Number of benefits WAO, Wajong and WAZ by month, 1998-2010

The number of disablement benefits under the Disablement Insurance Act (WAO), the Disablement Provision Act for Disabled from an Early Age (Wajong) and the Disablement Insurance Act for Self-employed (WAZ) by sex, age, degree of disablement, sector, category of origin, diagnostic code and period. Employee’s who got sick on January the first of 2004 or later, can no longer acquire a WAO benefit. Nothing will change for benefits already paid under the WAO. As from January the first of 2006 there is a new Disablement Insurance Act (WIA). The Self-employed persons, who became sick on 1 August 2004 or later, can no longer acquire a WAZ benefit. Nothing will change for benefits already paid under the WAZ. Data available from: January 1998 until November 2010. In the period 1998-2000, the breakdown by diagnostic code is only available for the months December. For the period 1998-2000 it proved necessary to combine and include the public sector categories ‘public sector education and science’ and ‘other public sector’ in the category ‘other public sector’. From January 2004 the breakdown by economic benefits has been changed. The benefits that were categorised in the “public sector services” have been or will be transferred to the “other public sector”. The category of origin of the vast majority of benefits to persons living abroad is unknown. See also the table 'Labour disablement; regional. Status of the figures The figures of November 2009 until November 2010 are provisional, the other figures are definitive. Since the table has been stopped, the provisional figures will not become definitive. Changes as of 22 October 2013 The table has been stopped.