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Published: 15 April 2011

Number of deaths went up from the year before

In 2010, the number of deaths was 50,890, which is the highest figure in seventeen years. The number of deaths was 1,000 higher in 2010 than in 2009. The number of deaths increased by 390 among men and by 610 among women. A higher number of women’s deaths was last recorded in 2002. If the war years are not taken into account, the number of men’s deaths was last higher than this in 1929.

Life expectancy of male and female children at age 0 in 1980–2010

Life expectancy went up fractionally for both 0-year-old male and female children in 2010. The preliminary figure of the life expectancy of 0-year-olds was for men 76,7 and for women 83,2 years. The life expectancy of 0-year-olds indicates the number of years a person aged 0 would live provided the rate of mortality remains unchanged. The grown life expectancy of men and women at age 0 proves that the increase in the number of deaths has been caused by grown numbers of aged men and women, and the ageing of the population, rather than by risen rate of mortality.

In 2010, the number of children having died during their first year of life was particularly low at 140. The infant mortality figure for 2010 was the lowest during Finland’s independence. Infant mortality per 1,000 live births was 2.3.

Annual number of deaths in 2000–2010 by sex and deaths of 0-year-olds in 2000–2010

Year	Total	Men	Women	0-year-olds
2000	49 339	24 053	25 286	213
2001	48 550	23 783	24 787	181
2002	49 418	23 992	25 426	168
2003	48 996	23 922	25 074	176
2004	47 600	23 802	23 798	191
2005	47 928	24 057	23 871	174
2006	48 065	24 315	23 750	167
2007	49 077	24 809	24 268	161
2008	49 094	24 457	24 637	157
2009	49 883	25 150	24 733	158
2010	50 887	25 539	25 348	140

The number of deaths was highest in December and the second highest in January, which had the highest number of deaths in the previous year. In 2005–2008, March had the highest number of deaths. The numbers of deaths in July and August last year were the highest since the war years.

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Matti Saari (09) 1734 3401, vaesto.tilasto@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 15.4.2011