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Releases

2020

• Number of deaths increased from the previous year (23.4.2021)

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• Average life expectancy at birth was exactly 79 years for boys and 84.6 years for girls in 2020 (22.10.2021)

2019

• The number of infant deaths lowest in history (24.4.2020)

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• Average life expectancy at birth was 79.2 years for boys and 84.5 years for girls in 2019 (22.10.2020)

2018

• Number of deaths increased from the previous year (26.4.2019)

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• Average life expectancy at birth was 78.9 years for boys and 84.3 years for girls in 2018 (24.10.2019)

2017

• Men died on average 7 years younger than women (27.4.2018)

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• Average life expectancy at birth was 78.7 years for boys and 84.2 years for girls in 2017 (26.10.2018)

2016

• Number of deaths increased from the previous year (28.4.2017)

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• Average life expectancy at birth was 78.4 years for boys and 84.1 years for girls in 2016 (27.10.2017)

2015

• Infant mortality record low (14.4.2016)

Annual Review

• Average life expectancy at birth was 78.5 years for boys and 84.1 years for girls in 2015 (28.10.2016)

2014

• The number of children who died under the age of one year second lowest during our independence (14.4.2015)

Annual Review

• Average life expectancy at birth was 78.2 years for boys and 83.9 years for girls in 2014 (23.10.2015)

2013

• Number of deaths at under one year decreased clearly from one year ago (8.4.2014)

Annual Review

• Life expectancy at birth longest for girls from Ostrobothnia and shortest for boys from Kainuu (24.10.2014)

2012

• Number of deaths grew slightly from the year before (12.4.2013)

2011

• Number of deaths decreased slightly from the year before (13.4.2012)

2010

• Number of deaths went up from the year before (15.4.2011)

2009

• Number of deaths went up slightly from the year before (15.4.2010)

2008

• Number of deaths in 2008 unchanged from the year before (27.4.2009)

2007

• In 2007 number of deaths up by 1,000 from the year before (2.5.2008)

2006

• In 2006 number of deaths lower than in 2003 for the third year running (20.4.2007)