Drug-related deaths decreased in 2024 – return to the level of 2022
reviewAccording to Statistics Finland, there were 247 drug-related deaths in 2024. This is 63 fewer than in 2023, when a record number of people died from drugs. The number of drug-related deaths returned to the same level as in 2022, when 250 persons died from drugs. Drug-related deaths of young people aged under 25 decreased clearly in 2024, but the number of drug-related deaths of those aged 25 to 34 grew from the previous year.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Causes of death [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 23.6.2026].
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