collector:	There is no datat collection. Population data are calculated on the base of other statistical data.
Reporting Stations:	Statistical offices of the Länder - Federal Statistical Office
Object under Review:	Population stock.
Interviewees:	Inapplicable.
Collection:
- Instruments:	Population data are calculated using the components method; The results of the last population census are updated using vital statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorces, migration statistics and data on acquisition and lost of citizenship.
- Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
- First:	1950
- Last:	Inapplicable.
Processing:
- Periodicity:	Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, annually.
Publication:
- Regular:	Until Reporting year 2021: Fachserie 1, Reihe 1.3 From Reporting year 2022: Statistischer Bericht, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung Online publications in the database GENESIS (quarterly and yearly) and on the Destatis internet web page https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Current-Population/_node.html.
- Irregular:	-
Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Starting from the last census, the calculation is based on secondary, full survey statistics.
Conceivable Modifications:	-
Comparable Data Sources:	-
Remarks:	-
Last Update:	May 15, 2024

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Nursing

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The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Definition of Nursing:
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles.
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Persons in need of care (from 2017)

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In terms of the Nursing Care Statistics of the Federal Statistical Office

Recorded are persons, who receive services according to SGB XI (Code of Social Law). General qualification for the registration as person in need of care is acknowledgement of the nursing care fund respectively of the private insurance company about the need of care and the assignment of the persons in need of care to the care degrees 1 to 5.

In need of care according to SGB XI are those persons, who have health-related impairments of independence or abilities and therefore require help from others. They must be persons who are unable to independently compensate for or cope with physical, cognitive or psychological impairments or health-related stress or demands. The need of care must exist permanently, presumably for at least six months and with at least the severity specified in § 15 (§ 14 paragraph. 1 SGB XI).

Persons in need of care (until 2015)

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In terms of the Nursing Care Statistics of the Federal Statistical Office:
Recorded are persons, who receive services according to SGB XI (Code of Social Law). General qualification for the registration as person in need of care is acknowledgement of the nursing care fund respectively of the private insurance company about the need of care and the assignment of the persons in need of care to the nursing care levels I to IIII (including cases of hardship).
In need of care according to SGB XI are those persons, who permanently need assistance to a significant or higher degree (§ 15 SGB XI) because of a physical, mental or emotional disease or disability, for the normal and periodic activities of daily living, presumably for at least six months (§ 14 Abs. 1 SGB XI). In the sense of this legal definition, persons without a nursing care level with significantly limited everyday competence are not counted as persons in need of care.

Comment(s)

2017: Female including "without specification" (according to the Personal Status Act). Starting from 2019: Persons with "diverse" or "without specification" (sex according to § 22(3) PStG "Personal Staus Act") are randomly distributed to "male" or "female".
Nursing care statistics on December the 15.
Because of the reform of the nursing care insurance in summer 2008 the incentive to receive services of the partly inpatient care in addition to the nursing care financial benefits and/or outpatient non-cash benefits has significantly risen. Cause for this is especially, that the maximum total claim from the combination of services of the day and night care with outpatient non-cash benefits or the nursing care financial benefits has risen to 1.5 times the previous amount by the reform. If, for example, 50 percent of the services of the day and night care are used, now in addition there is a 100 percent claim of nursing care financial benefits or a nursing non-cash benefit. (Previously the nursing care financial benefit or the outpatient non-cash benefit was considered as benefit maximum limit.)
Starting with the survey 2009, for the determination of the total number of persons in need of care, those persons, who are attended to partly inpatient in facilities, are no longer added. These persons usually also receive nursing care financial benefits and/or outpatient non-cash benefits and are therefore already included in the total number of persons in need of care. Until 2008 double counting may have occurred regarding the number of persons in need of care, as far as recipients of day respectively night care also received outpatient care or nursing care financial benefits.
With the modified determination of the total number of persons in need of care the temporal comparability of the total number of persons in need of care in 2009 with the previous surveys is somewhat limited. The related dampening effect on the rate of change in the nursing care statistics 2009 probably accounts for one percentage point in the federal average. The effect refers only to the total number and not to the temporal comparability of the single types of services.
December 31st2011:
The comparability of the data on recipients of care allowance according to Section 37 SGB XI to previous years is limited - the increase is shown to be too high in the national average. The overall increase in those requiring care is therefore overstated. This information is based on data supplied by the nursing care insurance funds.
¹⁾At the reporting date for the nursing care statistics 2009 there were no processed data from the statistics of nursing care facilities available for Bremen. However, to produce a complete federal result, the results for Bremen were estimated: To the sum of the other 15 federal states about one percent was added (separately calculated for the outpatient and the inpatient field). The factor is the share of Bremen of the German result from 2007.
For Bremen, the data for 2009 were subsequently recorded, but the result for Germany was not modified. So, the data 2009 for Germany still only includes the estimated results for Bremen.

Refresh period of data

The table was extended by the year 2021 on 30 Mar 2023.
Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

Links

Information concerning Persons in need of care in inpatient nursing care facilities (starting from 2017) .
Information concerning Persons in need of care in inpatient nursing care facilities (1999-2015) .
Information concerning Persons in need of care, outpatient nursing care (starting from 2017) .
Information concerning Persons in need of care, outpatient nursing care (1999-2015) .
Information concerning Persons in need of care, e.g. by region, age and sex (starting from 2017) .
Information concerning Persons in need of care, e.g. by region, age and sex (1999-2015) .
Information concerning Persons in need of care, e.g. by region (1999-2015) .
Information concerning Population on December, 31 (census 2011) .

The Federal Health Monitoring System 15. Dec 2024

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