Finland – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Finland
FINLAND – A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 5,300,484
Female portion of population (2007): 51.02%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 17.1% |
| Ages 15-24 | 12.5% |
| Ages 25-49 | 32.9% |
| Ages 50-64 | 21.1% |
| Ages 65-79 | 12.3% |
| Age 80 and older | 4.2% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004):
- Female: 16.8%
- Male: 18.3%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 18.58%
- Male: 12.74%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 83.1 years female
- 75.9 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2005): 162.68
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births (2005): 7
Percentage using contraception (1994): no data
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 68.5%
- Male: 72.1%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: 60.3%
- 1997: 68.5%
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 7.2%
- Male: 6.5%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female:28,940
- Male: 35,660
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 80.5%
Marriage rate (2007): 5.58 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.5 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2005):
- – Female: 169
- – Male: 300
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Female: 116.2
- – Male: 188.9
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 6.07
- – Death: 1.43
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 146.14
- – Death: 20.98
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2005):
- – Stomach: 62
- – Colorectal: 117
- – Lung: 157
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 29.4
- Male: 39.2
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 14.7
- Male: 45.8
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 12.03
- Male: 51.57
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week:
- Female: 3%
- Male: 16%
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita(2003): 7.67
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 919.59
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 80.3%
- Male: 74%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 15.1%
- Male: 21.6%
Percentage overweight (1997):
- Female: 33%
- Male: 48%
Percentage obese (1997):
- Female: 19.4%
- Male: 19.8%
Low Energy Expenditure (2002):
- Female: 44%
- Male: 53.6%
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.